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I have 1156 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2173322 times and 1172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1567 of my 15,071 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1599 votes

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grimms35

Jaz panting and out of breath runs uphill, the dark street a whetstone underfoot, and the unexpected urgency of the chase sobers him. It makes him...
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grimms34

Crossing Kilbowie Road Jaz negotiates the tooting horns of cars and buses with the absent-mindedness of a three-year-old toddler and seems startled...
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grimms33

Jaz is standing chittering at the bus stop outside Ramsay’s Fruit and Veg when a beige Morris Marina sweeps through the puddles, making an old guy...
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grimms32

Charlie the barman hovers around the five-foot mark and looks like King Louie from Junglebook , a comic figure, who knows everybody that is anybody,...
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grimms31

‘Shouldn’t you be going up the road, about now?’ says Jaz, smiling into his pint. ‘To get ready for your big date.’ Rab’s bottom lips droops and he...

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1567 of my comments have received 1599 Great Feedback votes

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I guess we read things into

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

I guess we read things into objects. Can't say I like Gordon. 

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Posted in Gordon Ramsay, A Lesson In Life. Part One.

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I guess we all worry that way

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2020

I guess we all worry that way and wolves come in many forms. 

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Posted in The Last Footprint

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a different generation, a

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020

a different generation, a different life. In some ways a harder life. 

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Posted in Burkette Greene

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lost some narrative structure

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020

lost some narrative structure here. Compelling as it is, turned into a rant. You can't hate your reader for not knowing. Not experiencing. Teach us in truth by telling a story that resonates in our hearts. The simple truth I understand is most-...

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Posted in Recognizing a Hero In Addict (7 cont&8)

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this is great. I enjoyed

Posted on Tue, 14 Jan 2020

this is great. I enjoyed reading it. I can see how so much training would make you incredibly fit, but, ironically, have such adverse affect on your bones. The killer line is it became drudgery. Just another way of making a buck. Amen to that. I...

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Posted in An Unexpected Change

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yes, nothing to do with

Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020

yes, nothing to do with global warming - apparently!

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Posted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.

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happy sad. sad happy,

Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2019

happy sad. sad happy, sometimes we settle for the crappy. 

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Posted in The Day Before Christmas

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good story, but the changing

Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2019

good story, but the changing point of view weakens it. I'd suggest make it his story or her story. 

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Posted in Strings of Desire (A working title)

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200 years doesn't sound like

Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2019

200 years doesn't sound like rapid change, but I guess it's all a matter of perspective. 

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Posted in Creative Media and Sales : Ch.16d The Decline of Civilisation

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Lovely story and true too. 

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2019

Lovely story and true too. 

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Posted in Author's Day

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