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Stories in this set

Bloom

First published on June 11, 2011 - 13:47  | 226 reads

Take Care

First published on December 25, 2008 - 20:12  | 553 reads

Brown Shoes on Sunday

First published on October 4, 2008 - 12:21  | 676 reads

Duet

First published on March 18, 2008 - 21:23  | 764 reads

A Quantum of Sonnet

First published on September 4, 2011 - 14:22  | 355 reads

The New White Punks

First published on October 4, 2011 - 10:20  | 198 reads

'I Don't Know What Goes on in your Head, Sometimes.'

First published on October 31, 2008 - 08:27  | 649 reads

(T)haiku

First published on April 17, 2009 - 07:26  | 489 reads

10 Things (IP)

First published on August 25, 2011 - 13:13  | 392 reads

21°C

First published on April 17, 2010 - 18:24  | 411 reads

3 Character Sketches

First published on April 22, 2010 - 13:05  | 285 reads

3-6-9

First published on May 14, 2010 - 09:31  | 424 reads

A Damp Squid

First published on November 3, 2008 - 14:15  | 597 reads

A Haunting

First published on April 25, 2008 - 10:43  | 745 reads

A Lunch at the Ivy

First published on October 25, 2009 - 10:43  | 419 reads

A Modest Proposal

First published on October 4, 2011 - 11:20  | 252 reads

A POEM OF GENIUS?

First published on May 27, 2008 - 13:06  | 776 reads

A Polysyllabic Spree

First published on July 17, 2008 - 08:56  | 689 reads

A Quiet Drink in Mobile

First published on February 27, 2009 - 12:28  | 513 reads

A Serious Talk

First published on March 21, 2008 - 10:17  | 772 reads

A Suitable Case

First published on August 10, 2009 - 14:04  | 516 reads

A Whitby Notable

First published on July 24, 2009 - 17:09  | 612 reads

A Winter's Tale

First published on December 19, 2009 - 21:05  | 463 reads

Alice

First published on August 29, 2007 - 13:27  | 1159 reads

Alone is the Hunter by Boatyard Kindling

First published on October 23, 2007 - 19:36  | 904 reads

American Gothic

First published on August 24, 2009 - 13:11  | 526 reads

An Invitation to Dinner (after Catullus 13)

First published on August 24, 2011 - 13:59  | 286 reads

And Dickens Danced at Midnight

First published on October 2, 2011 - 17:57  | 165 reads

Arab Spring

First published on September 6, 2011 - 19:04  | 294 reads

Autumn Comes

First published on September 30, 2011 - 08:19  | 168 reads

Babbacombe Fair

First published on September 2, 2011 - 08:56  | 231 reads

Barrowland

First published on February 19, 2009 - 10:28  | 567 reads

Beating the Devil

First published on December 11, 2007 - 11:30  | 796 reads

Beatle Love

First published on October 29, 2008 - 08:54  | 569 reads

Bigger Brother

First published on October 20, 2007 - 12:35  | 824 reads

Biter Bit (Gregg)

First published on April 23, 2010 - 13:20  | 469 reads

Blessed is his Name

First published on September 16, 2009 - 08:37  | 463 reads

Blocked

First published on April 26, 2009 - 15:20  | 489 reads

Blue Rondo in the Murk

First published on October 13, 2011 - 19:56  | 206 reads

Blue, Blue, Electric Blue

First published on February 20, 2011 - 16:00  | 281 reads

Bob's Your Uncle

First published on July 27, 2007 - 13:39  | 1124 reads

Boredom

First published on May 30, 2008 - 12:24  | 677 reads

Brand New

First published on August 31, 2007 - 14:15  | 884 reads

Bread on the Waters

First published on December 4, 2007 - 11:29  | 860 reads

Buddy

First published on May 24, 2008 - 16:20  | 834 reads

Bugis Street

First published on September 7, 2011 - 17:38  | 249 reads

Building for the Future

First published on February 5, 2010 - 18:52  | 456 reads

Café Aphrodite

First published on February 27, 2008 - 16:10  | 802 reads

Character Plus Conflict Equals Plot

First published on July 16, 2011 - 13:47  | 440 reads

Cindi

First published on March 19, 2008 - 12:58  | 712 reads

Cold Encounter

First published on March 17, 2008 - 14:32  | 745 reads

Creative Overspill

First published on November 26, 2008 - 11:51  | 553 reads

Crossing The River

First published on November 8, 2011 - 15:00  | 183 reads

Da Capo.

