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I have 9 stories published in
one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 4164 times
and 3 of my stories have been cherry picked.
David Coates
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Message
There's little more to say about the heron.
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The Book Club
The nightly flow of cars and street-side talk was so routine that when the nightbird turned its head and flew, it took a while to notice. Then silence fell upon us like a kiss.
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- 456 reads
A Reading
I found him on the beach, half-starved on his driftwood raft, barely able to form the sound of his own name.
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Witness
There, by the sink, gathering all the hair I could manage while my brother rinsed the mess out of his glistening shirt, we shared a penitent look above your head...
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- 307 reads
Trellis
The morning after, our bottle bin overbrims. Time to pretend we’re anywhere but this living room.
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- 414 reads