Melkur
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I have 189 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85782 times
and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Stac Donna (Poems on St Kilda)
1/Black house, disappearing. Black house, book of earth scripted to the soil, The cutter, the cotter, cut down Sinking to the land, the hands that...
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I Am The Resurrection
They built the stations of the cross here. At least, the gaunt decayed arms of the rusted railways, sprawling nowhere in a rictus of defeat. I stand...
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- 207 reads
Admit One
After completing the soundcheck, PC Gherkin switched on his guitar and let rip. The stadium was full, the fans were cheering and the concert got...
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- 367 reads
Kindred Twigs
Autumnal ecstasy blends these two: Lacelorn hands on the diamond wood, Leaf-writ circles plead for floodlit silence. Season of decay is the soberest...
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Last Breath in Sutherland
The sun bleeds away over the horizon, taking our lives with it. It goes west, leaving shades of red and gold across the heather that fade to black...
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- 538 reads