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The Last Wish of Christmas
The Last Wish of Christmas Fate unwinds its own path. The truth is, I haven’t always been a dog. Appearances can be deceptive. The lights from the...
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Memories from Falls Past
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/memories-from-falls-past-mp3 Memories from Falls Past Mist falling in dank layers, enveloping...
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The Last Door
“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.” Friedrich Nietzsche The Last Door The moon shone in a pitch-black sky, its...
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A Tale from Dark Woods
A story for Halloween A Tale from Dark Woods It was on the darkest of nights in October that we got together. We had been gathering like this for...
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All Hallows Eve
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/all-hallows-eve-mp3 All Hallows Eve A cacophony of clocks striking, mordant midnight memories...
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That's a wild adrenaline ride
Posted on Fri, 06 Jun 2025
That's a wild adrenaline ride. Great writing is this, Jane.
Very topical as we get a lot of street racing around here. Off to read the other parts.
[Small typo: Should that be ‘Clue’s in the lyric, Adam.’?]
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part One (a)
These moving pen pictures are
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
These moving pen pictures are beautfully written.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky pick of the day.
I have added a pic (East Peckham) to promote your work on social media. Just let me know if you prefer to use another...
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All caught up again. Still
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
All caught up again. Still engrossed.
I like the whole sliding doors theme then the analogy with photons sharing the same space at the same time. Kind of Pullman-esque (quantum physics in a fantasy tale).
You write dialogue so well...
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"..now I'm soaking up
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
"..now I'm soaking up euphonious
Sweet Smoke.."
Great line that one.
A dreamy reminiscense so eloquently penned. As always.
Topical with Glasto due this weekend. As much as I like the thought of festivals and...
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"..some blether and blather,
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
"..some blether and blather,
discuss, even fuss –"
Some deft word play on display here, Rhiannon. Definitely immaculate rhyme and rhythm. Almost musical.
A poem executed with great skill.
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I agree...Paul is a great
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
I agree...Paul is a great name :)
Close encounters of the best kind. Sometimes life surprises you.
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Thanks for reading insert
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
Thanks for reading insert (and the cherries)
This is the wip I mentioned a while ago. It's my first attempt at a novel so this is the first draft opening. I started this in April 2024. Per Drew's expert advice, I've left it so I...
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A fair analogy. So much irony
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
A fair analogy. So much irony in who the persecuted were in the 40s and who the persecutors are today. Learn the lessons of history. Not everyone does, it seems.
So much angst, so eloquently expressed.
One of your finest, T.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
Thanks for reading, Jenny.
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
Thanks for reading, Jenny. Maybe the poem wouldn't have been written if I had got a pic. Who knows? What I do know is that image of them gambolling up the street together will stay with me always :)
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This continues to be
Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2025
This continues to be compelling and engrossing.
It's today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
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