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Ghigau 21
Sunday 16th July Exa was worrying; the visit from the detective had set her mind racing. It had been a long time since she’d asked her father for any...
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Ghigau 20
Sunday 16th July Lenny sat at the end of Lydia’s bed, feeling despondent, powerless and angry. Lydia was crying; silent tears left glistening tracks...
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Ghigau 19
Sunday 16th July The weather showed no sign of abating and the sun rose fierce and unfiltered, like some alien weapon sent to destroy the world. In...
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Ghigau 18
Sunday 16th July Alan Terence O’Donnell lived in Dongola Road, Plaistow, in a small, two-up-two-down, pebble-dashed house, probably built around 1900...
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Ghigau 17
Sunday 16th July Catherine Booth was at home and bored. It was another scorching day. The thermometer read 27 degrees and it wasn’t yet 10am. The air...
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Great stuff, literally.
Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2025
Great stuff, literally. Enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in Beige Goo Splat - (part 3)
At the risk of repeating
Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2025
At the risk of repeating myself, journalism is your calling. Evocative, nostalgic, elegiacal, it made me remember the London of my youth.
Read full commentPosted in My first new beginning
Distils the thoughts and
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025
Distils the thoughts and fears of many I suspect, great piece.
Read full commentPosted in For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)
Thank you very much for the
Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2025
Thank you very much for the encouragement and the cherries, I hope to add more later this month.
Read full commentPosted in Ghigau 12
Insights
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
Others have pointed out a few inconsistencies - nothing that a quick edit wouldn't fix I'm sure - and I take their points, but the tone and the characterization is so good. I think the author is female, which makes the male lead even more...
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part 1 (c)
Good ending
Posted on Sat, 05 Jul 2025
I love a twist, nice story.
Read full commentPosted in The lisping god of small things
Nicely paced
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
I could see them in my minds eye - always the indicator of a good story for me. Nice one.
Read full commentPosted in Born on the 4th of July
Damn those rogue apostrophes
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2025
Thank you very much for the cherries and damn those rogue apostrophes!
Read full commentPosted in Ghigau 5
Some really great lines in this
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2025
Some great lines in this - I particularly liked 'A flicker of discomfort crossed her face as if my crumbling resolve unsettled her.'
Read full commentPosted in Snake Eyes May Cry
Wow, thank you very much -
Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2025
Wow, thank you very much - that means a lot.
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