Geertje Jong

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I have 23 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 24502 times and 7 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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My stories

Maiko

An eastern promise

ZYX (IP)

Zeal is not a virtue, unless you are a missionary. Yesterday is not for regretting. Xavier is my cousins name. Waifs and strays need looking after. Very pious people are usually liars.

The Crypt

The day of the funeral the sky is thick with fat woolly clouds, like a herd of pregnant sheep huddled together on the brow of the hill.

The Mole hill gatherers

The mole hill gatherers come, with bucket and spade and barrow. At the early arrival of dusk. The fine milled soil gently lifted. To heap the bucket full. This crumbled earth, damp scented.
Cherry

The stranger at our table-Part Two

You used to shout at me like thunder. Now you just attack me with a look. You watch me black and blue. When the milk is cold or when there aren't enough Oates in your porridge.

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