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school photos 31
Patricia jingled the ward keys on the chain before selecting the right one to let Janine out. There was a certain irony in that. She’d been the...
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school photos 30
In her nightmare Janine was haunted, as usual, by the coppery smell of fresh blood. Her hand was framed on their front-door panel, but she didn’t...
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school photos 29
Lying on top of the blankets on my bed I flicked through a wash-stained copy of The Reader’s Digest I’d found—and never thought I’d read—in the...
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school photos 28
On the train home, Jean thought she’d have been able to shut her eyes and get a quick nap, but her chesty- coughing cold scuttled that idea. She...
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school photos 27
I swept down the corridor to meet Mum, my head hunched, not meeting her eyes. She smiled a tight little smile in greeting, to show how unhappy she...
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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.)
thanks blackjack, I'm working
Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2013
thanks blackjack, I'm working my way through it, knocking off the crusty corners of the worst bloomers.
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I don't know enough about
Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2014
I don't know enough about poetry to coment about rhythm, metre or lieation, but the imagery is wonderful and the voice is true.
Read full commentPosted in It is I, Abiku
the crew seem afire and I'm
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2014
the crew seem afire and I'm sure that death and glory is their desire.
Read full commentPosted in The Crew of the Wolverine
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