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I have 550 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 593102 times
and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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
Asking for the bill
I don’t like asking for the bill sitting at the table with my empty cup this waitress is an unreturned text message an email that should have been...
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A supermarket just before closing
A nurse does her big shop the rest of us are here for cider or cigarettes or last minute milk "I'll just nip down to Tescos we MUST have cereal for...
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- 696 reads
Another baby
The barmaid's sister in law is in labour. She keeps getting phonecalls from the corridors of the late night maternity ward where a cleaner mops and...
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- 447 reads
Balancing
I've seen other waiters do this he thinks picking up a plate to balance on his arm already carrying two in each hand. It must be the uniform. He...
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Bridges and Chimneys
If you walk up the stairwell and lift the latch you can sit by the chimney pots and look out at the trains going over the railways bridge so far in...
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- 423 reads