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Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part One of Two)
This is the fourth entry in the series of stories at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/steve-masons-school-days Steve Mason and the Last Day of...
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North of Taiga
North of Taiga At sunrise over bleak horizons, breath frozen in an arctic tundra, winds skitter in scattered trees, seasons dream of warmer days...
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Second Life
Rewritten story Second Life Snow fell like frozen tears from colourless skies; windows frosted over in the cold. A shadow shifted on the kitchen wall...
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A Murder of Crows
A Murder of Crows Clouds brood under dark skies billowing black as coal dust, hung low, pregnant with rain, thunder rumbles like metal sheets in a...
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Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate They came during the spring near banks of oriental ochre, an amalgam of golden scales, amassed; mighty Yellow River. A brazen sun called...
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"Let me escape this phoney
Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2025
"Let me escape this phoney nation, perhaps to Canada where people still seem to know what’s in the real news, or Denmark and Greenland." Maybe sums the States up at the mo. Bizarre beyond words.
Read full commentPosted in Chronicles of Trumpenstein : The Dumbed Down Day of Trump (and Elon!) Has Arrived! by Alfred N.Muggins
Put me in mind of "North by
Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025
Put me in mind of North by NorthWest with Cary Grant et al. An Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Looking forward to the next instalment.
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"A childhood traded for all
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025
"A childhood traded for all that was lost.." So poignant and sad.
That's a powerful poem and an important social comment.
Child carers must have the weight of the world on their shoulders and deserve so much more support and...
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'It was fun looking down at
Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025
'It was fun looking down at the wriggley Wye
from the top of the drop – we were way up high..'
A highly visual poem and skilfully done as you have referenced the walk from the child's point of view. We easily forget the mismatch...
Read full commentPosted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?
Wonderfully surreal and
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Wonderfully surreal and suitably wicked.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
I've added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let me know of you prefer to use something else.
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Read full commentPosted in The Irritating Gentleman (part two)
Intriguing stuff.
Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2025
Intriguing stuff.
There are so many places you could do with this story.
Looking forward to reading more!
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Time to start your own book
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Time to start your own book podcast, Di :)
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I'll have a look, Di.
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
I'll have a look, Di.
"It was fine mum.." is a reply to "How was the trip?"
I've now italicised semi-wilderness as a signpost so the reference is clearer.
The cottage is based on a real property on Brean Beach which...
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"Can you die inside a dream?
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
"Can you die inside a dream?
And will you be found
inside the layers of a tiger’s bite?"
Supposedly you can. Best not to test the theory.
That's a miasma of thoughts and feelings captured within the lines of this poem...
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It's best not to let
Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2025
It's best not to let Trumpenstein get to you/Alfred. He's a clown masqerading as the US President. He's now threatening Putin with tariffs if no peace deal is reached with Ukraine within 50 days. Of course, the Ruskies just laugh at DT's rhetoric...
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