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I have 550 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 565669 times
and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2 of my 75 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes
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
Tins of things
All this food we’re eating tells a story about Britain. These cupboard doors are wobbly, maybe this isn’t as nice a kitchen as we thought when we...
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Milk
She says she’s lactose intolerant but I think she just misses her dad, a milkman, who sat down on his armchair two Boxing Days ago and never work up...
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- 620 reads
Shopping with kids
Ayesha always went shopping on Sunday afternoons, both kids in the back. Let’s get this over quick as we can. She hates driving but needs to put...
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Rave's off
Now that most people use laptops trains aren’t allowed to have windows anymore. People with beards wouldn’t type so loudly if they knew their...
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- 260 reads
Dancing
We are only ever as happy as the last text message we received. The onomatopoeia of angst. Good dreams are on the top floor and we’re standing in the...
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- 268 reads