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shitehouse to shitehawk: a user's guide
I jot things down. Sometimes I order them later, or they order me. Usually, I don’t. That’s called the first draft. It’s full of grammatical mistakes...
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the call up
Harry’s call up papers came through. He had been dreading them, but when they arrived he felt calmer, but had to put on his trifocals glasses to...
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bergy
It’s strange when you get out hearing soft, whispering womanly voices – he’s been sick—licking of soft strawberry lips to create a sympathetic sound...
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a day in the sun
Winter broke like a stick and the sun clothed itself in clouds to give spring an airing and my world expanded to more than school rooms and cold...
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the angel oberon
To dust you will return Invisible to all but a select few My light has not gone out I’m simply waiting for you You with your need You with your greed...
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trays were our sleighs
Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2017
trays were our sleighs
puss-in-boot style boots [too many boots. reword eg footware.
I'm not sure faces would be little, when you're little. Take out the uncertainties. eg, [perhaps with] a little ethnic design.
two-and-a-...
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the girls ruptured nose [girl
Posted on Sat, 30 Sep 2017
the girls ruptured nose [girl's]
her left leg juddered in a spasm, then with a slow exhale,
the pretty girl died. [formatting error here, but perhaps not in your text]
wonderful scene setting and writing.
Read full commentPosted in The girl with the Maroon lipstick (excerpt from Eagles Hunt Wolves)
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
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yep, I guess so
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, I guess so
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I'm not sure why you call it
Posted on Fri, 15 Sep 2017
I'm not sure why you call it document 1. I guess there'll be other documents. This has the makings of a good apocalyptic story (like the Road) but I feel there is too much explaining from the unseen narrator goiong on and the action is a...
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I'm surprised anybody that
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2017
I'm surprised anybody that isn't rich can live in London. Two-thirds of most poor folk's wages go on rent. How is that possible? Existence? Well, I guess your non-English dad and mum saw the reality of Primo Levi's If This is a Man, or indeed...
Read full commentPosted in Outcomes of my Dad's recent Funeral in London
a saw-toothed landscape yet
Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2017
a saw-toothed landscape yet something slightly scary but a beauty shinies through.
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the seasons lead us and we
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
the seasons lead us and we follow on drfiting through time.
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yeh, kids stuff and their
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
yeh, kids stuff and their little ways.
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