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My stories have been read 2137252 times
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organist and monkey
The organ, off-kilter as a bagpipe chord, begins the first hymn. Major keys and minor key dance around the usual dirge. Funeral music. The...
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Don't talk back
I slept through the Russian missile crisis when John F Kennedy called the Russian’s bluff and sent them homeward to think again. It was a simpler...
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I stole this poem from Vera
You cut a chrysalis just in case, kept the carapace on you. Tied a shoelace around the neck, the butterfly initials you never knew tattooed at the...
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Hardware Not Included
Clinically proven. I lived between rivers of drinking and islands of insanity. There were lots of reasons for it. But I bet you’ve heard them all...
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ABCtales Magazine and me
I got the new ABCtales ‘best of’ through the post this morning. I know you can download it, but I prefer paper, it gives me something to chew over...
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yeh, I like this or get it,
Posted on Mon, 30 May 2016
yeh, I like this or get it, as like seems the wrong words, as does like. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Read full commentPosted in Cannibal
the rise and fall of us all.
Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016
the rise and fall of us all.
Read full commentPosted in Today We Dressed Up And Pretended To Be Rich
yellow, my favouritie colour
Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016
yellow, my favouritie colour and this is so sweet, it's right up my street. Mellow and blue it combines the colours of you.
Read full commentPosted in Yellow for my daughter
enjoyed reading about your
Posted on Tue, 17 May 2016
enjoyed reading about your travels.
Read full commentPosted in Tommy Mel's
yep. 3000 words isn't a lot;
Posted on Thu, 12 May 2016
yep. 3000 words isn't a lot; only it is. All the reasons you outline are lived examples, but what struck me most was the word 'perfect'. First 3000 is never going to be perfect, if it's legible, or evern if it isn't, that's a start. An outline....
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he is what he'll be, that's
Posted on Fri, 06 May 2016
he is what he'll be, that's plain to see.
Read full commentPosted in Rising Fives...
how could you miss it, insert
Posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2016
how could you miss it, insert? you read everything, even the stuff I've yet to write. that's how good you are.
Read full commentPosted in a day in the sun
I guess it's a collection of
Posted on Sun, 10 Apr 2016
I guess it's a collection of thoughts and feelings rolling in youth and finding nihilism and no answers which is a kind of answer. That and vodka, of course.
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I'm not sure if you've got
Posted on Thu, 07 Apr 2016
I'm not sure if you've got the geography of the planets in your head, but I'm guessing you do. Interesting. Sci-fi is a difficult mix of the known and unknown. I think you've got that here.
Read full commentPosted in The Net Caster (Part Eighteen)
you go from starring in the
Posted on Thu, 07 Apr 2016
you go from starring in the latest fitness video to a cowboy film. You never fail to entertain, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Proud Moments
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