First published on June 18, 2011 - 08:13  | 438 reads

Dear Stephen

First published on November 22, 2009 - 16:55  | 389 reads

Deliver Us Not

First published on September 6, 2011 - 12:04  | 185 reads

Destiny Calling

First published on May 17, 2009 - 18:00  | 477 reads

Dirty Words

First published on March 29, 2009 - 08:07  | 504 reads

Disputed Waters

First published on September 16, 2007 - 18:30  | 893 reads

Do Something Different This Bank Holiday

First published on August 24, 2011 - 14:21  | 192 reads

Dollars in the Bathtub

First published on December 5, 2007 - 10:45  | 909 reads

Dreamboat Danny

First published on March 21, 2008 - 12:17  | 751 reads

Dusting

First published on December 5, 2008 - 10:02  | 557 reads

Eastern Promise

First published on September 10, 2011 - 12:41  | 207 reads

El Planeta del Tesoro (Treasure Planet)

First published on May 22, 2010 - 15:18  | 394 reads

Epitaph

First published on March 21, 2008 - 15:32  | 760 reads

Escape to Literature

First published on March 19, 2008 - 15:10  | 707 reads

Every Word?

First published on December 9, 2007 - 19:48  | 864 reads

Eye

First published on April 18, 2010 - 10:06  | 402 reads

Factory

First published on April 4, 2008 - 08:46  | 738 reads

February Morning

First published on February 10, 2008 - 12:36  | 766 reads

Fence Posts

First published on December 13, 2011 - 13:11  | 186 reads

Fishing for Compliments

First published on February 16, 2008 - 17:38  | 710 reads

Flawed Judgement

First published on March 15, 2010 - 09:03  | 333 reads

Fool

First published on September 12, 2011 - 08:45  | 212 reads

For Love or Money

First published on September 30, 2009 - 12:28  | 433 reads

Four Corners

First published on February 18, 2008 - 20:56  | 799 reads

Free Advice

First published on February 23, 2009 - 12:47  | 535 reads

Free Write

First published on March 11, 2009 - 12:06  | 582 reads

Freeride

First published on February 21, 2008 - 20:23  | 786 reads

Geek

First published on September 25, 2009 - 20:18  | 444 reads

George and Fred

First published on November 7, 2009 - 09:15  | 431 reads

Getting Out

First published on May 24, 2007 - 18:20  | 1148 reads

Ghost Readers

First published on October 11, 2008 - 17:57  | 613 reads

Give over, Ray!

First published on October 11, 2008 - 10:38  | 590 reads

Gone

First published on October 28, 2008 - 07:34  | 687 reads

Greetings from Inner Space

First published on November 24, 2007 - 20:06  | 821 reads

Gun

First published on September 11, 2009 - 09:39  | 421 reads

Haiku

First published on December 13, 2008 - 19:25  | 672 reads

Half Time

First published on October 26, 2008 - 16:33  | 605 reads

Hameln

First published on August 21, 2008 - 12:00  | 601 reads

Happy Ever After - A Fairy Tale Adventure

First published on May 2, 2010 - 10:23  | 499 reads

Happy Hour in Hoboken

First published on November 22, 2008 - 11:43  | 563 reads

History’s Details

First published on March 23, 2008 - 09:36  | 750 reads

Holding Hands

First published on December 28, 2007 - 10:47  | 796 reads

Honey Trapping

First published on November 23, 2008 - 14:33  | 575 reads

Hopscotch On The Beach

First published on August 20, 2011 - 14:37  | 341 reads

Howard

First published on January 22, 2009 - 18:56  | 556 reads

Humble Pi

First published on July 16, 2008 - 14:57  | 674 reads

I Stand Outside

First published on January 2, 2012 - 18:43  | 136 reads

Ici, Les Petits-Fils du Paradis

First published on August 30, 2011 - 11:55  | 233 reads

If Only

First published on March 25, 2009 - 07:00  | 956 reads

In a Perfect World.

