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Dave’s Faves

8 of my faves, for whatever reason.

Man’s Search for Meaning: The Viktor Frankl 5-a-Day Book Cult (2018)

A Really Good Day: Psychedelic Microdosing with Ayelet Waldman (2017)

“No one ever died while breathing.” Psychedelic Breathwork with Alchemy of Breath (2017)

They Want Me to Fly Like a Bird: Travels in the Belgian Asylum System (2016)

Understanding the Calais Critical Mass (2015)

Why does society need people who go on crazy, stupid, arduous adventures? (2015)

Do We Need Borders? (2014)

The Complete History of the Moon in Sixteen and a Half Verses (2014)

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Tag: Short Stories

I’ve been writing short stories since the end of 2008, when I realised that writers become writers by writing and that these stories don’t write themselves. So I took a solemn vow to put pen to paper every day for fifty days. I haven’t stopped since.

The Betrayal of All Humanity

The Betrayal of All Humanity

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Seen Seine Scene

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Posted on February 29, 2012Author DavidCategories Creative WritingTags Short Stories1 Comment on Seen Seine Scene

A Disturbing Night

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Death of a Snail – RIP 22nd July 2006

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Love Letter Litter

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The Superlative Death of Gerund Clause

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Repose

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Fancy a Butcher’s?

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Progression

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Death on a Sofa

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The Age of Plastic

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An Alcoholic in a Country Village

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The Hostage

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The Lamp

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Tetris Life

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The Taps

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She Was a Pianist

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Recycling

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The Light of My Life

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Hide Dad

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Ezekiel is not an Idiot

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The Little Red Fiat

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Ephraim

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Text me your number

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Black Magic

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Cholera

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The facts on the ground (A love story)

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I’m looking at the floor because there’s nowhere else to look anymore

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Apricots

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Butterfly Home

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The Bus Ride

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The Genie of January

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Snowcat

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Chemistry

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How long is a short story?

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Perched

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Grande Ecole

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6th October

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City of Dust

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