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I have 1156 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
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Tilly cut loose from the day

Tilly cut loose from the day Brightness like a red balloon Utterances dumbstruck with gravity Details don’t matter Holding onto her giggling A...
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Uncle John's Popemobile.

Black specks were moving on the stacked plates of uneaten leftovers and the casual smears of a man that had tried to tidy up. Casualties lay on the...
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Sweaty

Sweaty was jumpy. He reached for a wrench. Rubbed grit from the window and squinted his one good eye to look through plastic into the yard. Neither...
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EAT YEH

Chained outside McGinlay’s coal yard—a dog called EAT YEH, the size of a small bison. Howling, choking and mad eyed to get at you. EAT YEH had a...
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Hellish Heaven 2

The examination couch had greenish paper towels covering it. I was scared more than humiliated. Cool and sticky. My presence on the couch soon to be...

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1566 of my comments have received 1598 Great Feedback votes

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wonderful writing. We do know

Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024

wonderful writing. We do know. We do know. 

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Posted in Tom Tom Turnaround (7) (ii)

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I'm with Lennon and Yoko on

Posted on Thu, 12 Dec 2024

I'm with Lennon and Yoko on that one. 'No more war'. Siss too. 

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Posted in The Last Night Chapter 16 A Beautiful Landing

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If it wasn't ghosts, it might

Posted on Thu, 12 Dec 2024

If it wasn't ghosts, it might have been Thatcher or ghostly Americans, even their ghosts are fat (as they shoud be). 

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Posted in Eight Out of Ten Bulgarians

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cheers ray, you too, but I'm

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2024

cheers ray, you too, but I'm on earth, you've reached for the stars. 

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Posted in what comes after Christmas.

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there's bit of light and

Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024

there's bit of light and darkness too in this jenny. Or maybe that's just me 

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Posted in Stormy Night Of Passion

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Ah, I remember Kirk, James T.

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Ah, I remember Kirk, James T. And Spock too. Earth studies. Now that might be useful for later. 

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Posted in The Last Night Chapter 15 The Archaeologist

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seems a crazy time of year. I

Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024

seems a crazy time of year. I feel for all those kids that have so little and do not find much joy in stuff they don't need, but, of course, they won't know that until they're adult enough to start the whole process anew. 

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Posted in CHRISTmas is Cancelled. Part Four.

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when the strom peters out and

Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024

when the strom peters out and ends in heaven above, it leaves us cosy inside. 

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Posted in Stormy Night Of Passion

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we are as service industry.

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024

we are as service industry. One mugins selling to another. All industry is gone, as muggins knows. A shadow economy based on nothing substantial. 

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Posted in Party Election Leaflets : Delivering Economic Stability? By Alfred N.Muggins

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a toxic environment and the

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024

a toxic environment and the rise of the robots. It'll end in apocalypse and a boxed set. 

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Posted in Parcel for you - Part 42

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