First published on February 10, 2010 - 10:54  | 392 reads

It is just one more word...

First published on May 23, 2009 - 08:15  | 459 reads

Jigsaw

First published on November 22, 2011 - 14:05  | 156 reads

Jimmy Blue

First published on April 8, 2011 - 15:21  | 285 reads

Journeyman

First published on December 23, 2009 - 19:28  | 343 reads

Just So

First published on August 14, 2009 - 17:03  | 464 reads

Kings of the Last Frontier

First published on December 8, 2007 - 10:42  | 781 reads

Koan

First published on December 24, 2008 - 12:04  | 711 reads

Last Men Out

First published on August 25, 2011 - 11:53  | 254 reads

Last of the Woad Blue Lovers

First published on February 24, 2008 - 13:57  | 706 reads

Legal Fees

First published on April 3, 2008 - 09:56  | 717 reads

Lenore

First published on December 12, 2009 - 10:29  | 388 reads

Live at the Gaumont

First published on May 29, 2010 - 14:41  | 298 reads

Losing

First published on March 19, 2008 - 12:00  | 739 reads

Love Conkers

First published on March 18, 2008 - 21:56  | 1051 reads

Lunch for Two.

First published on August 14, 2009 - 14:10  | 505 reads

Lupine Debt Recovery (FSA Approved)

First published on November 28, 2009 - 21:15  | 396 reads

Mad Woman Running

First published on April 4, 2011 - 18:22  | 514 reads

Madrid

First published on July 5, 2007 - 09:51  | 1168 reads

Mean Spirits

First published on October 15, 2008 - 18:06  | 568 reads

Mistaken Identity

First published on December 23, 2009 - 19:32  | 339 reads

Monologue

First published on September 7, 2008 - 12:49  | 664 reads

Mr Kölski Pays A Visit

First published on October 14, 2011 - 13:11  | 193 reads

Muhammad Dali

First published on May 15, 2009 - 18:23  | 623 reads

Murder By Numbers

First published on September 15, 2011 - 12:12  | 213 reads

Niki

First published on November 12, 2008 - 11:11  | 601 reads

No Accounting for Taste

First published on March 6, 2010 - 13:49  | 436 reads

No More Than 10 Words.

First published on April 25, 2008 - 08:56  | 725 reads

Nostalgia Comp

First published on November 23, 2007 - 15:16  | 1019 reads

Nothing Like A Dame

First published on December 10, 2008 - 11:18  | 554 reads

Number Six

First published on September 18, 2007 - 18:39  | 832 reads

Ode To The Umbung by Boatyard Kindling

First published on September 28, 2007 - 09:26  | 974 reads

Oh no it isn't!

First published on February 4, 2008 - 10:14  | 875 reads

On the Corner of Plaza Baja

First published on June 12, 2011 - 11:27  | 206 reads

On the Roadkill, with Jack (and Bill and Neal).

First published on August 12, 2011 - 19:19  | 317 reads

On The Tanner

First published on October 11, 2011 - 12:45  | 214 reads

Once Upon A Time

First published on February 28, 2011 - 18:16  | 450 reads

Packet

First published on April 12, 2011 - 11:00  | 491 reads

Page Found On A Tube Station Platform

First published on December 31, 2007 - 10:37  | 756 reads

Palimpsests (Edit)

First published on January 24, 2009 - 13:38  | 539 reads

Pantelegraph

First published on September 30, 2011 - 11:18  | 249 reads

Parallel Heaven

First published on December 14, 2007 - 10:36  | 905 reads

Passion Cooled

First published on October 25, 2007 - 23:14  | 878 reads

Photograph

First published on August 22, 2011 - 13:48  | 344 reads

Ploughshares into Swords.

First published on December 6, 2007 - 09:58  | 868 reads

Poet as Bot

First published on October 31, 2008 - 08:46  | 753 reads

Presents of Mind

First published on December 24, 2007 - 11:56  | 853 reads

Questions

First published on February 15, 2009 - 21:10  | 718 reads

Rant

First published on September 14, 2008 - 11:53  | 633 reads

Return of the Mac

First published on December 11, 2008 - 10:40  | 640 reads

Richard III

First published on November 20, 2009 - 17:14  | 452 reads

S.S. Great Britain

First published on March 18, 2009 - 08:17  | 606 reads

Same as the Old Boss?

