Home Read Write Forums Blogs Simon BargetPrimary tabsView Track(active tab) TypeTitleAuthorRepliesLast updated StoryThe Zookeeper Simon Barget423 hours 12 min ago StoryThe Haunted Fort of Bhangarh marandina272 days 11 hours ago StoryGrowth Simon Barget42 days 16 hours ago StoryReturn from a hunt Simon Barget12 days 16 hours ago StoryMy people Simon Barget24 days 20 hours ago StoryMy box Simon Barget24 days 21 hours ago StoryMy second Simon Barget74 days 21 hours ago StoryMy father’s bones Simon Barget141 week 2 days ago Story'I can only see things right in front of me' Simon Barget11 week 4 days ago StoryThought Torte - A recipe Simon Barget21 week 5 days ago Story21 rules for life, or how to fit in, or how to just, you know, swallow the whole unpalatable thing whole (from the gab of a 43 y/o London-born loser) Simon Barget192 weeks 5 days ago StoryMy spare room Simon Barget12 weeks 5 days ago StoryWar Correspondent Simon Barget03 weeks 16 hours ago StorySlowly but surely Simon Barget23 weeks 3 days ago StoryThe thing Simon Barget153 weeks 5 days ago StoryHonestly, I've got a Great Netflix Recommendation for You Simon Barget04 weeks 1 day ago StoryThe Best Man Simon Barget01 month 3 days ago StoryRooks fatboy74181 month 1 week ago StoryFriendship Simon Barget121 month 1 week ago StoryOf the forty-four Hands Simon Barget11 month 1 week ago StoryThe Spencers and Their Snooker Table Simon Barget41 month 2 weeks ago StoryGrumpy Old Man tcook161 month 2 weeks ago StorySeafoam Simon Barget11 month 3 weeks ago StoryAmazon horse (removed for publication) Simon Barget91 month 3 weeks ago StoryOn the modern phenomenon of timewasting Simon Barget11 month 3 weeks ago My stories Type - Any -StoryNon-fictionOtherPoemPoetry MonthlyBiography Genre - Any -SpiritualYoung WritersSurrealTalecatchingScience fictionRomanceQuotationsRantReviewsTravelUnclassifiedWesternPhilosophyOther Non-fictionEroticaFantasyHistorical FictionDramaCrimeBiographyChildren'sHorrorHumourNatureOpinionOther FictionMiscellaneousLoveInspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)JournalAutobiography Awards Cherry-picked - Any -TrueFalse Pick of the day - Any -TrueFalse Poem of the week - Any -TrueFalse Story of the week - Any -TrueFalse Stories per page 510204060 The Zookeeper By Simon Barget on Mon, 18 Jan 2021 All the animals look up to me because I am the zookeeper. I refuse to have it any other way. There’s a pecking order here. If you lose the battle,...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about The Zookeeper 4 comments Log in to post comments 80 reads Return from a hunt By Simon Barget on Sun, 17 Jan 2021 We had just come back from a hunt. The women were cutting the flesh into bowls to give out to the village. The meat would last for a week. We had...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about Return from a hunt 1 comment Log in to post comments 47 reads My people By Simon Barget on Thu, 14 Jan 2021 My people deserve better. We have drawn the short straw. We have been shunted from pillar to post. I can think of no other nation in history to have...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about My people 2 comments Log in to post comments 82 reads My box By Simon Barget on Wed, 13 Jan 2021 My box is something nice and comfortable with extra padding if I sit down too quickly or trip up on things in my path. If I fall I’ll always have...StoryCertificate PG Read more about My box 2 comments Log in to post comments 110 reads Growth By Simon Barget on Tue, 12 Jan 2021 In the morning I am small, barely a shadow of my former self. I haven’t had a chance to grow. In the morning I can hardly even recognise me. I look...StoryCertificate PG Read more about Growth 4 comments Log in to post comments 208 reads Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » 9 of my comments have received 9 Great Feedback votes 1 VoteLovely piece. Sweet steadyPosted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021Lovely piece. Sweet steady and beguiling. Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh 1 VoteI was in arambol and VaranasiPosted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021I was in arambol and Varanasi too Geoffrey 2004-5 Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh 1 VoteI enjoyed this alot. HowPosted on Fri, 22 Mar 2013I enjoyed this alot. How about annoying people who point out insignificant typos on other people's work 7 years later ? :) Julie Burchill with a 'U' Read full commentPosted in Grumpy Old Man 1 VoteFixed!Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2020Fixed! And now I know you really do actually read these things. Read full commentPosted in My life as an actor, part one 1 VoteVery sweet and I can relate. Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020Very sweet and I can relate. Read full commentPosted in Iriecat 1 VoteCherries are back in season!Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2020Cherries are back in season! Hurrah! Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XLI 1 VoteYou’re a sweetie, darling!Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020You’re a sweetie, darling! Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XXII 1 VotePerusing? Surveying perhaps?Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2016Perusing? Surveying perhaps? I'm not sure but that verb is important especially because the rest of the line is so accurate very nicely evoked Read full commentPosted in Musing 1 VoteI like this alot. Lots ofPosted on Tue, 31 May 2011I like this alot. Lots of very good writing here, though sometimes a bit overblown in places.Read full commentPosted in 7. Haad Yao
Simon BargetPrimary tabsView Track(active tab) TypeTitleAuthorRepliesLast updated StoryThe Zookeeper Simon Barget423 hours 12 min ago StoryThe Haunted Fort of Bhangarh marandina272 days 11 hours ago StoryGrowth Simon Barget42 days 16 hours ago StoryReturn from a hunt Simon Barget12 days 16 hours ago StoryMy people Simon Barget24 days 20 hours ago StoryMy box Simon Barget24 days 21 hours ago StoryMy second Simon Barget74 days 21 hours ago StoryMy father’s bones Simon Barget141 week 2 days ago Story'I can only see things right in front of me' Simon Barget11 week 4 days ago StoryThought Torte - A recipe Simon Barget21 week 5 days ago Story21 rules for life, or how to fit in, or how to just, you know, swallow the whole unpalatable thing whole (from the gab of a 43 y/o London-born loser) Simon Barget192 weeks 5 days ago StoryMy spare room Simon Barget12 weeks 5 days ago StoryWar Correspondent Simon Barget03 weeks 16 hours ago StorySlowly but surely Simon Barget23 weeks 3 days ago StoryThe thing Simon Barget153 weeks 5 days ago StoryHonestly, I've got a Great Netflix Recommendation for You Simon Barget04 weeks 1 day ago StoryThe Best Man Simon Barget01 month 3 days ago StoryRooks fatboy74181 month 1 week ago StoryFriendship Simon Barget121 month 1 week ago StoryOf the forty-four Hands Simon Barget11 month 1 week ago StoryThe Spencers and Their Snooker Table Simon Barget41 month 2 weeks ago StoryGrumpy Old Man tcook161 month 2 weeks ago StorySeafoam Simon Barget11 month 3 weeks ago StoryAmazon horse (removed for publication) Simon Barget91 month 3 weeks ago StoryOn the modern phenomenon of timewasting Simon Barget11 month 3 weeks ago My stories Type - Any -StoryNon-fictionOtherPoemPoetry MonthlyBiography Genre - Any -SpiritualYoung WritersSurrealTalecatchingScience fictionRomanceQuotationsRantReviewsTravelUnclassifiedWesternPhilosophyOther Non-fictionEroticaFantasyHistorical FictionDramaCrimeBiographyChildren'sHorrorHumourNatureOpinionOther FictionMiscellaneousLoveInspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)JournalAutobiography Awards Cherry-picked - Any -TrueFalse Pick of the day - Any -TrueFalse Poem of the week - Any -TrueFalse Story of the week - Any -TrueFalse Stories per page 510204060 The Zookeeper By Simon Barget on Mon, 18 Jan 2021 All the animals look up to me because I am the zookeeper. I refuse to have it any other way. There’s a pecking order here. If you lose the battle,...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about The Zookeeper 4 comments Log in to post comments 80 reads Return from a hunt By Simon Barget on Sun, 17 Jan 2021 We had just come back from a hunt. The women were cutting the flesh into bowls to give out to the village. The meat would last for a week. We had...