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Flamingo Dreams
And in other news. My book, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel , which appeared here on AbcTales between October and December 2019 is to be published...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 14. Happy House
It was August 23 rd in the year #### when Sven set off into the desert alone and underwent what he would later refer to as his Damascene Conversion...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 13. Love Vigilantes
Love Vigilantes . Captain Newheart, squat short and with a belly on him that hung grotesquely over his khaki shorts, a physical deformity or a secret...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 12. O mio babbino caro
O mio babbino caro The town of S was a thriving metropolis of four streets. Here were: tea rooms with gilded vaulted ceilings pool halls, the men...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 11. Between the Wars
Between the Wars. It was all very straightforward. The base was housed in a former pickle factory on the outskirts of S. Climb up by a series of...
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Another great poem. I'm
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Another great poem. I'm pining for more. (Sorry. That was awful.). Drew.
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Good, isn't it? I've not got
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2020
Good, isn't it? I've not got to end yet but I will.
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I will. The problem is I'm
Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2020
I will. The problem is I'm reading WG Sebald. Who writes in very long dense, brilliant, sentences. And all these stories initially were started after reading Camilla Grudova. I dream of being these people and in the end it comes out sounding like...
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Yes, I thought that. As part
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Yes, I thought that. As part of a longer piece it'd be fine. I was just thinking, stand alone, the opening is a bit long. Having posted longer work on here it made me really think, does this piece work alone? And that was really helpful. Because...
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I think it's great from,
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
I think it's great from, 'Darren walked to the stairwell...'. The tone of it is different from there, completely in his head. I think you need a new first line. In my opinion, because it's a short story and everything has to count. Asking for...
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I love the rain that runs
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
I love the rain that runs through this and the repeated line.
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It's a character. I see that.
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
It's a character. I see that. And it is how a lot of people talk. But we need to know why he's not let on the tube. 'After the incident with the French horn, the poodle and the can of WD40 Charlie gave me down the pub they wouldn't even let me...
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So sorry to hear that x
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
So sorry to hear that x
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Loved both it and the video.
Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2020
Loved both it and the video. 'apologies of bees' is lovely.
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Brilliant. Loved it. And what
Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2020
Brilliant. Loved it. And what a great idea. National Insect Week.
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