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I have 1264 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1135389 times
and 108 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 206 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 8 votes
Sean Lawlor Nelson
American; 40; divorced with 3 kids; I've lived in Sweden and Thailand; and have devoted 40 years to the literary endeavor. I've been a part of this literary community forever; and won many cherry awards from our eminent editors. Thanks to my fellow literati in this community.
My stories
still life
"I sit and spin the world on its flip-side, and I listen backwards for meaning" - Elliott Smith Floating down the endless stream 'of cigarettes and...
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Ashland Motel haiku set
I came here shackled but still in cashmere, leaving my smashed big-screen, lamps now, Abraham and I smoke cigars by street-light and the neon sign by...
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- 353 reads
while the candle burns
Black bread and butter: slather butter, eat bread, slather butter... speak half-truths, douse your mouth with water, then rape the bread basket and...
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a poem for Sobek
If not for poverty, I would give you a robot hand to serve your electric-head (long green and handsome, apathetic yet aware...) Old Egypt thought you...
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a fire for liberty
For decades coming to little good, the sacred "Statue of liberty" has lain bound in chains of wood cut from the same tree as Stalin and the S.S.: Dr...
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