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I have 681 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 995682 times and 481 of my stories have been cherry picked.
150 of my 3,544 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 161 votes

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Richard McDonough

A dinosaur defying extiction.

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Craven Gets Flashed XIV

The following is a blow-by-blow account of the night’s main event at Ramone’s Pizza: Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea...
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Craven Gets Flashed XIII

Story endings are a bit like life itself. Some end with a gentle sigh. Others with a scratch of the head and a What the hell was that all about? feel...
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Craven Gets Flashed XII

It started with the Pizza. It ended with a bloody martini. That’s what the papers said. And that photo . Hoo boy! Talk about a tabloid blood and guts...
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Craven Gets Flashed XI

From the backroom of Ramone’s Tattoo Parlor, Madame Roza took a peak through a hole in the closed curtain and let out a hearty beer belch. “I do not...
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Craven Gets Flashed X

As Jenny Wilkins was about to pull away from the curb — in what can only be described as a wing and a prayer on wheels —- there was a load rap on her...

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150 of my comments have received 161 Great Feedback votes

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May sound strange, Ewan, but

Posted on Thu, 13 Jun 2019

May sound strange, Ewan, but it made me yearn for my own dad who had died too young. Age 52. I can see him sitting alone at the dinner table - he worked late most nights - with a Hemingway paperback in one hand and a forkful of mashed in the...

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Posted in Quincite

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As one who has been through

Posted on Sat, 04 May 2019

As one who has been through several beloved 4 legged beasts, may I say I feel your pain. A good laugh this. Three cheers for the four-legged creatures. Big jeers to two-legged wankers. 

Rich xx

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Posted in Pad Life 2: X Marks The Spot

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I put this in th ehumor

Posted on Tue, 19 Mar 2019

I put this in the humor caegory, but was feeling less than humorous when I started wrting it. It's ugly over here, celt, as it is over there. but I refuse to let the bastards get me down. This piece was meant to be sung, but I have this horrible...

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Posted in Mental Health Vacation Video

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One thing, among athers, I

Posted on Sun, 02 Dec 2018

One thing, among athers, I found lacking in the Bible was humor. Many thanks for this alternate take on the Wise Guys. I mean Wise Men.

Rich

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Posted in Seen, But Not Herod

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Glad you did wrtie, forest.

Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018

Glad you did wrtie, forest. Hope it gets many reads. Needs to be shared. Cheers.

Rich

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Posted in When Death Comes Too Soon

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I cherish days like that,

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2018

I cherish days like that, Harry. Got me a bit emotional. It was so damn loving. Thak you.

Rich

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Posted in Lines Written On My Mother's 90th Birthday

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I been the best and worst at

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2018

I been the best and worst at everything my whole like, Jane. But I'm glad I caught you on one of your best.

Rich x

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Posted in Magpies

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They haven't been knocking

Posted on Thu, 20 Sep 2018

They haven't been knocking for a few weeks now. I think Baxter's ferocious barking keeps them at bay. The other morining I was sitting at my computer deep in shallow thought. Put the coffee mug to my lips when Baxter let out one of his best. The...

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Posted in The Reclining Years

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Many thanks, DH. Don't know

Posted on Thu, 20 Sep 2018

Many thanks, DH. Don't know any Jehovahs personally, I only know them from knocking on my door come Saturday morning. Sometimes it's me with a hangover. Sometimes me with a bad cold, or sometimes just me making pancakes in my underwear. lol. But...

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Posted in The Reclining Years

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Damn. This shook me a bit. It

Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

Damn. This shook me a bit. It's so hard to move sometimes. This is something I'll want to comeback to. I love when writing does that.

Rich x

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Posted in Forwards

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