Melkur
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I have 189 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85885 times
and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Never Let the Saucepan Boil Dry Chapter 3: In a Lonely Place
The threat of fire in primary school terrified me. The rising scream of the siren for surprise fire drills turned my legs to jelly as I stood up from...
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Never Let the Saucepan Boil Dry Chapter 2: Chocolate and Things Pertaining to Puddings
An improbable fragment of my first life was transferred over to the second in the form of a sandpit. The first manse we stayed in in Aberdeen, 54...
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Never Let the Saucepan Boil Dry Chapter 1: Where the Heffalump Roam
Darkness gave way to light. My oldest memory is of the darkness in the Raigmore car park, lampposts shedding pools of light as I held Dad’s hand. The...
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Terminal
Victorian love Affair with industry turned Where rust lies bleeding The forgotten shed, Buried beneath a landslide Once Duke of the line The slow-...
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The End of the Line
The dead march of time Brings hardest working engines Grinding to a halt Descending slowly, With a rusty clatter and Declining body Sun burns flaking...
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