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I have 446 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591777 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

Cherry

The Open Road

The silence of the night, so quiet you can hear every tremble of your heart. And the whisper of your wheels on the rain-wet road are secrets that just have to be shared.

How to Fall

I now understand how to fall so that I can land gracefully. I have perfected the small art of how to lose with dignity, and walk away with ease without needing to look back, not even once.

Six O'Clock

All distance is a sweet lie now the world is mere electrons beamed from there to over here, and disaster is only a switch away where the world is always ending. And those same dark eyes stare

Roosting

A form of words, a shape carved from discarded silences, taken from the untidy piling of thought. Used to make these dark formations taking to the still evening air

One Such Morning

A misty early morning, barefoot run in dewy grass. You in a floating dress so thin, I can almost see right through it. And your night tumbled hair and summer smile

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