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I have 119 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 233471 times and 69 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2 of my 56 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2 votes

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Dan Derrett

Not mad really, but am called Dan.

My stories

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The Haunted Coffee Machine

A short ghost story (with apologies to Margery lawrence)
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The Glitch

I have written a ghost story every month this year and this is the last one. A Christmas one.
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Pick of the Month

The Flat on Ashburn Hill

Another ghost story
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My Least Favourite Grave

I am trying to write a ghost story every month. Here is a grisly one for Halloween.
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Via Bank or Via Charing Cross

I am writing a ghost story a month in 2022. This is September's

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2 of my comments have received 2 Great Feedback votes

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Good point about the language

Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2022

Good point about the language. I'm trying to emulate MR James of course, but at times I end up imitating him which is not the intention at all.

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Thanks. The problem with the

Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2022

Thanks. The problem with the preamble is I wanted to tell an Indian story with Indian protagonists but if I tried to tell it in an Indian voice it would just come off fake, so I'm left with this slightly complicated setup to justify the English...

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