ralph

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I have 582 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 672694 times and 335 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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My stories

Nineteen And The Mermaids

Found on the stormed beach by a walker out on his own after a Christmas lunch for one was a sand letter and three pairs of shoes which were in truth unbefitting for terrain such as this He read with interest

Long Goodbye to Stephen Chambers

Warm beer, rosary beads, clutched for nothing but comfort. This knotted man is undone. Nightly. He two steps the boardwalk, as if dancing to Basie. Memories thrumming his head, a persistant moth.

Me and Mr Debussy

Hung over, in the health centre. A broken bridge in this florescent rectangle. i'm gazing at a ceiling, designed by a minimalist. My head screams. My eyes drip. The caffeine addicts,

Sweat on the Drizzle

We fold and crisp bone leaves and twig trees now scored skeleton crack claw then a row from the crows who screech impeachment we breathe hard on the bark then hack verged tarmac

Whisper At Black Cross

The diggers at black cross patiently waiting a wreckage of grief winding its reason hilltop bound ache of the slow tear and sweeping wild red curly hair across this field to the graveside

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