Melkur
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I have 189 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 88346 times
and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
The Night of the Camel
‘Are you all right?’ Every single member of our twenty-strong cast asked me this question after I fell off the stage, in December 2015. We were...
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Chilli Pepper Plant
Gift of the dusty tongue of sirocco rising in the desert, claiming arid descent from Capsicum of Mexico curls in heated spirals like copper wire The...
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Evacuation
(Respectfully dedicated to HG Wells) As the aliens invaded the station, I punched the release codes on the escape hatch, to find it already occupied...
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A Woman's Story at a Winter's Fire (2/2)
‘I want to tell those stories too.’ Kelpie drew a deep breath. She came closer to the fire, spread out her hands before it, embracing the warmth, her...
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A Woman's Story at a Winter's Fire (1/2)
The sea was great in its surging, but not so great yet. Old Mother stood at the head of what would one day be called Harray Loch in the Orkney Isles...
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