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The Kraken Lore

God’s Own

He’s been a failure as a parent, as a husband, at work, with friends and is addicted to everything. How is he going to defeat the CIA…

10 min read4 days ago

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A black and white photo of a fully dressed young man falling sideways, mid-air, into an outdoor swimming pool. It looks hot because there are palm trees and he’s wearing shades.

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Lit Up

The Last Person

Does the destroyer appreciate the thing they destroy?

1 min readMay 10, 2024

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A black and white photo of a nuclear bomb going off in the sea with a palm treed beach in the foreground.

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Fourth Wave

On Consent: We All Freeze

If a woman doesn’t verbalise a “no,” then does that mean “yes”?

6 min readFeb 27, 2024

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A Man Trying to Talk About Rape

Not surprisingly you don’t hear very much from men who are perpetrators. This is how I could have been.

8 min readSep 13, 2023

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A Man Trying to Talk About Rape

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The Wind Phone

When Our Daughter Died, We Tackled Our Grief by Going on a Honeymoon

Deserts, Grief & Route 66

9 min readFeb 9, 2024

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A long straight empty road with Route 66 written on it

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Yes it is hard to do because even destruction in a temper (I don't have that anymore!)

One of the comments I wrote after the fictional piece about living in Gaza at the moment (or at least back in January) was "could you write…

1 min readMay 10, 2024

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The Mad River

How We Treat Each Other -part 1

I invite an audience member onto the stage and give them a flat cap to wear. They put it on.

1 min readMay 10, 2024

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AI produced. Read headed man laughing maniacally.

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Scrittura

The Uncool Addict

This isn’t Oliver Reed or Richard Burton, Jimi Hendrix or Amy Winehouse.

2 min readMay 9, 2024

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The Uncool Addict

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Contemplate

The Four Types of Parent

What kind are you?

2 min readMay 8, 2024

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Blue sky back ground. Happy baby in mid-air as a man throws him up to catch him again.

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Lit Up

I Survived Jumping Off the Empire State Building

Elvita Adams famously got blown back through a window in 1979. Now she does a stand-up comedy show…

5 min readMay 5, 2024

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I Survived Jumping Off the Empire State Building

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StartledEgg

StartledEgg

I am an international award winning novelist, but as I wanted an anonymous account you’ll just have to believe me! || I often feel shocked and ready to crack ||

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