Makis

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Frankenplot: Aeolian

By Makis on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

A small boy, a bungalow and an alien encounter...

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Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Autumn Release

By Makis on Mon, 21 Sep 2026

Autumn is a time of release...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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The Lucky Jumper

By Makis on Mon, 14 Sep 2026

A child's faith in his lucky jumper was absolute..

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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The Results

By Makis on Wed, 09 Sep 2026

Following the path of life...

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Hello Di. I'm pleased you

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

Hello Di. I'm pleased you enjoyed the story as it did actually happen. I would have been about seven I think ( it's a long, long time ago) and I remember being scared by it, mostly I think, because I had never encountered such thing before and...

Posted in Frankenplot: Aeolian

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Many thanks, SoulFire, I'm

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

Many thanks, SoulFire, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I read some Ray Bradbury some years ago, but Farenheit 451 is the only one I can recall. I'll look that one out and add it to my bedside collection.

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Thank you marandina. The

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

Thank you marandina. The story was based on an actual boyhood experience and garnished a little.

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You dare, and you can add

Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026

You dare, and you can add obscenely expensive, overcrowded and characterless.

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This writing lark is a lonely

Posted on Tue, 08 Sep 2026

This writing lark is a lonely job and the more companions we meet along the way, the better.

Posted in Money for the Circus 15

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Some great imagery in this

Posted on Tue, 08 Sep 2026

Some great imagery in this piece Ewan, and I love the absurdity. One suggestion I would make is that the weirdness is its strength, and there are places where your prose sometimes explains the weirdness rather than just letting it be weird...if...

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Oh dear. I thought Lidl was a

Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026

Oh dear. I thought Lidl was a specialist clinic. No wonder they looked puzzled.

Posted in Tobruk, Or Not Tobruk?

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Thanks Turlough, I offered it

Posted on Tue, 01 Sep 2026

Thanks Turlough, I offered it to their travel editor, but he turned it down. He said commissioning weekly reports on our trip around the Greek islands might lay them open to being sued by me if the kids ever discovered our whereabouts. He had a...

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Wonderfully exotic Turlough,

Posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2026

Wonderfully exotic Turlough, and I particularly liked your reference to Brassens' L'Orage. We had our long awaited thunderstorm here yesterday, but unfortunately I wasn't sheltering from it in close confines with a sensuous lady, as George was...

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Thank you Frances, I hope all

Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2026

Thank you Frances, I hope all is well with you down at the other end of the world. I've just enjoyed your poem Tanka, which I've now discovered is a Japanese poetry form of saying much in few words, as good poetry should. You have inspired me to...