Whiskers

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I have 16 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 17316 times and 7 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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My stories

Cherry

Home Improvement

With much fussing over plumb-lines and protective cladding The bricks are finally being placed in their course. Our breath held as the crystal panes disappear, their gleam

A death in the family

And why should it be easier to talk to you, now that you are dead? You left a husk, not some empty chrysalid. I do not believe you winged and lovely eating cream cheese sandwiches in heaven

What to remember (for Ian and Suz)

Barked knuckles in the smoke-breathed afternoon conkers strung and clacked, pints sipped chips defended from the pub Labrador, or palmed into his soft-mouthed grin.
Cherry

Stroanfreggan

If this were my house I would check the thermometer outside the kitchen window and log the temperature in a hide-bound notebook every day I would worry about the melting of ice-caps
Cherry

Clap Your Hands

I was five years old when my brother was taken, and six-and-a-half when he came back.

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