mcmanaman

John Osborne, born in Scunthorpe in 1981, discovered rum and The Smiths 16 years later.

Right now, I have 256 stories in 13 collections on the site. My stories have been read 127110 times and 87 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Stories

Slade and Wham at Christmas

Submitted on December 6, 2008 - 02:54 | 117 reads

Let's not go to work this morning

Submitted on November 27, 2008 - 11:29 | 114 reads

It's hard to imagine any of our friends will die

Submitted on November 19, 2008 - 17:04 | 160 reads

We used to take drugs together

Submitted on September 14, 2008 - 00:00 | 157 reads

Sometimes when I think about you it makes me feel a bit sick

Submitted on September 13, 2008 - 23:45 | 268 reads

Queen Exchange

Submitted on June 15, 2008 - 11:07 | 147 reads

Teenage Rebellion

Submitted on June 6, 2008 - 13:56 | 375 reads

In this square

Submitted on June 1, 2008 - 23:06 | 143 reads

From his bed in the capital city

Submitted on June 1, 2008 - 23:02 | 164 reads

Picturing myself in the mountains, 10,000 miles away

Submitted on June 1, 2008 - 12:20 | 167 reads

Cheryl Tweedy Sex Pest

Submitted on May 18, 2008 - 17:30 | 1177 reads

A disastrous campaign in Bohemia

Submitted on April 12, 2008 - 21:20 | 157 reads

Something in me, I suppose, must be going blind

Submitted on April 12, 2008 - 21:13 | 162 reads

His house has white brick balconies

Submitted on April 12, 2008 - 21:09 | 163 reads

You have just become a character in my poem

Submitted on March 31, 2008 - 21:16 | 170 reads

Hymn to a Broken Marriage

Submitted on March 31, 2008 - 21:15 | 208 reads

I forgot to mention the moon

Submitted on March 31, 2008 - 21:13 | 162 reads

What if men burst in wearing balaclavas?

Submitted on March 7, 2008 - 15:25 | 190 reads

I'm not cool enough to be in your band

Submitted on February 18, 2008 - 00:54 | 251 reads

Miss Tempest Thinks

Submitted on February 18, 2008 - 00:39 | 181 reads

I've got a good game going on up here

Submitted on February 18, 2008 - 00:32 | 184 reads

There's someone dead in the toilet

Submitted on February 2, 2008 - 19:54 | 499 reads

We should call a man

Submitted on February 2, 2008 - 19:50 | 254 reads

George Aligayah

Submitted on January 25, 2008 - 15:06 | 264 reads

Wrecking Ball

Submitted on October 24, 2007 - 14:02 | 319 reads

Ordering Room Service

Submitted on October 22, 2007 - 15:25 | 329 reads

The Seinfeld Chronicles

Submitted on October 18, 2007 - 15:34 | 284 reads

I will never see these people again

Submitted on October 17, 2007 - 15:15 | 269 reads

A day in the life

Submitted on August 29, 2007 - 09:28 | 306 reads

A day in the life

Submitted on August 29, 2007 - 09:27 | 251 reads

I think Pat Sharp is lonely

Submitted on August 22, 2007 - 10:44 | 281 reads

I think Pat Sharp is lonely

Submitted on August 22, 2007 - 10:43 | 355 reads

I don't want anything bad to ever happen to you

Submitted on August 22, 2007 - 10:41 | 726 reads

I've got a friend called Byron now

Submitted on August 22, 2007 - 10:37 | 367 reads

She teaches Hannah

Submitted on July 11, 2007 - 08:57 | 273 reads

Loads of pills and stuff

Submitted on July 11, 2007 - 08:52 | 323 reads

People called Michael Jackson

Submitted on May 17, 2007 - 08:52 | 375 reads

On Wensum Bridge

Submitted on May 17, 2007 - 08:33 | 479 reads

Water

Submitted on May 16, 2007 - 11:10 | 377 reads

He explained why he would never buy her flowers

Submitted on May 16, 2007 - 11:09 | 469 reads

Cufflink

Submitted on May 15, 2007 - 10:03 | 287 reads

Somewhere much, much quieter

Submitted on May 15, 2007 - 09:20 | 394 reads

Don't be afraid, you have just got your eyes closed

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 09:03 | 322 reads

George Aligayah

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 09:02 | 434 reads

A film set on a staircase

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 08:57 | 306 reads

A fully grown man called Nobbsy

Submitted on March 21, 2007 - 19:03 | 299 reads

Skiing Accident

Submitted on March 17, 2007 - 11:00 | 337 reads

Stephen Hughes

Submitted on March 17, 2007 - 10:57 | 375 reads

Very Bad with Money

Submitted on March 17, 2007 - 10:35 | 795 reads

Breathing

Submitted on January 22, 2007 - 10:47 | 324 reads

Off Duty

Submitted on January 22, 2007 - 10:44 | 349 reads

I hope it snows for Jermaine Jackson

Submitted on January 22, 2007 - 10:40 | 328 reads

Apparently in Bury St Edmunds they switched the Christmas lights on in September.

