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I have 74 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 47476 times
and 88 of my stories have been cherry picked.
216 of my 1,800 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 219 votes
My ghost story 'The Light Left' (under the name Jane Ayrie) can be found in the anthology 'Cold Iron', published by Iron Press:: https://tinyurl.com/yardmpqs
A short piece of science fiction, 'Madness Not To' (under the name Jane Roberts) is on the Terra 2 website here: :https://yorkstjohnterratwo.com/portfolio/madness-not-to-by-jane-roberts/
My ABC blog, including life at Castle Pillock, is here: https://www.abctales.com/blogs/airyfairy There are also some previous Castle Pillock episodes in the named collection below.
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Castle Pillock 13
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The Girl With Colitis Goes By
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Seven)
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Lustrum (IP) (With apologies to Robert Harris)
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Six)
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I absolutely loved this.
Posted on Fri, 05 Jan 2018
I absolutely loved this. Read it through, then went back and read it again after the 'reveal' and didn't stop chuckling all the way through. I have a Sibyl, and I can just imagine her being this mean to a poor Sam. I also have a much milder...
Read full commentPosted in Zam and the Sibyl
I love the structure of this
Posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2018
I love the structure of this and, as Rhiannon said, the picture of contentment through hard work. So interesting too, to hear the story behind it. Very enjoyable read.
Read full commentPosted in Man on His Tractor
Lovely. The only thing I
Posted on Fri, 05 Jan 2018
Lovely. The only thing I would add is the 'Could you just lend me...' bit. Oh, and, as a Mum, 'Have you got any mascara...' Treasured moments, and lots more grandfatherly ones to come.
Read full commentPosted in It's Great
The middle section, full of
Posted on Tue, 02 Jan 2018
The middle section, full of dreams and imagination, really fleshes this out, giving hope for the narrator and also making us feel his childhood humiliations even more keenly. The ending is really uplifting - the reader wants to shout 'YES!' that...
Read full commentPosted in The Journey Back
I didn't see that last line
Posted on Sat, 23 Dec 2017
I didn't see that last line coming. The scene is very well built up, inviting the reader to invest in these characters, and feel a genuine sadness for the woman watching and waiting.
Read full commentPosted in A Home in the Country
Some of the imagery in this
Posted on Sat, 23 Dec 2017
Some of the imagery in this is very effective, and the poem as a whole seems to come alive, in fact, when the river arrives 'buzzing, puffing, scuffing'. The dry humour (oh, that's a daft thing to say in this context, but I can't think of a...
Read full commentPosted in Adaptibility
You capture the wonderful
Posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2017
You capture the wonderful strangeness of a peacock very well. Their beauty has an almost alien quality to it, if you are standing looking at them, and they are standing looking back. This brought back memories of being with my children when...
Read full commentPosted in Amazing ‘eyes’ that hypnotize
The thing I love about this,
Posted on Fri, 24 Nov 2017
The thing I love about this, and liked so much about the previous part, is the way you show people apparently quietly getting on with life, making the best, as they say, but underneath there is so much emotion and so much tremulous hope. Less is...
Read full commentPosted in Degrees of Separation
Very moving.
Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2017
Beautifully written. Makes you feel so much for the child then and the child who still remains.
Read full commentPosted in School (Automatic poem)
Beautifully written, and hard
Posted on Wed, 22 Nov 2017
Beautifully written, and hard to read. Many readers will share the child's experiences, but there will also be parents who are painfully aware that their cihldren must have heard things they should not. An excellent piece, Poppy.
Read full commentPosted in The Stairs
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