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I have 98 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 93794 times
and 129 of my stories have been cherry picked.
319 of my 2,599 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 328 votes
Short stories published in these anthologies:
Cold Iron: 21st Century Ghost Stories (The Iron Press) http://www.ironpress.co.uk/books/coldiron.html (as Jane Ayrie);
Science Fiction for Survival (Valley Press) https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/119/science_fiction_for_survival (as Jane Roberts)
My stories
A Pillock's Castle (2)
Some day my plumber will come.
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I Wish I Might (IP)
I'll try not to wish. I'll try.
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A Pillock's Castle
First find your stopcock
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I loved that last line.
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2017
I loved that last line. Sometimes there is simply no other way to put it!
I really like the rhythm of your writing - I see that you're a lyricist and the musicality definitely comes through.
Read full commentPosted in Um, Um, Um, Yummy
This is a lovely piece. We
Posted on Sat, 03 Jun 2017
This is a lovely piece. We have been reminded recently of how powerful poetry can be at times of national grief. I like the way this reads as a declaration of (all kinds of) faith, a credo for getting through terrible times. Really touches the...
Read full commentPosted in Hearts Connect Us
Loved this. Poor old Very.
Posted on Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Loved this. Poor old Very. I have this terrible dream, sometimes, where I'm confronted by the population of the future gabbling 'So jus' lit'rally very kinda like y'know' as they drive skewers into my ears.
Read full commentPosted in Adverb Angst
Wonderful use of the words -
Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2017
Wonderful use of the words - read aloud, the sounds really evoke both the storm and the calm afterwards.
Read full commentPosted in Ocean
Wonderful imagery and very
Posted on Sat, 08 Apr 2017
Wonderful imagery and very apt for our times. It's interesting how those ancient tales adapt so easily to our modern dilemmas. Great poem.
Read full commentPosted in Hydra
'...each friend of those
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2017
'...each friend of those golden days in us glitteringly blaze' is a lovely image. It's good that old friends can meet after so long and put aside the differences in their lives. As in your previous poem, there's a real sense of the passage of...
Read full commentPosted in From " Yar" to "Sir'
It is, as the song goes, a
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2017
It is, as the song goes, a whole new world. OK, then, what is the spider going to do??
Read full commentPosted in Lisa Seduces Ray or Did She? (fireflies cont.)
Sounds like they're both
Posted on Mon, 03 Apr 2017
Sounds like they're both better out of a very mutually destructive relationship. The ambivalence in the portrayal of the wife is interesting, although for me it seemed as though you yourself weren't really sure of who she was, and as a reader...
Read full commentPosted in Poker Face
Relationships in dementia can
Posted on Mon, 03 Apr 2017
Relationships in dementia can be so complicated, but sometimes there are lovely moments, like this.
Read full commentPosted in ‘Where is your home?’
Beautiful poem. I can see,
Posted on Sun, 02 Apr 2017
Beautiful poem. I can see, hear and certainly smell it
Happy memories do...
Read full commentPosted in Wish you were here
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