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ABCtales Magazine and me
I got the new ABCtales ‘best of’ through the post this morning. I know you can download it, but I prefer paper, it gives me something to chew over...
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Last Call
She clumped up the middle of Singers Road ignoring the pavements, damp and slippy with the mush of fallen leaves darkening pools against the wire...
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see you later alligator
We know what we know. We watched the world grow. And yet! And yet! There is that debt. There is that debt. Knowing doubts, bend us true. We know what...
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By Dickens
‘Another one to see you Doctor,’ said the receptionist, her droll tone on the phone, giving me adequate warning. ‘A Mr McDermid.’ Shuffled feet,...
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huts second week, second day (first draft)
Our first formal class, critical theory in mental handicap nursing, takes place in the defunct maternity ward, in the old hospital. High ceilings,...
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Fracking bomb is captialised
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Fracking bomb is captialised and uncapitalised. I share many of your concerns.
Read full commentPosted in This life is a plastic wrap
yeh, who can afford to live
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2014
yeh, who can afford to live in DC? But you'd need a better imagination to figure house prices in London. 'buy a guy' sounds like an offer and not a preposition.
Oh, the Fab Four, sounds like some obscure band.
Read full commentPosted in 17. Do You Believe In Magick?
start chiselling now lavadis
Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2014
start chiselling now lavadis
Read full commentPosted in Unbounders Away
not sure what a foofie valve
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
not sure what a foofie valve is, but the competition is hotting up.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 2
What I've read so far is
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
What I've read so far is intriguing.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 1
the use of quartz stone for
Posted on Fri, 23 May 2014
the use of quartz stone for freezing it one of those details that make everything so real. Look forward to more. Another great episode. I'm wondering what Ian's game is? Something about him getting drunk so easily points to some kind of illness?...
Read full commentPosted in Ch4: May 15th part 2
what room? You lucky knob.
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
what room? You lucky knob. Fifteen and I was still working out what to do with it.
Read full commentPosted in The Walthamstow Bird
not sure about the Panda Gods
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
not sure about the Panda Gods and 'Dawn lighted the sky...' doesn't sound right, but apart from that some beautiful descriptions.
Read full commentPosted in Triptych
yep, a close call with those
Posted on Sat, 03 May 2014
yep, a close call with those clowns. It was so close it was surreal. Great story. I'm not familiair with all those American shows, but I guess you nose that.
Read full commentPosted in A Nose by Any Other Name
Childhood’s a place, son, and
Posted on Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Childhood’s a place, son, and not a time. ' visited and revisited. A holiday from the self. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in At Holcombe Beach (I.P.)
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