Submitted on December 30, 2006 - 10:49 | 352 reads

Tape Recordings

Submitted on November 25, 2006 - 20:24 | 355 reads

We used to take drugs together

Submitted on November 25, 2006 - 20:17 | 418 reads

Meeting Sigrid

Submitted on October 28, 2006 - 09:44 | 325 reads

Springfield Rise

Submitted on October 27, 2006 - 15:02 | 331 reads

We're going to own this bar

Submitted on October 27, 2006 - 14:56 | 921 reads

Bunting

Submitted on October 15, 2006 - 18:52 | 432 reads

Paper Cuts

Submitted on October 12, 2006 - 18:24 | 436 reads

She looks like the girl who presents Brainteaser on Channel 5

Submitted on October 8, 2006 - 18:32 | 427 reads

Let's Close the Hotel

Submitted on October 8, 2006 - 16:02 | 386 reads

On the train to Sheringham

Submitted on August 17, 2006 - 18:06 | 347 reads

Drinking Water

Submitted on August 17, 2006 - 18:03 | 356 reads

They dragged me into their car

Submitted on August 13, 2006 - 18:40 | 375 reads

Everybody keeps ruffling each other's hair

Submitted on August 13, 2006 - 17:42 | 404 reads

Googling your own name

Submitted on August 8, 2006 - 18:15 | 453 reads

The fridge is full of Tropicana

Submitted on August 8, 2006 - 18:12 | 379 reads

Everbody wants to swim in the river

Submitted on July 20, 2006 - 17:41 | 430 reads

Browsing Russian Brides on the Internet

Submitted on July 5, 2006 - 17:11 | 501 reads

I know you've been referred to your doctor

Submitted on June 30, 2006 - 20:27 | 412 reads

I'd love to help

Submitted on June 29, 2006 - 19:59 | 377 reads

Hannah's mum has never eaten strawberries

Submitted on June 8, 2006 - 15:35 | 437 reads

Gut

Submitted on May 14, 2006 - 15:27 | 390 reads

Muse

Submitted on May 10, 2006 - 19:26 | 464 reads

Woodcutting

Submitted on May 10, 2006 - 19:25 | 403 reads

Secret Machines

Submitted on April 6, 2006 - 15:40 | 527 reads

Electric

Submitted on April 6, 2006 - 15:39 | 493 reads

Remember to take your inhaler

Submitted on March 23, 2006 - 14:03 | 531 reads

My father the King

Submitted on March 22, 2006 - 14:54 | 517 reads

Uncle David

Submitted on March 20, 2006 - 11:14 | 552 reads

Set

Submitted on March 15, 2006 - 11:31 | 579 reads

Three Haikus about Spring

Submitted on March 15, 2006 - 11:25 | 633 reads

When we slept under palm trees

Submitted on March 15, 2006 - 11:20 | 551 reads

Pasta Sauce

Submitted on March 12, 2006 - 11:00 | 547 reads

Batman and Robin

Submitted on March 12, 2006 - 10:58 | 481 reads

They couldn't stop tickling each other

Submitted on March 11, 2006 - 16:58 | 580 reads

I've managed to piece together

Submitted on March 8, 2006 - 10:51 | 543 reads

Like Orlando Bloom

Submitted on March 8, 2006 - 10:46 | 590 reads

We'll tour the coffee houses

Submitted on March 8, 2006 - 10:38 | 582 reads

Mustard

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 13:16 | 534 reads

My bad toe

Submitted on February 27, 2006 - 15:09 | 581 reads

Bamboo

Submitted on February 27, 2006 - 14:55 | 582 reads

Someone licks yoghurt

Submitted on February 15, 2006 - 14:57 | 544 reads

Aflutter

Submitted on February 15, 2006 - 14:41 | 576 reads

Ransack

Submitted on February 15, 2006 - 14:36 | 546 reads

Punching the air in euphoria

Submitted on February 4, 2006 - 20:02 | 641 reads

Rich Pickins

Submitted on February 3, 2006 - 16:22 | 594 reads

Like George Best

Submitted on February 3, 2006 - 16:13 | 611 reads

Cheeses

Submitted on February 3, 2006 - 16:08 | 617 reads

My Uncle's One Night Stands

Submitted on February 3, 2006 - 16:03 | 616 reads

Meanwhile at the bar a drunkard muses

Submitted on January 27, 2006 - 10:47 | 702 reads

Rogue

Submitted on January 27, 2006 - 10:41 | 664 reads

She read to me

Submitted on January 4, 2006 - 11:57 | 643 reads

Love Hearts

Submitted on December 20, 2005 - 10:14 | 603 reads

The English Accent

Submitted on November 30, 2005 - 13:34 | 620 reads

Your Suitcase

Submitted on November 30, 2005 - 13:26 | 576 reads

Shots

Submitted on November 30, 2005 - 13:22 | 613 reads

Mrs Corner's Window

Submitted on November 18, 2005 - 20:21 | 589 reads

01603 406006

Submitted on November 18, 2005 - 20:14 | 661 reads

House of Frasier

Submitted on November 18, 2005 - 20:08 | 2229 reads

Like a Hero in the Movies

Submitted on November 18, 2005 - 20:03 | 577 reads

Smyth

Submitted on September 22, 2005 - 14:25 | 657 reads

Doodle

Submitted on September 22, 2005 - 14:16 | 589 reads

A Month of Sunsets

Submitted on September 7, 2005 - 14:42 | 659 reads

Your Portrait

Submitted on September 6, 2005 - 11:27 | 729 reads

I guessed your Yahoo Password

Submitted on September 4, 2005 - 23:44 | 692 reads

C and G

Submitted on September 3, 2005 - 13:33 | 691 reads

Before the Dentists

Submitted on September 3, 2005 - 13:23 | 644 reads

Sparrow

Submitted on August 29, 2005 - 18:45 | 678 reads

Somersaults

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 16:51 | 681 reads

Alphabetti Spaghetti

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 13:54 | 668 reads

Teabags

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 13:42 | 711 reads

Polar Bear

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 12:24 | 600 reads

Like Eric Morecambe

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 12:22 | 670 reads

