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I have 576 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 638463 times
and 326 of my stories have been cherry picked.
5 of my 97 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 6 votes
My stories
Laindon Shopping Centre
In 1978 only the 'Pop in Cafe', was open on a Sunday. Warm and lit amongst the dead of the greengrocer, baker, the hateful bookmaker, who took all...
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Poems I Do Not Like
I don’t like poems about leaves raindrops springing lambs or the way a flickering candle lights Emily Bronte’s face. Especially after you have just...
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The Song of Mickey Clemons
The soundtrack of a hip-hopped London. Bulgaria, Bhangra and bedlam. All the gruff, cherry red market boys sing along. ‘Oranges and lemons, poor...
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Lulu Turns the Key
It was the night of the firefly. Just west of Canfield, somewhere in the bowl of Kansas. Lulu sat in her coupe, smoking home grown, outside 'Billy's...
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Soho Monday 8am
January 1987. 'Reet Petite' by Jackie Wilson. The radios of Berwick Street market, chiming crackled soul. And do you remember? it was the worst for...
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