First published on October 2, 2009 - 14:45  | 432 reads

Sand and Glasses

First published on May 1, 2008 - 18:31  | 1179 reads

Scenes From a Massive-ly Multiplayer On-line Role Player's Game.

First published on August 9, 2011 - 12:44  | 238 reads

Script for an imaginary short

First published on February 29, 2008 - 10:20  | 715 reads

September

First published on August 1, 2008 - 13:44  | 699 reads

Seven Layers

First published on December 26, 2008 - 13:56  | 630 reads

Sofia

First published on April 5, 2011 - 11:42  | 490 reads

Special Delivery

First published on March 22, 2009 - 08:46  | 603 reads

Spring Pictures

First published on September 9, 2011 - 14:36  | 226 reads

Stan

First published on December 9, 2011 - 20:20  | 239 reads

Steering the Conversation

First published on February 22, 2008 - 17:02  | 913 reads

Stigmata

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:23  | 719 reads

Strange Beast

First published on October 18, 2008 - 19:09  | 590 reads

Such a Little Man

First published on October 23, 2009 - 10:02  | 433 reads

Sunbirds

First published on August 12, 2011 - 13:12  | 386 reads

Sunday Post Mortem

First published on April 24, 2008 - 11:19  | 710 reads

Sunshine

First published on September 18, 2007 - 18:33  | 858 reads

Telling

First published on February 5, 2010 - 18:45  | 341 reads

The Answer is 8 Down

First published on December 31, 2007 - 10:23  | 866 reads

The Case of the Possessive Pronoun

First published on November 4, 2008 - 09:35  | 715 reads

The Equivocal Heart

First published on October 9, 2011 - 17:40  | 180 reads

The Indefinite Particle

First published on December 31, 2008 - 14:50  | 576 reads

The Little Sister

First published on October 26, 2008 - 16:55  | 610 reads

The Master of Bafflegab

First published on November 8, 2008 - 09:31  | 917 reads

The New Confessions

First published on January 26, 2008 - 13:33  | 828 reads

The Offer

First published on June 4, 2011 - 11:35  | 586 reads

The Ramsbottom Pigeon

First published on March 27, 2009 - 10:58  | 545 reads

The Resourceful Mr Goldfarb

First published on October 16, 2009 - 15:41  | 334 reads

The Road to Ballyhibbert

First published on January 8, 2012 - 15:54  | 148 reads

The Silent Treatment

First published on October 9, 2009 - 18:32  | 433 reads

The Singer Not The Song

First published on December 19, 2008 - 12:41  | 581 reads

The Son of All Fears

First published on March 16, 2009 - 09:08  | 710 reads

The Udder Side of the Story

First published on November 28, 2009 - 21:03  | 355 reads

The Universal Backlot Wedding

First published on July 21, 2008 - 09:08  | 746 reads

There is No Such Thing as a Free Write

First published on September 21, 2009 - 10:33  | 510 reads

These Dreams

First published on September 3, 2011 - 08:46  | 356 reads

This Savage Life

First published on October 9, 2008 - 10:55  | 658 reads

To Poetaste: a most irregular verb.

First published on December 30, 2007 - 19:55  | 980 reads

Vinyl Memories

First published on February 2, 2010 - 19:49  | 330 reads

Waiting for Haiku

First published on December 8, 2008 - 09:38  | 616 reads

Welcome Back Peter

First published on October 28, 2008 - 11:41  | 582 reads

What a Word's Worth

First published on February 25, 2009 - 20:20  | 514 reads

Where the Blue Meets the Grey

First published on August 16, 2011 - 15:34  | 185 reads

Who Do We Think We Are?

First published on March 28, 2008 - 18:21  | 713 reads

Wordsmith (IP)

First published on October 14, 2011 - 09:19  | 191 reads

You Don't Know, Jacques

First published on August 28, 2011 - 17:20  | 206 reads

Your Name is No Accident.

First published on September 7, 2009 - 11:52  | 2235 reads

Zis

First published on December 22, 2008 - 08:08  | 628 reads