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My stories have been read 79950 times
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281 of my 2,363 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 288 votes
Short stories published in these anthologies: http://www.ironpress.co.uk/books/coldiron.html (as Jane Ayrie); https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/119/science_fiction_for_survival (as Jane Roberts)
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Pad Life: X Marks The Spot
Grievous bodily harm to a voting booth. For or Against? Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Tower of Strength (IP) Part 4 of 4
'I wonder what else there is. What else we might set free by accident.'
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Tower of Strength (IP) Part 3 of 4
The Tower has summoned Strength to the Old Place, between Barclay's Bank and Marks and Spencer's.
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Tower of Strength (IP) Part 2 of 4
'Tentacle things...all bright and shiny...like that thing with all the snakes on its head...' 'The Medusa,' said Mrs Brenton.
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Tower of Strength (IP) Part 1 of 4
The Tower comes alive. Which is a shame if you've just started your Fat Rascal. Image: Author's own feeble attempt.
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A beautiful image, sitting
Posted on Sun, 12 May 2019
A beautiful image, sitting making music under a tree. All your pieces have the ability to make the reader feel both the permanence of the surroundings, and the impermanence of the people, particularly the narrator, within them. Our narrator is...
Read full commentPosted in Under the pines and the power lines
As well as the wonderful
Posted on Thu, 09 May 2019
As well as the wonderful descriptions you get in these poems, they are always so well constructed, so that the way the words are used, as much as the words themselves, help the reader to see what you see. Another beauty, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Transfixed!
I really enjoyed this, and
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I really enjoyed this, and then reading about the background to it made it even more poignant. What a wonderful memorial to your relative.
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
Yes, no point in getting hot
Posted on Thu, 18 Apr 2019
Yes, no point in getting hot and cross about it.
Read full commentPosted in I HAVE BEEN FIRED BY THE BAKERY
I am Delilah, and this is
Posted on Sun, 26 Aug 2018
I am Delilah, and this is being typed by the servant of myself and Zsa Zsa. I have a new game for Omar. Get your local vet to put either you or Mitsie on special expensive food that only the one of you is supposed to have, and then swap bowls...
Read full commentPosted in Omar's Diary - Sunday 26th August 2018
More than one journey is
Posted on Sun, 04 Dec 2016
More than one journey is explored in this wonderful exploration of pain and hope. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
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Read full commentPosted in Journey to Minneapolis
Some very striking imagery -
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2015
Some very striking imagery - the one that stood out for me was the passage comparing Joanie's voice to a shotgun, 'her words repeating until the cartridge emptied, until her words were simple, hollow clicks.' I wasn't too sure about some of the...
Read full commentPosted in Buried Secrets
Sometimes, if we knew the end
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2019
Sometimes, if we knew the end, we'd never start - but then we'd miss all the good bits in between. A very poignant response to the IP.
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Such a tender story, with a
Posted on Mon, 13 May 2019
Such a tender story, with a touch of magic in the quiet realism. Really enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in The Norwegian Poetess
You caught the feeling of
Posted on Sat, 11 May 2019
You caught the feeling of being overwhelmed when a parent dies - that first line really captures it. I agree with insert, there is a lot more to this story! I find it interesting that sometimes, when people know that they are dying, they leave...
Read full commentPosted in Letters from The Poet
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