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I have 446 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591781 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).

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My stories

Empty Hands

By hadley on Mon, 12 Jan 2009

What silences can take their shape through this dull mist of morning rain? The slow black figures easing past on through the frosted grass to stand in stillness, verging on a pit
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Certificate U

Hesitancies of Reason

By hadley on Mon, 05 Jan 2009

A pause between the now, and then. Understanding, like these ancient rivers forming slowly. All the centuries of reaching desire. A need to hold. Formations carved by so many seasons
Miscellaneous
Certificate U

Lost Names

By hadley on Mon, 29 Dec 2008

An enemy makes life simple. Drunk on heroes and legends, uniforms and marching songs. As if there were not enough ordinary tragedies for them, they marched off into history
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

Birds

By hadley on Mon, 22 Dec 2008

With hands that flutter like trapped birds, she sees only the bars of her slow-rusting cage each time she looks up, searching for the sky. Preferring to look down and see the birds
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

Candle Flames And Butterflies

By hadley on Mon, 15 Dec 2008

Would you like to see this thought start out burning like the yellow-golden flame on the white candle, skittering and stuttering in the soft breeze drifting through the open cottage window?
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

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