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StoryCraven's Got the Glums - A Repost with Audio hudsonmoon65 years 11 months ago
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StoryThe Monkey Plans. (An audio extract from Sven Goes to War) drew_gummerson135 years 12 months ago
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My stories

Cherry

Me and Mickie Proofs

I had an email from the publisher telling me the proofs for ‘Me and Mickie James’ are bac
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Wee

On the first page of ‘The Penguin Variations’ a character has a wee. He is trying to help save the world so he doesn’t flush the toilet. I saw this on a programme on tv.

Cover Story

One of my favourite books, ‘Death and The Penguin’ I bought because I liked the cover.
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The Suitcase

University had cleared me out. I had debts towering over me like obelisks and only two pairs of underpants left. I wore them on alternate weekdays, inside-out at weekends.
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Intimacy

"But why me? I asked. I was sitting at the desk on the opposite side of The Captain. The Captain was a large corpulent man given to sudden bouts of anger. The other officers said it was best to butter him up, but I had always found him very fair, without having to slip into unfeigned sycophancy.

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310 of my comments have received 333 Great Feedback votes

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Just my opinion, but that

Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020

Just my opinion, but that looks loads better. And, in line three, call him FF, then it's clear who he is from the beginning. (That's right, isn't it?)

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I liked it. Although it's

Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020

I liked it. Although it's confusing. I'd lose the asterisks, as I think it'd flow better without. And the first time I read it I assumed he was one of the bank robbers... maybe that's just me. 
 

Coincidentally I read a Clemens Meyer...

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Yes it is. Great, isn't it? 

Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020

Yes it is. Great, isn't it? 

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Posted in There Was The House and There Was The Sea (1)

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Really great story. Thanks

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020

Really great story. Thanks for sharing. Like an updated version of one of those stories you'd read in a magazine. 

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Posted in The Opposite Effect (3)

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Well written. Good twist in

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020

Well written. Good twist in the middle there. Wasn't expecting that . 

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Bit strange is perfect for me

Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2020

Bit strange is perfect for me. And I like that your poems have a specific style - they are very you, your voice - good I think when you are putting a collection together. 

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Posted in Underground

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I love this one too. To

Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2020

I love this one too. To describe a person as a mole is unusual but fits perfectly and then you carry it on through the whole poem. And what you say is true - if we burrow ourselves our reality does become distorted, and memories invade...

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Catullus for me was a 30(+)

Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2020

Catullus for me was a 30(+) year flashback.... You did Latin at uni? I only went to O level. I don't think there was an option to go further. 

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Posted in The Provinces of Sea Swallows

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This reminded me of Catullus,

Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2020

This reminded me of Catullus, a personal nature poem speaking to another. Loved it. 
 

Drew

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The writing is great and it's

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2020

The writing is great and it's full of ideas. But you've got too many ideas for the story, that aren't about the story. I think, in my opinion, the 1st part prior to the detonation is too long - because it doesn't balance with this section. Which...

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