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I have 126 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 144089 times
and 96 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Spring Not Yet Out
As I write, spring is a suggestion, an absence. A few sunny days have slipped into memory, and what’s present now is grey, with a spatter of rain in...
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Three Liberations
When I looked out of the pub window, the night had transformed. Earlier, the sky had been clear, but for the faintest vapour of cloud. Around the...
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Somewhere Not Quite Known
Some places have a feeling about them – “mystery” isn’t quite right, but there is a sense, even on the clearest day, that it’s impossible to see...
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A Globe of Birds
The lakes were ridged and pathwayed with ice. Its edges broke through the night-colour below the surface, and disrupted the otherwise pristine...
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Night Journey
Whoever hasn’t is still waiting - Niyi Osundare, Waiting Laughters I don’t live near enough any standing stones or barrows to have tried this yet...
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