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I have 1154 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2138162 times
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grimms6
Light shimmered and shed its hat of cloud and shadows. Snowfall drifted down setting the world to white. Our street was smaller and larger,...
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Grimms5
Most folk in a room and kitchen round about here envy us, because there is only me and Da. I guess even Pizza Face, if he ever thought about anything...
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Grimms4
Pizza Face ducked his head down when he took a drag on a fag and hid it behind his leg when he wasn’t smoking. He’d stolen a dout, almost a full...
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the three wise men + one
I was coming back from the Dropp Inn and I met the three wise men, standing in the lane outside The Tasty Spot , at the fence, broken glass at their...
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A gift at Christmas
Years ago, when Christmas was still Christmas and I was just a wee boy stuck in my room in the attic because of the asthma, and everything else that...
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grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)
Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)
serenity, one of the few
Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2018
serenity, one of the few things you can't buy. And great writing, well, you can buy that. I had the last meeting with my writing mentor Carl Mac Dougall today and he mentioned James Joyce and his story The Dead as being pretty much perfect., The...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)
wonderful story telling. I'd
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
wonderful story telling. I'd add Tom (Cruise) surname, I had to think about it and lazy people like me don't like to come out of the flow of the story to do that. brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in Sass (Part 2)
yes, what happened in
Posted on Sun, 11 Nov 2018
yes, what happened in Sarajevo spread through the Slavic nations and engulfed us all.
Read full commentPosted in Achilleio
that's what I call desperate
Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018
that's what I call desperate and sad Jenny, but what do I know? good story Harry, I'm sure it's a metaphor for living.
Read full commentPosted in Band of One
a chapbook of wise sayiings,
Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018
a chapbook of wise sayiings, I foolishly enjoyed reading. keep writing.
Read full commentPosted in Scattered Wounds: I should like to understand myself properly before it is too late
embarrassment {another flush
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
embarrassment {another flush of embracement at this} so many parents have Alzheimer's I'm sure there's more than a few who'd happily choke them too.
Read full commentPosted in A Weekend with Family
maybe, but often they don't
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
maybe, but often they don't get it.
Read full commentPosted in ORPHAN BOY
we're all trying to get on to
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
we're all trying to get on to a better path. Keep writing.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)
rainbows are majestic, but
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
rainbows are majestic, but you need to be looking up. You were and are.
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