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The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/1603-purgatory-part-one-two The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two) With that the monk-like...
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The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two)
The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two) Air shimmered in iridescent layers, desert heat smouldering under a cloudless Arizona sky. A diamondback...
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Eclipse
Eclipse Clouds in a dawn sky seen through stoical eyes can sometimes seem like ethereal carriers of innermost angst. Maybe there is a silent...
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The Moon Maiden
This poem is based on a Japanese folktale about a childless couple – a bamboo cutter and his wife – who are given an infant by the Moon Maiden. It is...
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Falling
Falling I am no one . White walls washed by sodium light was all I could see. There was a certain kind of claustrophobia that went with the room, a...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Chapter 6
"Clustering in clouds that
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
"Clustering in clouds that shade.."
The importance of rain keeps going up as global warming bites. I marvel at the process of rain formation. One of the glories of living on this planet. A succinct and poignant vignette, Rhiannon. Very...
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"Nomadic riffs
Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2025
"Nomadic riffs
Echoes of Rajasthan
Oh the Roma, Mama
They travelled with the Roma
Horses, camels, caravans
A living metronome..."
What a vivid portrayal. I loved the section above, in particular.
A...
Read full commentPosted in Django, Gitáno Gitaristo (Django, Gypsy Guitarist)
"You swim through vast oceans
Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2025
"You swim through vast oceans of sky.."
The scene set in that very first line.
Highly spiritual and a positive affirmation.
Beautifully done, Jenny.
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