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Salty
‘David Salter,’ the woman said. She had his file in her hand, looking over the top of her glasses and scrutinizing him. Five-foot four with sandy-...
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George goes it alone
George noticed his moustache had turned him overnight into a Freddy Mercury clone. He shaved it off before he went to bed. He felt invigorated, like...
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Our glorious past
Our glorious past Will always last Dr Typhoid, Dr Tuberculosis and Dr Malnutrition Kinship in marvellous condition Spotted fever aka Rickettsia...
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relapse prevention therapy
When I was five I was raped. He said it was a game. It wouldn’t hurt. These are clichés. I sometimes tell my students that fiction often isn’t...
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Grimms 92
Jaz feigns unconsciousness, not difficult with a stiff body and a head vaguely attached to sensibility, as he feels the floor moving and van doing a...
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Steve's not a hero. He just
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2017
Steve's not a hero. He just likes stabbing you in the stomach. He picks his victims well in advance by hanging around hip-replacement wards.
Read full commentPosted in Now I'm Bionic Second Part
first person isn't generally
Posted on Fri, 26 May 2017
first person isn't generally regarded as omniscient. s/he can only see or feel what they see or feel. nothing beyond the subject. Limited point of view.
Read full commentPosted in Taking the Fourth
Grandad smiled[,] nodding
Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2015
Grandad smiled[,] nodding
Occasionally he pause[d] bit muddled here as you've got Jake interrupting himself and taking over the conversation with himself, but you mean he takes over the convesation with Toby...
Brilliant. characters...
Read full commentPosted in Jake Mutant - Chapter Three
honesty helps with understand
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2015
honesty helps with understand and with understanding we learn that we are all human, all falliable and all unique in our wrongness which makes it alright. Peace be with you.
Read full commentPosted in Byrd Jones, Teacher and Grandfather
words can be wonderous
Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2015
words can be wonderous visions, but peel back house and home and there is there was and ever shall be that moment when beauty arises.
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I'm sure there's a metaphor
Posted on Wed, 27 Aug 2014
I'm sure there's a metaphor here. Spit it out.
Read full commentPosted in Spit Out the Bugs in Your Mouth
Kicked up a gear. Her turning
Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2014
Kicked up a gear. Her turning on him is good, but maybe express some of the doubts about Ian earlier. A kind of layering effect. His violence towards her is a good way of keeping it real.
Read full commentPosted in Ch26: Stolen July 12th part 2
silence, is often a pause
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2014
silence, is often a pause before the encore.
Read full commentPosted in War of Sounds
stolent moments can be sweet.
Posted on Wed, 20 Sep 2017
stolent moments can be sweet.
Read full commentPosted in The Journey
yep, often wonder how women
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, often wonder how women walk on those heels. heads in the clouds
Read full commentPosted in Heels
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