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I have 552 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
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I'm John. I live in Norwich and write poems and books and for the radio. My first full poetry collection Most people aren't that happy, anyway is published by Nasty Little Press. You can take a look at it here.
My stories
Hot dreams
The chefs are cycling uphill to their flat, three of them all in sleeping bags on the floor of their rented room above a chip shop. I once watched a...
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Hi small girl
We are in the cinema and you are with probably your dad. They're showing ET. It's some kind of anniversary I've always said cinemas should show more...
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A prompt is a cue
Sometimes if I hear an aeroplane I book a holiday. If I hear an ambulance I cancel my next day's plans. You know those few seconds before someone...
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Like being in a snow storm without a shovel
I'd already eaten a big breakfast the day I entered the Coney Island hot dog eating contest. The house we were staying in had a good bakery down the...
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Somehow the sea was always there to make you feel stupid
We have bought the campervan the only thing left now is the running away. The last customer to ever use the post office before it closed down bought...
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