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I have 130 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 365953 times
and 185 of my stories have been cherry picked.
920 of my 4,329 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 995 votes
Assorted writers' groups, the odd anthology, occasional readings. Lots of looking out of the window. Hello, and thanks for dropping by.
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Readings of Episodes One and Two of the Pad Life Journals are now available on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-968566758 More to follow!
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The Net Caster (Part Five)
Under Cytherea's two suns, the talking taxi was taking me to a destination I knew nothing of.
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The Net Caster (Part Four)
Was Hamish Mansoorian alive or dead? And who had purchased his soul?
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The Net Caster (Part Three)
Hamish Mansoorian had out- manoeuvred me and everyone else far more times than I could recall. But this...
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The Net Caster (Part Two)
Every single biological thing in the Universe leaves a trace.
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The Net Caster (Part One)
StarMo's are pretty much all the same, when you come down to it. But there was something about this one...
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Such an interesting subject.
Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2022
Such an interesting subject. We're all such a hotchpotch of 'identities', even if we don't realise it. I did a course on folklore and fairytale once and the tutor said something very interesting, that's it's not where you're from, but where you'...
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Tue, 08 Nov 2022
This beautiful piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Legacy
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 06 Nov 2022
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick for Armistice Day. Please do share/retweet far and wide.
Ewan - for some reason I can't fathom, ABC FB won't let me post any pictures at all today. Really sorry.
Read full commentPosted in On Ainley Top Looking Down
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
A touch of magic in a hazmat suit...this beautiful glimpse of life is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Thomon, copyright free from Wikimedia Commons:...
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The Martian footballer's
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
The Martian footballer's kneecaps - brilliant analogy!
Read full commentPosted in to a pear
Oh Jenny, what a horrible
Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022
Oh Jenny, what a horrible experience! Just glad to hear that you and your partner are in one piece. Flash flooding can be completely devastating. Hope you haven't had any repeats.
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Welcome to ABC Tales
Posted on Sat, 08 Oct 2022
Welcome! Your piece made me chuckle. I'm going to remember that one when I next get one of those annoying calls. I quite like turning my head slightly away from the phone and pretend whispering, 'Get a fix on this one will you, we may have to...
Read full commentPosted in 3 Questions
Poem of the Week
Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022
This is our Poem of the Week - congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in In Lucid Dreams
This is lovely, Richard. You
Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2022
This is lovely, Richard. You give a real sense of nature being entwined, and the image of the crystals is captivating.
Read full commentPosted in Look Up-Up
Your last line, about her
Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2022
Your last line, about her grieving alone, I think sums up why even those of the republican tendency, like me, feel rather as though the last adult has left the building. I wasn't her biggest fan, but at least she 'did her bit' and, although the...
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