The Spinal Tap Video needed rewinding

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 12:20 | 682 reads

Listening to David Bowie

Submitted on August 22, 2005 - 12:13 | 644 reads

Tandem

Submitted on August 18, 2005 - 15:32 | 654 reads

Fish Sestina

Submitted on August 18, 2005 - 15:23 | 690 reads

My Milkmaid

Submitted on August 15, 2005 - 23:25 | 643 reads

Omelettes

Submitted on August 15, 2005 - 23:16 | 607 reads

Watching Columbo

Submitted on August 15, 2005 - 23:09 | 676 reads

The Danube

Submitted on August 15, 2005 - 13:06 | 629 reads

List Your Friends

Submitted on August 15, 2005 - 13:02 | 735 reads

Pennies

Submitted on August 5, 2005 - 15:57 | 697 reads

Milly

Submitted on July 26, 2005 - 08:29 | 535 reads

Sobriety

Submitted on May 1, 2005 - 16:01 | 520 reads

The Sick Man

Submitted on May 1, 2005 - 15:45 | 504 reads

The Newsagent's Window

Submitted on June 6, 2005 - 23:25 | 538 reads

Ranked

Submitted on March 28, 2005 - 16:56 | 534 reads

The Cut

Submitted on March 11, 2005 - 09:14 | 628 reads

Fish out of Water

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:12 | 416 reads

Bedsheets

Submitted on May 1, 2005 - 15:54 | 521 reads

When you were a Milkmaid

Submitted on May 1, 2005 - 14:56 | 689 reads

The Taxi Driver's Eyes

Submitted on March 11, 2005 - 09:18 | 511 reads

Fish Night

Submitted on March 11, 2005 - 09:13 | 509 reads

Mutter G?ttinger

Submitted on March 11, 2005 - 11:02 | 510 reads

A New England

Submitted on November 2, 2004 - 16:05 | 483 reads

The Farm on the Bottom Bunk

Submitted on June 6, 2005 - 23:16 | 499 reads

Two Glasses

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:16 | 486 reads

Records from Helsinki

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:16 | 509 reads

Spiders

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:16 | 483 reads

My Life in Pencils

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:19 | 516 reads

Helen Drew

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:14 | 543 reads

Floating Images of Youth

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:14 | 479 reads

Guardian Angel

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:04 | 502 reads

Balloons

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 552 reads

A thousand violins

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 536 reads

We don't make each other laugh anymore

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:06 | 643 reads

Thieves Go to Hell

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:15 | 510 reads

Unconscious Dreaming

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:14 | 480 reads

Richard Beckinsale

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:11 | 563 reads

Something is Sacred

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:06 | 455 reads

Piano

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:23 | 483 reads

Queen Exchange

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:15 | 468 reads

My Art College Days are Over

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:15 | 487 reads

I want to show I'm Sorry

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 526 reads

Fate

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:16 | 509 reads

Except Alabama Song

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:02 | 498 reads

Betty Made a Blanket

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:34 | 506 reads

Carribean

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:39 | 527 reads

X - The Ting of the Bell

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:19 | 508 reads

Venredi, Mecredi, Samedi

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:34 | 560 reads

We Were on the Swings

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:51 | 504 reads

Travel writing

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 506 reads

Rhine

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 498 reads

Sylvia's Bottom

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:07 | 576 reads

Mister Yehumi

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:43 | 479 reads

Kris Akabusi

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:44 | 665 reads

I Need to go to Europe

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 506 reads

Falling Down Stairs

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:01 | 532 reads

Drinking Diet Pepsi

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:39 | 578 reads

Calais to Dover

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:09 | 499 reads

Z-Brittle Bones

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:50 | 519 reads

X- Young and Lovely

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:50 | 565 reads

You can't Whistle

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:08 | 508 reads

Van Basten

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:06 | 452 reads

Watching Fireworks Fly

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 492 reads

This be the Curse

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:55 | 469 reads

U R Horrible

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:11 | 524 reads

Rainbow

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 511 reads

Spin the bottle

