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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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Some very striking imagery -
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2015
Some very striking imagery - the one that stood out for me was the passage comparing Joanie's voice to a shotgun, 'her words repeating until the cartridge emptied, until her words were simple, hollow clicks.' I wasn't too sure about some of the...
Read full commentPosted in Buried Secrets
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry wouldn't thank Vanessa for delivering them to the tender mercies of Cedric.
Mind you, his bin cleaning fetish would definitely come in handy at my place.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 55
Thanks for reading, Jane. You
Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025
Thanks for reading, Jane. You're right, it does feel as if we're drowning in all the quicksand out there, and I keep trying to stop myself looking at it all and reading it, but old habits die hard and there is something hideously fascinating...
Read full commentPosted in Retroactive
A truly unsettling poem. Like
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025
A truly unsettling poem. Like you, I've read a few stories about people and their cow encounters. We do tend to forget that cows are very powerful animals and I've read that they're not very keen on humans they don't know. They have my sympathy...
Read full commentPosted in Killed By Cows
Marmite is a great and
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Marmite is a great and wondrous thing. Sadly, I have failed to convey this indisputable fact to my children, one of whom hates the stuff while the other will tolerate it to be polite when visiting a marmite household. It is a necessary part of my...
Read full commentPosted in Love it or hate it … ?
Congratulations on tying it
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Congratulations on tying it all up so well. Looking forward to the next enterprise!
Read full commentPosted in So The Story Goes (Dead Reckoning series - Part 50)
I really enjoy writing to
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
I really enjoy writing to prompts, as you never know where they'll take you. I go to a creative writing group once a month where we do just this, and I particularly enjoy seeing the different ways people interpret the prompts. Similarly, the...
Read full commentPosted in 'I remember ...'
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip does. He could be a sober monster, of course!
Read full commentPosted in Making this world a bettter place
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This beautiful reflection on memory is our Sunday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Pearson Scott Foresman, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: ...
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Some much needed reassurance
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
Some much needed reassurance that even these days, if you are true to your dreams, you may just win out over all the flash and smugness out there. Very much enjoyed this!
Read full commentPosted in Having perhaps the better claim
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