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I have 550 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 586104 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
Where was the tenderness lost
In our stripey t-shirts we say that although things are different now let’s always be here for each other and we both get in our waiting taxis that...
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- 457 reads
Post-jogging
With hills like this you’d be silly not to make yourself some playlists, put some headphones on and go running, or at least on fast walks that make...
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- 369 reads
80
I'm happy to go at eighty. Two of my friends, both called Matthew died in their thirties and maybe if they hadn't shared a name it wouldn't have hit...
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- 213 reads
Quentin and Roald
If Roald Dahl didn’t have a shed, Charlie would never have gone to the chocolate factory, Or maybe he would have gone there, somewhere, in his...
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- 190 reads
Every time I come around here, same drama
It's exhausting, being in someone else's house. You are staying with people who like nature, they seemed surprised when you told them you'd be...
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- 220 reads