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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
My stories
While My Guitar Teacher Gently Weeps
Words of apology to anyone who has ever tried to teach me to play a musical instrument.
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There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Engels
Dyado Petr, Baba Stefka and Todor Zhivkov are/were real people, the earthquake and appointment of a new head of state really did happen, and the places I’ve mentioned really do exist, but much of the rest of this tale is a fig leaf of my imagination. However, it describes an event that could have taken place in my part of Bulgaria seventy years ago. Superstition is so strong and diverse here that it’s possible to make it up and get away with it. Maybe I did make it up and maybe I didn’t.
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The Fox and the Elm Tree
For Julia and Robert. And for Coral and Sarah.
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If I Were a Fish
June is busting out all over… from day sixteen to the end of the month, each described in 100 words.
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Marlene Dietrich’s Gappy Teeth
June is busting out all over… the month’s first fifteen days, each described in 100 words.
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Vengeance
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2026
What an excellent array of anti-boss vengeful activities. The very things that I would have liked to have done on my last ever day working for nasty people. I had a friend who once sneaked into a pub he had been sacked from and concealed a fresh...
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Oh to be in Brean
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2026
It's bad enough when you go to the seaside and the birds steal your chips but this is a true tale of mystery and suspense.
Wonderful writing Mister B. I'm looking forward to the next instalment already.
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Boomtown
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
What? Greenock?
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Dodgy
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2026
No one has ever said before that my dodgy relatives might be a much better bet. You've made this a day to remember.
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Hoping
Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2026
Hello Jenny.
I’m sorry I drifted away for a while so I’ve only just read this, and your two previous posts On This Peaceful Day and Torment. Two poems, one of beauty and one of great courage, just as your writing has always been in the...
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Complete shits I have known and loved
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Thanks AF. I’m glad I cheered you up and your last sentence made me laugh as I had thought you were going to say what a grand lad Geldof was.
In the early eighties I went to see John Lee Hooker at Hammersmith Odeon. There were some Irish...
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Taking corners
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Thank you Kat. Since birth I’ve modelled myself on Frank Carson.
Ludo is indeed still alive but we worry about the long-term effects of all the drugs the vets are giving him. He’s an utter mess at the moment because all his summer...
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Going solar
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Thank you IPFN for your words and cherries. It’s nice to be posting again.
We looked into solar panels and they’re quite expensive because they need to be tough enough to survive a Bulgarian winter. Apparently they have to be topped up...
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Tricky
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2026
You're right Kat, it's a very tricky one. I think the policy depends upon the personality of the person we're dealing with. And it's not always at a stage in a long term relationship that such things happen. Something unsaid could even prevent...
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Positive Visions
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026
I love this poem Jenny. Positive words put together so beautifully.
Congratulations on the Poem of the Week award. It's certainly well deserved.
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