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I have 1156 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2170246 times and 1171 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1566 of my 15,077 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1598 votes

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the call up

Harry’s call up papers came through. He had been dreading them, but when they arrived he felt calmer, but had to put on his trifocals glasses to...
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bergy

It’s strange when you get out hearing soft, whispering womanly voices – he’s been sick—licking of soft strawberry lips to create a sympathetic sound...
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a day in the sun

Winter broke like a stick and the sun clothed itself in clouds to give spring an airing and my world expanded to more than school rooms and cold...

the angel oberon

To dust you will return Invisible to all but a select few My light has not gone out I’m simply waiting for you You with your need You with your greed...

criminal mastermind kaspar gutman

Sitting alone staring into thin air What with the squeak of the back gate ‘Who’s that there?’ I dare. A femme fatale appears out of grit and smoke...

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1566 of my comments have received 1598 Great Feedback votes

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juxtaposition of life and

Posted on Sat, 07 Jan 2017

juxtaposition of life and death, aye. Makes you think. 

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Posted in Waters

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sounds a wee bit like Harry

Posted on Sun, 01 Jan 2017

sounds a wee bit like Harry Kane and a mix of Alex Ferguson and Bill Shankley as the manager. 

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Posted in The Loanee - A Promising Future

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christmas and new year number

Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016

christmas and new year number one, well done. 

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Posted in Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Mourning?

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I've always wanted a tsunami

Posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2016

I've always wanted a tsunami you could fold up in your pocket. 

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Posted in Her father was a thunderstorm

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bit about writing books,

Posted on Tue, 13 Dec 2016

bit about writing books, writing block, finding a publisher and utopism. I particularly liked this idea: 'Power and competition in politics and business greed were sidelined and made unfashionable.  Work was necessary but it was not to rule life...

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Posted in History Of The Creadds (Ch.13d)

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if you look through your

Posted on Tue, 29 Nov 2016

if you look through your fingers it seems very much like this world, but instead of space travel, simple air travel. that's a good thing to base the future on, being like the past, but with speedbumps. . 

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Posted in Is Space The Final Frontier? Who Will The Man Of The Future Be? (Ch.13c)

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I prefer the sun, but I guess

Posted on Sun, 27 Nov 2016

I prefer the sun, but I guess I'm not the only one. Without rain I fear makind would be history. 

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Posted in Rain third position

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30 story in 30 days, you're

Posted on Thu, 24 Nov 2016

30 story in 30 days, you're having a fucking laugh! keep at it. 

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Posted in BIG JOHN.

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so many invisible days, in so

Posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2016

so many invisible days, in so many ways. 

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Posted in No Hand to Hold.

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the sweet and the sour the

Posted on Fri, 18 Nov 2016

the sweet and the sour the bouquet of forgotten flower, the aftertaste, that's what makes this poem so great. 

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Posted in I don't really like Hardy's Legacy

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