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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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Castell Coch (Red Castle)
Castell Coch (Red Castle) The sun shifted on its summer throne as our guide gathered us like sheep, onwards through park, path and trails, pink-...
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"..settling like
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
"..settling like
faerie folk, colours on pallet create
summer blooms.."
A lack of motivation and/or inspiration comes to us all in the end. Writing at sites like this makes such a difference as you encounter people that take...
Read full commentPosted in When All Seems Lost
"Turn on the lights – they
Posted on Wed, 27 Aug 2025
"Turn on the lights – they saw
drifting plankton, bioluminescent creatures glowing.."
I like the way the poem pivots around the lights coming on. It makes it highly visual. I can only imagine the biodiversity at the bottom of the...
Read full commentPosted in From the Chinese Bathyscaphe, Striver
I can see Alfred Muggins as
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
I can see Alfred Muggins as the next President. Why not? Literally anything is possible in the USA!
Read full commentPosted in Elected!: Alfred Muggins Considers Entering American Politics!
That's great. Thank you!
Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2025
That's great. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in A Tale Of Four Stones
A very charming pen-portrait
Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2025
A very charming pen-portrait so adriotly done.
Full of empathy I'm sure Mary would approve.
The story is built so nicely then pivots on: “Hang on a minute. I haven’t got a teapot.”
[That's a fine teapot of your own there, T...
Read full commentPosted in Mary's Missing Teapot
Such a clever story so well
Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025
Such a clever story so well told. There's someone out there for everyone!
Read full commentPosted in On the verge of awakening
Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot. Well...yes.
What a pantomime in Alaska. It's staggering to think that Trump is on the cusp of ending sanctions and willing to do business with someone so committed to the destruction of the West and all it...
Read full commentPosted in Mrs Muggins Goes On a Mini Tour of Italy, While the Butcher and the Clown Meet in Alaska! by Alfred N.Muggins
Absorbing dialogue and
Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025
Absorbing dialogue and dynamics between the characters.
All infused with magic.
Keep going, Penny!
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 31
Thanks for following it all,
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Thanks for following it all, Penny.
Feedback from accomplished writers like yourself is invaluable to me.
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)
It's all highly credible. You
Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025
It's all highly credible. You have captured the place and time with realism and empathy.
I can connect with the characters and the story line because I remember what places like Castle Vale and Chemsley Wood were like back then. I think...
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