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Storyhuts 5 (rewrite) celticman72 weeks 6 days ago
StoryPriceless VeraClark54 weeks 11 hours ago
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StoryGhosted: A Meteorology VeraClark151 month 5 days ago
StoryHead scratching. celticman141 month 2 weeks ago
StoryCircus Soleil and The Empress Card VeraClark32 months 2 days ago
StoryBlack Mushroom Soup Jane Hyphen102 months 4 days ago
StoryOut in the Styx GlosKat132 months 4 days ago
Storysummer afternoon Pingles12 months 1 week ago
StoryWaterloo Sunset markashley73 months 2 days ago
StoryBee's Journey - (the last leg) Bee374 months 4 weeks ago
StorySisters of Snow VeraClark85 months 6 days ago
Blog entryABCtales Critiquing Service - good reports! tcook85 months 6 days ago
StoryApricity, the mole catcher and the promise of returning light VeraClark15 months 1 week ago
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StoryR&D 5 celticman147 months 3 days ago
Story"Winter Constitutional" Penny4athought187 months 3 days ago
StoryThe Road and the Sky catherine poarch177 months 3 days ago
StoryFinding the Give in Bernard Manning VeraClark37 months 4 days ago
Storygenesis celticman157 months 2 weeks ago
StoryThe World is Closed Jane Hyphen177 months 2 weeks ago
StoryCuriosity is the Only Requirement VeraClark47 months 3 weeks ago
StoryOestara VeraClark57 months 3 weeks ago
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Cherry

Priceless

By VeraClark on Sun, 14 Jun 2026

I meet him outside of my usual routine. It is campsite dark, the stars a fish shape across a December sky. It is arctic cold, the sort of cold where...
Miscellaneous
Non-fiction
Certificate 12
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Cherry

Tell

By VeraClark on Thu, 14 May 2026

I promise to write him letters. I promise to write letters that use distinctive quotes from literature. I promise to use footnotes to firmly embed...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 12
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Gold cherry

Circus Soleil and The Empress Card

By VeraClark on Sat, 09 May 2026

She meets the balloon sculptor at the lido where the water is black and salted. When the tide comes in, the swells slop and jive her towards his...
Surreal
Story
Certificate 12
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Gold cherry
Pick of the Month

Ghosted: A Meteorology

By VeraClark on Fri, 08 May 2026

Clouds live on average for about ten minutes. His cooking pot is pigeon grey and sturdy with non-scald handles. It still has a glass jar of rusty...
Love
Other
Certificate 15
Gold cherry
Poem of the week

Sisters of Snow

By VeraClark on Sat, 31 Jan 2026

In cold spells they collapse to the ground only to resurrect themselves once the temperature rises. During conflict they were used to de-ice tanks...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate PG
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323 of my comments have received 328 Great Feedback votes

3 Votes

A gorgeous study of nature.

Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2016

A glorious study of nature.

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Posted in Where the Bee Sucks

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Love this, Tina. Bottled

Posted on Thu, 26 Dec 2013

Love this, Tina. Bottled 'laughter' is my childhood obsession. Used to fill bottles with laughter from age 7, still have them, don't dare take the lids off. You've applied a dear metaphor to a much loved person. Except it isn't a metaphor, it's...

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Posted in Mistletoe and Mothballs

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John, the concept is good and

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2014

John, the concept is good and your ideas strong but I reckon it needs more action.Children need pulling in quick and your age target means that the children are old enough for vibrant dialogue and humour plus they are able to be introduced to...

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Posted in The Luffins

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Hello Jamescasaki, welcome to

Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014

Hello Jamescasaki, welcome to ABC Tales. Shout if you're not sure of anything, it's a helpful place. I liked the solidarity of Charley and the weight of friendship in this tale, it ends on a high note. It feels a little rushed in places and you...

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Posted in A New School Year

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This is full of mystery! Will

Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2014

This is full of mystery! Will there be a follow up to explain what happened that fateful night? Hope so. 

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Posted in Chapter Four: The Stolen Letters of Regret

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I did, too. fixourmachine,

Posted on Sat, 10 May 2014

I did, too. fixourmachine, love the delicacy in your details. The shyness is well expressed - the dialogue works. One thing, I felt, was that the ending seems to tail off abruptly, seems a little rushed and would be a shame after such a strong...

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Posted in In The Springtime

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This has got clean down to my

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014

This has got clean down to my core and it hurt. Her vulnerability is so starkly conveyed. Your discomforting spill on social care standards is really sharp, then you strip right down to humanity to expose that in-built recoil in all of us, that...

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Posted in Notes on the State of Adult Social Care - 1. The Standard High Backed Chair; Adjustable - Without Wings

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This is packed with such

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2013

This is packed with such depths that I've been back for several helpings. Reminded me in many ways of a pantoum. Dipping into past memories and places, all those painful emotions, in that dreamy style. It charms you along with heart jerks along...

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Posted in Paralysis and release

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Thank you for your feedback.

Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2026

Thank you for your feedback. I like this piece because it still feels small but big. 

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Posted in Priceless

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It will be for Instagram or a

Posted on Wed, 06 May 2026

It will be for Instagram or a Facebook post - nothing to do with your age. People are becoming kinder to virtue signal online. Laughing.  

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Posted in Out in the Styx

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