Stephen Thom

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StoryBlack Forest agnosticnun125 years 10 months ago
Storythe old geezer celticman135 years 10 months ago
StoryDoll airyfairy165 years 11 months ago
StoryMoney For The Circus 9 Ewan35 years 11 months ago
StoryTwisted Time Penny4athought75 years 11 months ago
StoryApple-pie Order glennvn45 years 11 months ago
StoryStarfish to Flint littleditty105 years 11 months ago
StoryWhat broke? socialeaf25 years 11 months ago
StoryEnglish rain littleditty125 years 11 months ago
StoryHome, with family, with scars. agnosticnun135 years 11 months ago
StoryCrooked Timber Ewan65 years 11 months ago
StoryDunking Ink (10) windrose15 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Pictures Are Open sean mcnulty105 years 11 months ago
StoryCanal Walk in Summer John Thornfield85 years 11 months ago
StoryThicker than water Yutka45 years 11 months ago
StoryChadpocalypse - 2:9 Ballroom Blitz mac_ashton35 years 11 months ago
StoryChadpocalypse - 2:7 - Stairway to Heaven mac_ashton35 years 12 months ago
StoryA Glass Winter 2 M T M16 years 6 days ago
StoryNeo Demon King, Part 1 Charioth16 years 1 month ago
StoryNew Year's Eve 1966 hudsonmoon126 years 3 months ago
StoryTales of Dorethigon (Chapter 1 excerpt) Jesse C.46 years 4 months ago
StoryBotched Cod Loin TobyMcShane146 years 4 months ago
StoryThe Hills Have Eyes Sven66 years 4 months ago
StoryHiss, Wow and Flutter Ewan76 years 4 months ago
StoryThe Language of Dead Flowers agnosticnun186 years 4 months ago

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Sharp prose, vivid dialogue

Posted on Sun, 26 Mar 2017

Sharp prose, vivid dialogue and a sweet story. Liked the attention to detail /touches throughout, key workers, beanie hats, fingerless gloves, pulled me in. Great work!

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Posted in Anne and Martin

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Very tender and a hit on the

Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2016

Very tender and a hit on the senses - economical but clinical word choice throughout - dry, looping, yellowing, scrambling... 'Your shoes still turn inwards - ' is beautiful observation projected. 

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Posted in The Return

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Good work, very effective.

Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2016

Good work, very effective. You describe these feelings and events with empathy and great attention to detail and it translates in the reading... liked the anthropomorphic shadow too, worked well. 

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Posted in Eighteen part one

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Loved.the control of words

Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2016

Loved.the control of words and use of sound throughout, particularly s sounds pulling me into the environment... some lovely compounds too, cloud-bursting weirs, pressure-whoosh, excellent work :)

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Posted in The Softening of Storms

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Germans it is! Cheers insert,

Posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2016

Germans it is! Cheers insert, will sort that later (or start a new genre, historical (-ly inaccurate) fiction)

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Posted in As long as sea beats on stone

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this was really effective.

Posted on Sat, 09 Jan 2016

this was really effective. people work in patterns huh? so it's easy to fall into patterns and feed off/mirror the people around you emotionally. structure was neatly done and brings out the content v well. hope you're well! :)

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Posted in Mother, mirror, daughter

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very lovely and lyrical and

Posted on Sun, 10 Jan 2016

very lovely and lyrical and uplifting. the way it was set out supported the message well. liked the run of 'b' sounds in 'But buried under acceptance/Beats a childhood desire'. great work :)

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Posted in In A Lifetime...

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enjoyed this, very well

Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015

enjoyed this, very well written, it came together really well. liked the word choice scattered throughout the first two viewpoints, ramped up the disdain...smacking, suck, squelch, revolting, greasy. Shifts felt like something different, and I...

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Posted in Lovebirds

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marvellous, marvellous visual

Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015

marvellous, marvellous visual and fantastic, ethereal transportive quality, loved moments/phrases 'skies of the blackest lace', 'trapped behind wires' and 'sadness overwhelmed your wings'. v imaginative, swells to an uplifting ending

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Posted in Free (Poetry monthly)

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wow this is a sensory treat..

Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015

wow this is a sensory treat... you must become very attuned to sound, naturally, over time... seems v effortless - here at the start there is the sharp 'k' sound 'ivory-musk drifting in the fickleness /of a dally-day dusk', & also the d...

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Posted in On Preparing a Fruit Salad

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