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about Return from a hunt 1 comment Log in to post comments 47 reads My people By Simon Barget on Thu, 14 Jan 2021 My people deserve better. We have drawn the short straw. We have been shunted from pillar to post. I can think of no other nation in history to have...StoryCertificate 12 Read more about My people 2 comments Log in to post comments 82 reads My box By Simon Barget on Wed, 13 Jan 2021 My box is something nice and comfortable with extra padding if I sit down too quickly or trip up on things in my path. If I fall I’ll always have...StoryCertificate PG Read more about My box 2 comments Log in to post comments 110 reads Growth By Simon Barget on Tue, 12 Jan 2021 In the morning I am small, barely a shadow of my former self. I haven’t had a chance to grow. In the morning I can hardly even recognise me. I look...StoryCertificate PG Read more about Growth 4 comments Log in to post comments 208 reads Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » 9 of my comments have received 9 Great Feedback votes 1 VoteLovely piece. Sweet steadyPosted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021Lovely piece. Sweet steady and beguiling. Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh 1 VoteI was in arambol and VaranasiPosted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021I was in arambol and Varanasi too Geoffrey 2004-5 Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh 1 VoteI enjoyed this alot. HowPosted on Fri, 22 Mar 2013I enjoyed this alot. How about annoying people who point out insignificant typos on other people's work 7 years later ? :) Julie Burchill with a 'U' Read full commentPosted in Grumpy Old Man 1 VoteFixed!Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2020Fixed! And now I know you really do actually read these things. Read full commentPosted in My life as an actor, part one 1 VoteVery sweet and I can relate. Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020Very sweet and I can relate. Read full commentPosted in Iriecat 1 VoteCherries are back in season!Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2020Cherries are back in season! Hurrah! Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XLI 1 VoteYou’re a sweetie, darling!Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020You’re a sweetie, darling! Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XXII 1 VotePerusing? Surveying perhaps?Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2016Perusing? Surveying perhaps? I'm not sure but that verb is important especially because the rest of the line is so accurate very nicely evoked Read full commentPosted in Musing 1 VoteI like this alot. Lots ofPosted on Tue, 31 May 2011I like this alot. Lots of very good writing here, though sometimes a bit overblown in places.Read full commentPosted in 7. Haad Yao
Lovely piece. Sweet steady
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Lovely piece. Sweet steady and beguiling.
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I was in arambol and Varanasi
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I was in arambol and Varanasi too Geoffrey
2004-5
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I enjoyed this alot. How
Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2013
I enjoyed this alot. How about annoying people who point out insignificant typos on other people's work 7 years later ? :)
Julie Burchill with a 'U'
Read full commentPosted in Grumpy Old Man
Fixed!
Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2020
Fixed!
And now I know you really do actually read these things.
Read full commentPosted in My life as an actor, part one
Very sweet and I can relate.
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Very sweet and I can relate.
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
Cherries are back in season!
Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2020
Cherries are back in season! Hurrah!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XLI
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XXII
Perusing? Surveying perhaps?
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2016
Perusing? Surveying perhaps? I'm not sure but that verb is important especially because the rest of the line is so accurate
very nicely evoked
Read full commentPosted in Musing
I like this alot. Lots of
Posted on Tue, 31 May 2011
I like this alot. Lots of very good writing here, though sometimes a bit overblown in places.Read full commentPosted in 7. Haad Yao