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I have 576 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 637836 times
and 326 of my stories have been cherry picked.
5 of my 96 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 6 votes
My stories
Levee
On that sheer blue New Orleans morning I imagined the black wind and the dirty needle rain that tore this city asunder. As my watch ticked ten 'o...
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Columbia Road
Grubby window below wired rooftops frame this dawn. An electric phased sky where thunder applauses a performance. That spotlights me to the era of...
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Waterloo
Dirty old river must you keep rolling under a setting sun. For the boy who waits Mod suited, Chelsea booted. In the relentless hum. Of the trains...
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One Off The Wrist In The Wendy House (for Neil)
It’s raining hard and I’m wet through, because of you. I’m locked out of the bungalow. Cold. Whilst you are in somewhere. Warm. To keep hot, I try...
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The Coal Porter
Walking with the sand tide against gassed winds. A man shot through gunmetal blue, seeks coal. There were other days of counting the ways, on how to...
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