Brooklands

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I have 292 stories published in 18 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 385833 times and 120 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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My stories

Abecedary for London

Another abecedary. This one goes out to the big smoke.

The strangeness gland

Junk mail poetry. I love it!
Cherry

The Day-Star

Chopping up strawberries to add to our branded Pimms jug, I realise why I distrust summer ' its arrogance ' the hyper-reality of sunlight, those overexposed July mornings; we chat with our palms pressed flat to the sky, crowns of light brambling through our finger-slats.

Snag

"Listen, it's not that I didn't find you interesting, it's just that¦ well, I find all conversation ' all communication really ' to be essentially duplicitous. Hand signals, for example, who's idea was it to make hello and goodbye the same?

The Clodhoppers

A story about winkle-pickers, talloscopes and a Toyota Camry.

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