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September 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 180 We Are Strangers

I was feeling very alienated from the family It wasn’t actually my family it was my partner’s All her brothers and sisters and their offspring We were on holiday at Ocean Beach and it was pissing with rain They were all getting drunk and arguing in the house I wasn’t drinking in those days and […]
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October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain

I woke up this morning and Facebook reminded me that a year ago I was very nearly killed by a runaway car – I was lucky to survive. Just like the time I nearly fell to my death at McLaren Falls when I was eighteen or almost drowned at Ocean Beach at the turn of […]
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