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I have 1154 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2137794 times and 1168 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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the case against...

Maria Frank is early for her appointment with A & D Solicitors. Time management. One of her strengths. Hair is shorn tight to her pinched face,...

feet of clay

Antiquated face, representation of a powerful race Held rigid by Parkinson’s He could no longer quip And give opponents the slip Champion of the...

sui generis

To see what others see Something not like me Scrounger and benefits none Council-house scum Burn them out, job done Boring, stupid, cringe worthy Fat...
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Gold cherry
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Most folk called her Pet

Pet held up and out a bent strip of cardboard, which was difficult to read in the rain, ‘London,’ block capitals, in blue marker pen. The sign...
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Cherry

Le Cock: My Struggle.

I’m reading ‘The International Literary Phenomenon’, Some Rain Must Fall: My Struggle, Book 5 , by Karl Ove Knausgaard. Cliché after cliché so it...
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1560 of my comments have received 1592 Great Feedback votes

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summer in essence. 

Posted on Sat, 24 Jun 2017

summer in essence. 

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Posted in Summer Thrills.

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nature's grand design, right

Posted on Sun, 18 Jun 2017

nature's grand design, right enough. 

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Posted in The Ghost Queen.

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sometimes I rub against my

Posted on Thu, 15 Jun 2017

sometimes I rub against my ignorance and give it a shine. I know this. I know. 

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Posted in Strange and Familiar Faces

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the god paradox. Man can be

Posted on Wed, 17 May 2017

the god paradox. Man can be searching for something. I've no answers 

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Posted in A Different Kind of Prayer (Part 2)

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Fathers are a strange breed.

Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017

Fathers are a strange breed. I didn't know mine either, even though he was nominally there when my mum brought us up. I take after my father, of course. 

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Posted in Shlamek

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aye, as an old baldy, I

Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2017

aye, as an old baldy, I sympathise. No next time!

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Posted in The border of earth

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nicely done. 

Posted on Fri, 10 Mar 2017

nicely done. 

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Posted in 'Sourire' Haiku Set

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a trumpet for a brother, a

Posted on Sun, 26 Feb 2017

a trumpet for a brother, a trumpet for a sister, my guess is your guess, is that the broom that sweeps may, indeed, sweep us all away. 

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Posted in Brocken Spectre

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I know lots of stories about

Posted on Fri, 24 Feb 2017

I know lots of stories about drinking and drunks, some funny, some sad, some funny and sad at the same time. How do we reach honesty? That's a different story, and one which I'm not quite sure how it ends. I think you've had a good crack at here...

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Posted in A familiar through-line

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I like that Phil. All writing

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb 2017

I like that Phil. All writing is the Wizard of Oz pulling the curtain away. You know that because you do it too. 

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Posted in grimms31

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