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I have 550 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 567214 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
Not sleeping
The good dreams only arrive when you reach the top level and I’ve been on the ground floor starting to think the lift must be broken. Something as...
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Small talk has never been so difficult
You wish you’d got round to finding a regular hairdresser someone friendly who runs their own small salon who you would be happy to tip at Christmas...
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- 411 reads
Audience Interaction
I will not help you with your magic trick. No I won’t wave my arms in the air. I’m not going to take the hands of those either side of me I will make...
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Knutsford
Minibus taxis arrive with turquoise shirt-tie combinations outside the Belle Epoque where later passers-by outside will hear carefully worded...
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- 625 reads
Disappointing Utopian Paradise
I have to admit I feel a bit let down I’ve seen much better sunsets and that wasn’t much of a lagoon. There are beautiful young tanned people...
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