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I have 446 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591722 times and 85 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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David Hadley

David Hadley lives in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK.

His writing has been published in several magazines in the UK and US. Many of his pieces have been Cherry-picked by the editors at abctales.com, including some selected as Story of the Week. (http://www.abctales.com/user/38640).

His books are available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B005DFN62Q (UK) or here: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005DFN62Q (US).

My stories

The Care Of Recently-Hatched Lawyers

No doubt, when next summer arrives your first early spring batches of Lawyer eggs will soon hatch out into tadpoles - if you are lucky.

Summer Butterflies

“But words,” she said. “They Don’t mean anything at all. They flutter around And weave patterns through our days, Like the too brief lives Of bright summer butterflies.

Sometimes the Words are not There

Sometimes the words are not there, waiting as usual for you to stumble out of the morning to meet them.

Adult Education and Perversion

It sometimes happens that those who do not normally engage in the fully deviational lifestyle as a matter of habit* sometimes – just out of curiosity – feel they would like to try, sample or exper

Naked Under Foreign Skies (Sestina)

I She sat there, naked under foreign skies On that high balcony and looking down To see the beach so far below her feet As naked and as empty as she felt

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