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and 179 of my stories have been cherry picked.
664 of my 3,830 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 700 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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Hello, welcome to ABC Tales.
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2017
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales. I enjoyed reading this. The way you follow the year through is very effective, and I very much liked the last three lines. I agree with Ewan that the word Ivy sits a little oddly at the end. Although I'd have got...
Read full commentPosted in a sort of green
And it's also our Story of
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
And it's also our Story of the Week - Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
Brilliantly funny, painfully
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Brilliantly funny, painfully realistic - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
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Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
Very funny - and the
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Very funny - and the awkwardness is tangible. Really enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
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'
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