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Voices (London Competition)
London is inhabited again, in a different way.
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Gathering The Threads (London Competition)
Only the names have been changed.
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Flowers (Part Two of Two) (IP)
Forget me not.
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Flowers (Part One of Two) (IP)
Forget me not.
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Castle Pillock 13
Does a hostess really have to attend her own party?
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Congratulations on this, Jane
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Congratulations on this, Jane, it's been such a pleasure to read. Brilliant ending. We shall all miss it! I hope you do publish it, it deserves as wide an audience as it can get. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)
This is so funny, Sean, and I
Posted on Thu, 08 May 2025
This is so funny, Sean, and I also Googled, and now I'm totally enthralled by the discussion about differences between Dream Pop and Shoegaze. There's always something new to learn in this wonderful world.
Read full commentPosted in That's Dream Pop
Haunting, beautiful and
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Haunting, beautiful and disturbing. One I need to reread several times and think about for a while.
Read full commentPosted in The Ghost in the Machine
Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025
This illustration of the power of a short and deceptively simple piece of writing is our Social Media Pick of the Day! Please do share.
Picture by Ivan Kramskoi,in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in More Than We Bargained For
I love that phrase, 'Worse
Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2025
I love that phrase, 'Worse things happen at sea' - it was my grandmother's response to pretty much any calamity, be it petty or catastrophic. I occasionally use it myself, and my kids look at me in complete bewilderment.
A lovely family...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2025
Another hugely enjoyable episode, and its our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Stiffed (Episode 5 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
A very big welcome to ABC
Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2025
A very big welcome to ABC Tales. You capture the utter bewilderment of grief, and those stages, which seem incomprehensible at the time, that we pass through. It is to be hoped that most people do reach whatever form of acceptance they need in...
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Did not see that coming!
Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025
Did not see that coming! Lovely story.
Read full commentPosted in So glad you made it
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry wouldn't thank Vanessa for delivering them to the tender mercies of Cedric.
Mind you, his bin cleaning fetish would definitely come in handy at my place.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 55
Thanks for reading, Jane. You
Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025
Thanks for reading, Jane. You're right, it does feel as if we're drowning in all the quicksand out there, and I keep trying to stop myself looking at it all and reading it, but old habits die hard and there is something hideously fascinating...
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