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I have 130 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 360238 times and 185 of my stories have been cherry picked.
912 of my 4,312 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 987 votes

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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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Pad Life 5: Cyber Tranche

The internet is watching my communal bin. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life 4: End of Days

An absolute monarchy. That's what we need. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Sun (IP)

Sometimes it seems like the sun ain't gonna shine anymore. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life 3: Tunnelling Through

The Pad has an idea for a new business venture: Borrow A Gosling. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life 2: X Marks The Spot

Grievous bodily harm to a voting booth. For or Against? Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons

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912 of my comments have received 987 Great Feedback votes

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Brilliantly done, Ewan, and

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Brilliantly done, Ewan, and every word true. But I do miss the days when I believed that the sunlit uplands were out there somewhere.

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Posted in The Road to Erehwon

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Definitely seen and SO

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Definitely seen and SO relished. My daughter works at The Potions Cauldron! The Golden Fleece is one of our regular 'haunts' and my son used to do a Saturday night residency there in his early busking days. I have had many conversations with that...

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)

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Wonderful piece of flash

Posted on Sat, 10 Feb 2024

Wonderful piece of flash fiction. A very absorbing read.

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Posted in Just like starting over

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Lovely, Rhiannon, very

Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Lovely, Rhiannon, very relatable! I identify with this particularly - if I have to get up in the night I often don't put the light on because I don't want to wake myself up any more than necessary and thus have a problem getting back to sleep. My...

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Posted in Feeling to find it

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sun, 11 Feb 2024

A wonderful bit of writing, and it's our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Portrush Flyer

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Story of the Week

Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024

A brilliant series, and this final part is our Story of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in Cherries and Dahlia Petals

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It's a bit grim and murky

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

It's a bit grim and murky here (it tried to snow yesterday but gave up and retreated to rain) but there are the odd signs of new life. A couple of days ago I marked the momentous day in my diary - it was still proper daylight at 5pm! When I...

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Posted in Progress!

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Very beautiful. "The sun of

Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024

Very beautiful. "The sun of his smile..." Brought back memories for me.

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Posted in We Watched from the Shore

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So much enjoying these,

Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024

So much enjoying these, Turlough. You've made me really want to visit the country again (especially Isfahan) but maybe not at the moment...

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Posted in The Gaddafi Effect

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2024

Brilliant in its evocation of time and place, and in its urgency, this is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in Act! A Poem for Basildon

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