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This is where you will find my musings about writing, the trials and tribulations and possibly anything in between.

Also you will find my short stories here (or links to them).

PLEASE NOTE: All stories published here are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Thanks for popping by,

Geoff

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