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I have 550 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 567692 times
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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
Envelopes
The letter you sent broke our hearts a page of A4 inside a Christmas card. When we came to visit you were gardening it’s important to make things...
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The youngest Clive
There’s a man who works in my office. He’s in charge of the post and he’s called Clive and I thought he must be the youngest Clive. Who will be the...
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And there is handholding still
My friend’s parents married three weeks after they first met on their second date he proposed she said ‘I thought you would never ask.’ Two seventeen...
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The barman has started wearing glasses
He never used to wear spectacles but recently he’s had them on. ‘Well I suppose I’ll be needing these now.’ He used to hang out with a girl called...
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Theatre tickets for the postman
The zookeepers were delighted to be invited round for dinner. You were surprised they didn’t all socialise together more. They were barely...
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