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I have 83 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 63482 times and 104 of my stories have been cherry picked.
240 of my 2,119 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 243 votes

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A couple of my pieces can be found elsewhere,

A ghost story, 'The Light Left' is in the anthology 'Cold Iron', published by Iron Press::  https://tinyurl.com/yardmpqs

A short piece of science fiction, 'Madness Not To' 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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Cherry

The Girl With Colitis Goes By

By airyfairy on Mon, 16 May 2016

We’ve all got them, those song lyrics corrupted somewhere between our ears and our brain cells
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Seven)

By airyfairy on Thu, 12 May 2016

'You needed someone you could manipulate,' I said. 'You just had to be given the right job,' said Hamish.
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 15

Lustrum (IP) (With apologies to Robert Harris)

By airyfairy on Wed, 11 May 2016

It is, or should be, a truth universally acknowledged that a world run by David Attenborough and Mary Beard would be a sane and civilised place and a much better bet than we have at the moment
Opinion
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Six)

By airyfairy on Sun, 08 May 2016

'It's government,' said Madam. 'They choose what they will and won't tell the governed. And in this case, they are completely and utterly right.'
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 15
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Five)

By airyfairy on Fri, 06 May 2016

Even the members of the diaspora cannot agree on the best way to save it.
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 15

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240 of my comments have received 243 Great Feedback votes

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A timely reminder that, sadly

Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2018

A timely reminder that, sadly, such attitudes do not belong to the past.  The structure of this, the way the rhythm changes from the flow of the first section to the jaggedness of the second, is very effective at emphasising the content.  It...

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Posted in The Dream

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Lovely sentiments Richard. 

Posted on Mon, 08 Jan 2018

Lovely sentiments Richard.  And possibly the most important line in there is: 'still not too late, you know'.

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Posted in IF--

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It may indeed be very

Posted on Sun, 07 Jan 2018

It may indeed be very relevant.  As the poet says, 'What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare'.  Standing and staring is in danger of becoming a lost art.  I hope your fictional society has better luck preserving it...

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Posted in Time : The Neo Creadds Are Born (Ch.14e)

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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...

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Posted in Zam and the Sibyl

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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.

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Posted in Man on His Tractor

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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.

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Posted in It's Great

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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...

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Posted in The Journey Back

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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.

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Posted in A Home in the Country

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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...

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Posted in Adaptibility

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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...

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Posted in Amazing ‘eyes’ that hypnotize

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