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:55 | 738 reads

Pretty girl

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:32 | 492 reads

Q - Window Shopping

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:37 | 489 reads

Now and Then

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:07 | 489 reads

Outside the toilets in McDonalds

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:50 | 485 reads

Love Poetry In Age

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:55 | 511 reads

My Scruffy Hair

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:54 | 1182 reads

January Snow

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 06:59 | 474 reads

Kupid

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:06 | 561 reads

Honeydew

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:56 | 506 reads

I Stole a Book

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:07 | 468 reads

Fruit Machines

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:34 | 717 reads

Guilty

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 502 reads

Don't go without him

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:55 | 504 reads

Emily's Plasticine

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:51 | 509 reads

Bring me Sunshine

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:18 | 563 reads

Childrens Pop Up Books

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:13 | 569 reads

A - Miss Scunthorpe 2000 (runner up)

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:19 | 628 reads

Z - Fish out of Water

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:23 | 483 reads

Y- Dear Son in Law

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:02 | 509 reads

Watching David Gower

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:39 | 492 reads

The girl at Glastonbury

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:51 | 501 reads

Robin Hoods Bay

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:52 | 491 reads

Stowmarket

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 533 reads

New Boy

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:19 | 503 reads

One Thousand Violins

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:49 | 525 reads

Leonard Cohen read you my poem

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:44 | 511 reads

Just Outside the Moshpit

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 491 reads

Kurt and Courtney

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:54 | 494 reads

Inside

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 492 reads

Gonads

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:36 | 525 reads

Don't Run Away

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:14 | 475 reads

Conceived at Glastonbury

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:16 | 513 reads

And behind us

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:02 | 536 reads

Dear Sir

Submitted on December 14, 2004 - 16:09 | 537 reads

Tracks

Submitted on December 14, 2004 - 16:07 | 509 reads

Factory

Submitted on December 14, 2004 - 16:05 | 498 reads

Sparrow

Submitted on December 14, 2004 - 15:59 | 518 reads

The English News

Submitted on June 6, 2005 - 23:22 | 537 reads

Strauss

Submitted on March 29, 2005 - 15:09 | 520 reads

Fame

Submitted on March 29, 2005 - 14:56 | 529 reads

When the Rain Came

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:15 | 481 reads

Trampled Popodoms

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:11 | 658 reads

Postcard

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:00 | 469 reads

Watching Fireworks Fly

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 20:57 | 501 reads

I don't want to hate Scunthorpe

Submitted on December 14, 2004 - 17:37 | 557 reads

Ladybirds

Submitted on April 1, 2005 - 08:03 | 674 reads

How to lose weight

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:28 | 522 reads

Factory

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:28 | 520 reads

How to make friends with effluence, people

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 538 reads

Meal for One

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 492 reads

Roulette

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:21 | 477 reads

Like they did in Antigua

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:16 | 482 reads

Jimmy Jones

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:41 | 483 reads

Grain

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:41 | 505 reads

Furniture

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:15 | 383 reads

Friends and Enemies

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:19 | 550 reads

The bit before the end of the middle

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:04 | 487 reads

Carpet

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:02 | 450 reads

Rubbish

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:53 | 469 reads

Fleece

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:53 | 508 reads

whether

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:39 | 500 reads

The Tale of the Magic River

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:33 | 495 reads