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By Chelsea.Anne on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

My shoes think they're anorexic So when my feet feel heavy I take them off Carry them up the stairs And let them watch the city I'll leave them there...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

The TV is shit

By valiswaverider on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

We are ambulance chasing lawyers for you Have you had a prat fall at work or in the street? Well here is your chance to make big money for us. We are...
Humour
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Devil Coming After

By God'sPoeticChild on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

Started off with a bit of happiness later on it became depression of moments with a little suicide actions. Who ever thought a girl so laughable and...
Poem
Certificate 18

WHEN THE MOON WAS KING

By moonphish on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

years ago, the earth, it seems revolved around the moon the earth would play the fiddle while the moon would call the tune . the moons had seas with...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

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TG Reid (2021)  Blood Water Falls

Posted by celticman on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

TG Reid Blood Water Falls setting is the Highlands. The cover describes it as ‘A DCI Bone Scottish Crime Thriller’. I’ve not read other of Reid’s series of books featuring DCI Bone. But as a standalone book—‘You can’t drown the dead’—that should be unnecessary. But Reid and DCI Bone didn’t work for me. I read around the first 30 pages. Over a million copies of this book sold? Perhaps I should add an exclamation mark! Richard Jones, a geography...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

Posted by airyfairy. These heatwaves have gone beyond a joke - or a meme - now, so I'm really hoping everyone out there is staying safe wherever you are. Our Story of the Week is Ewan's 'Money for the Circus' (part 12)'. It's lovely when a writer picks up a work in progress that has stalled for a while, and comes back stronger than ever. Although this episode is strong enough to be a standalone, do yourself a favour and go back to read the...

Have Started to Dream About Biscuits

Posted by purplehaze on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

In ponders past, the coveted title of ‘Second Best Biscuit in the World’ was once held by a powerful Hebridean wizard who made a chocolate biscuit bake of much renown. However, this winning biscuit became not only elusive as a haggis in June, but very expensive if found. With deep regret and heavy hearts, the simple truth became unavoidable, a new contender for ‘Second Best Biscuit in the World’ was required. As the fates and gods of biscuitry*...

Self Help

Posted by purplehaze on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Given that we’re soon to be zapped like bugs under a magnifying glass from the 50,000 very-bad-idea mirrored satellites (although I do wonder if some are already up there causing fires destroying the French wine industry, English agriculture), it’s time to sell the self-help books. If I can dip into conspiracy theories at the drop of a sentence, then it’s likely I’ve self-helped as much as it’s possible for any self to help. It didn’t help that...

Lin Anderson (2024) Whispers of the Dead

Posted by celticman on Wed, 12 Aug 2026

Lin Anderson’s Whispers of the Dead is sold as Rhona MacLeod Thriller. Ah, you might say. An established series. That’s good, in a way. Anderson is one of the top ten percent of writers that can afford to write and produce around a book a year. Front cover: The Daily Record labelled it (or her) The Best Scottish Crime Series Since Rebus . I know who Rebus is. I’ve even got a couple of his books lying around unread somewhere (I keep meaning to...

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