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Orphic Pleasures
this is so old it was written on vellum ...
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City Slicker
You'll work it out ... Image is PD
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Little Golden Fishes
little golden fishes that the guiris drop in la fuente on the way to the clubs and bars from the fairground float side up in the fountain
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The Vagabond Heirs of Francisco Franco
They sit in every cafe-bar named after the street on whose corner it squats. Smoking, small-eyed, wall-eyed moustachioed muchachos remembering kisses...
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Congratulations, This is our Pick of the Day, 14th April 2025
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
this clever teaser for Phil's imminent release of 'Dead Reckoning' a humourous novel about the adventures of a pair of undertakers, is well worth a read and whets the appetite for his books appearance.
Do please share if you like this...
Read full commentPosted in Archibald's Note
Ha, Very fine.
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
I did something similar (although perhaps not so ventriloquistically adroit) with The Moffat Trilogy. One thing this kind of thing does do is make you look at your work differently.
Anyway, as I say, skillfully done.
Read full commentPosted in Archibald's Note
I really do like this, T.O.
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
However, I am particularly glad you didn't post an image with it.
E.
Read full commentPosted in The planet of anal probes
Perhaps not as outrageously ridiculous
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
as previous episodes, but very good all the same.
I'm not entirely sure "relent" is the word you want at line 12
OED does have at 2†b."to yield, give way; to give up a previous determination or obstinacy" which does fit." which...
Read full commentPosted in Boris and the Art of the Deal
Ho-Ha-Heh, Hertha Beh-Ess-Tseh!
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2025
I had a couple of military pals in Berlin, who followed Hertha, who - in those days - had quite a hooligan set-up. There were some Kneipen that were only for Herta fans in Spandau just a stop or two down the U-Bahn from Wilmersdorf,where the...
Read full commentPosted in Steelie 14
A very cross tic, eh?
Posted on Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Read full commentNot my favourite form
Or indeed -
If I'm honest -
Maybe I just don't like 'em
No-one hasn't written one
Or had a go and
Tried too hard.
Posted in See You Next Tuesdays
This is our Pick of the day for 10th March 2025
Posted on Thu, 06 Mar 2025
Assured, convincing writing, a bold and meaningful premise, well handled. Art and how we respond to it is an interesting subject, Mark has made the most of that in this wonderful piece, and that's why it is our Social Media Pick of the Day....
Read full commentPosted in The Face in the Pollock
From what I've experienced of the publishing world
Posted on Sun, 09 Mar 2025
(and it isn't THAT much).
1. They don't much like a prologue at all
Read full comment2. If they let you get away with it, it will have to be short and punchy. <1500 words
3. You'll need a cold open, (start in medias res) and it will need...
Posted in Iteration 3017 Prologue
Guaranteed to raise a smile ...
Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025
whatever's in the news.
BTW, as kids we used to sing "Who Put Your Lights Out?" to one of Dana's minor hits.
You can't fool me, that's Dana International up there in that photograph, at least she's had a shave.
You can't...
Read full commentPosted in Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
This is our Pick of the Day, 10th February 2025
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2025
This second part of The Speedy is today's Pick of the Day. There are several names for this kind of tale, one of them is chain. But that's not important. This is a clever conceit and beautifully executed, PLEASE share on your social media...
Read full commentPosted in The Speedy ( Part 2).
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