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I have 244 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1042168 times and 349 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1022 of my 3,495 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1108 votes

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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.

1022 of my comments have received 1108 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you Celticman.

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

Thank you Celticman.

I've had this in my head for a while but I was sort of saving it for a week when Motherwell might be chosen as the Inspiration Point.

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Posted in Jacques in the Box

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Oh, alright then IPFN. Sorry

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

Oh, alright then IPFN. Sorry about that. Perhaps to make the reality a little more interesting I should add that for our duvet covers and stuff we use this big old trunk rescued from an old house in Nova Zagora. Over your side of Europe folks...

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Posted in Jacques in the Box

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This is great! It made me

Posted on Fri, 13 Oct 2023

This is great! It made me laugh.

I've got the bare bones of something on the same subject but I'll put it on the shelf for a few months so's people don't think I'm a big old copy cat. It's also a good excuse to get out of trying to finish...

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Posted in I'll Think About Writing

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I'm glad to have got this far

Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023

I'm glad to have got this far. I can't be bothered with the niggling resentment anymore.

So I'll give anybody a crack at being a friend... no matter what's gone before... if they'll have me. 

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Posted in No Fond Farewell

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Your excellent words

Posted on Tue, 03 Oct 2023

Your excellent words beautifully recreate a thrilling atmosphere and really bring to life the mystery and excitement of a Middle Eastern scene.

But the cherry on the basbousa is in the words the drinking hasn’t stopped since 1926....

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Posted in Girl in a green dress.

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It's a wonderful thing to

Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

It's a wonderful thing to have a favourite tree. But you need to be secretive about it in case the others find out. 

These are nice, descriptive words Jenny. An enjoyable read.

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Posted in Beneath My Favourite Tree

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Oooh, big gulp.

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

Oooh, big gulp.

That means a lot to me.

Thank you very very much.

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Posted in You Never Said

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From my own experience Di, I

Posted on Fri, 29 Sep 2023

From my own experience Di, I would say you had every reason to worry. I've had cycling accidents on several occasions, one of which resulted in broken ribs, but the steep downhill on a badly designed but cool looking bike looking bike was...

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Posted in The Fall of the Mountain King

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I went with my kids a fair

Posted on Thu, 28 Sep 2023

I went with my kids a fair few times to that Pembroke / Cardigan sort of region. It was easy to get there when we lived in Wiltshire. It was fabulous and those trips always spawned great memories.

My partner's originally from Brittany. She...

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Posted in Pembrokeshire — two seasons

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No pain, no gain... as they

Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023

No pain, no gain... as they say. You may not have gained the piercing that you had hoped for but you did gain a great story to tell about yourself in your younger days. Short tales like this can reveal so much about a person's character. I always...

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Posted in Misguided In The Early 90s

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