celticman
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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2169905 times
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how to be stupid
Reading is the engine of writing. Tune up. Breathe in the perfume of words and phrases. Become familiar with ignorance. Recognise it in yourself...
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dread-nought
Phrases orphaned and read cramming inside my head conversations of sounds drowning, clowning around silence of the heart dual rhythm apart...
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standing in the queue to order a word kebab at my local takeaway
What would you like? Voice of division Voice of derision Vice setting tone Garnish with that? Waiting for a letter to arrive Swirly bluebottle battle...
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huts 5 (rewrite)
The office is too warm. I sit squelched and sweating under the pall of Wullie the Poles’s Senoir Service , nose buried in files, eyes shifting...
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doodles
Little bit thing lying in your sprawl Crying as if the world will end It might It might This very night But don’t you bite Settle on a secret There’s...
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evernow is to be the person
Posted on Sun, 12 Apr 2015
evernow is to be the person we want to be. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Forever frozen on the flipside of the night.
family worries, how we scurry
Posted on Wed, 08 Apr 2015
family worries, how we scurry to and fro from that worry.
Read full commentPosted in Cinderellas Have Stubble Too
A stor[e]y below
Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2015
A stor[e]y below
so the journey begins. Not sure why anyone would volunteer their child for sacrifice. The story of a lottery and sacrifice for the good of the land is more common.
Read full commentPosted in Dancing Silhouettes
take a deep breath, powerful.
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2015
take a deep breath, powerful.
Read full commentPosted in Deterioration Haiku
we're all capitalists now
Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2015
we're all capitalists now comrade.
Read full commentPosted in an American thinks of Russia
yes, I like it too.
Posted on Wed, 04 Feb 2015
yes, I like it too.
Read full commentPosted in Orbital (fourth position)
plot against the crows, often
Posted on Sun, 25 Jan 2015
plot against the crows, often difficult but a lasting image.
Read full commentPosted in Earth Heart (3)
writers'faces. I was very sad
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2015
writers'faces. I was very sad to hear about Terence Oblongs death. We spent many a day on the mountain of Just Fucking Write and I must say he was an inspiration. I was a bit peeved however to find I'll be sharing the Valley of the Giant Stoats...
Read full commentPosted in The death of Terrence Oblong
I like these tales of Emer's
Posted on Sat, 10 Jan 2015
I like these tales of Emer's Ireland and Archie Given going taking his life.
Read full commentPosted in The Hill in the Pale
I read it in one gulp, but it
Posted on Thu, 01 Jan 2015
I read it in one gulp, but it went down smoothly. Lovely as a draught of a draught.
Read full commentPosted in Christmas Game Over
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