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Death on the Beach
Written after I saw a French and Saunders skit on the iconic scene where the Knight plays chess with Death on the beach, from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal . This has been previously posted on ABC, so it might look familiar. There are a few stories I'm putting back up.
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Some You Win ..
'Would you like a beer', asks the host. I think he's called Mark. I open my mouth but before I can speak, James says 'She doesn't drink'. He tries to...
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Storm Wracked Sky
Can you be drowned in a storm-wracked sky As deep as a storm-wracked sea ? Can you run aground on a pale full moon And shelter in her lee ?
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Really enjoyed this. Well
Posted on Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Really enjoyed this. Well written and gripping. And scary. Like someone succumbing to dementia. Reminded me of 1984, Logan's Run, any of those distopian novels. Made me wonder what David had died from. Refusing to get assimilated maybe ?...
Read full commentPosted in Petrichor (2)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Posted on Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Eloquently and wittily put, Terry. Would be funny if it wasn't true.
To misquote Lady Bracknell :
"To shoot one citizen, Mr Trump, may be regarded as a misfortune; to shoot two looks like carelessness"
Read full commentPosted in The Rules of The New World Order AKA The 11 Commandments
I loved this, delicately
Posted on Sun, 25 Jan 2026
I loved this, delicately expressed. I could instantly see the picture in my mind's eye.
Really cheering on a dull, wet, miserable day when it hardly seems to have got light all day.
Read full commentPosted in "Crimson Morning"
This is a lovely concept
Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2026
This is a lovely concept Jenny, beautifully imagined and presented.
When I was a teenager I had an idea that I would write myself a letter on my birthday every year. Of course I never did, but how interesting it would have been to read...
Read full commentPosted in Fleeting Moments Of My Younger Self In A Letter
I know just what you mean
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
I know just what you mean Rhiannon, and you've expressed it so well.
When the days start getting really shorter and darker it's November, but we've got Christmas to look forward to. Then after that it's the solstice to look forward to (...
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Very funny and totally
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
Very funny and totally credible. Poor Katerina !
Read full commentPosted in 4. Away with Words (ii)
Blessed
Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2026
Harry, you may not be blessed with a natural instinct for marketing your wares, but you are certainly blessed with a talent for writing. I love the way you can blend the funny and the sad, and make both completely credible with no clash in tone (...
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Sorry Claudine, I was just
Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2026
Sorry Claudine, I was just generalising about how I feel in general about native language passages in novels.
Absolutely, I understand you have to know what people are actually saying on ABC. I didn't word it very well.
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Fun for free
Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Yes you don't have to spend a lot of money to have fun. That's a lovely, sweet image. It's cheered me up, thank you.
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Thanks JJ.
Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2026
They're just kids you know, they want to play because that's what kids do. In normal times.
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