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I have 365 stories published in 12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 459754 times and 147 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Those set texts

By span on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

Those set texts What were the books that broke us? That street walk where we watched the rain hit the floor and thought of Carter wrapping women in circus silks.
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

I don’t know if this is how to be a person

By span on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

I don’t know if this is how to be a person Spend a lot of time, sitting it out on thin gym benches, feel older than everyone you meet, make a commitment to conversation
Autobiography
Certificate U

Heart sweet

By span on Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Heart sweet I knew you would do this, but I sealed my instinct and kept it in hope kitchens. When the rain fell on the tent, I comma curled and let my stupid heart fix.
Autobiography
Certificate 15
Cherry

Gladiators

By span on Wed, 14 Jul 2010

Gladiators Backstage, the poets wait like gladiators, hydrating, meditating, training quatrains. They look fit, but the green room, in the mirror, their eyes glint
Autobiography
Certificate U
Cherry

All my exes

By span on Tue, 01 Jun 2010

All my exes My exes live in notebooks, drinking cans of red stripe under trees at outdoor gigs reading paperbacks with slick limbed Charlotte’s, Maya’s, Kirsty’s.
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

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