Curious stories for curious people

Welcome. While I try to find an agent or publisher, I’ve decided to publish a lot of short stories, poetry, and the odd incomplete novel (and why it has never been finished).

All of this is free for you to read.

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Before you head into the short stories, enjoy reading about how a lot of hard work can result in failure of a creative kind. This is the kind of failure that nourishes the imagination and results in new work. Check out the Sin Bin.

The Curious Stories

It is what it is
21/01/2025
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Tim Smith
It is not a stroke of luck to be born where you were born. Everybody knows that. Think about it.
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Fat Man
21/01/2025
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Noel Murphy
Then he stripped to red-ochre painted nakedness and drank a bottle of gin to wash down a rattle of amphetamines.
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Kerrigan’s Streak
17/01/2025
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Tim Smith
Imagine winning the lottery. Then imagine winning it more than once. Meet Nancy Kerrigan.
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The outer space restaurant review
16/01/2025
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Noel Murphy
“Bawbags”, she whispered. “Now what?”
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He thought he was a Christ
16/01/2025
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Noel Murphy
A man, his cat, a burglary.
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