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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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Grimms 91
Angela sits on the top steps on her landing, waiting. Tugs have been pulled and combed from her blonde hair and skin been scrubbed pink in the...
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Grimms 90
A stilted walk to the car, flared denim flapping in the wind, guns pressed one-handed, hard, against their bodies, but concealed in their coats. Del...
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Grimms 89
Del parks the Jaguar car, and pulls the handbrake, on the hill across from Clydebank College. ‘How many doors in the pub? he asks. ‘Two.’ Jaz pats...
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This is very good. Jason's
Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2014
This is very good. Jason's voice is just right. You don't need to say 'I make an effort at politeness'. You've already shown it and that's added commentary. Similiarly, appearances' sake is a bit convoluted and would be better left as appearance...
Read full commentPosted in Grandad's Party - Chapter 2 of 3
ah, sweet, but sour, I'll be
Posted on Thu, 13 Feb 2014
ah, sweet, but sour, I'll be watching for more of this, made me smile.
Read full commentPosted in Grandad's Party - Chapter 1 of 3
yep, a book with insight for
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2014
yep, a book with insight for people that like to read and should be read.
Read full commentPosted in Reviews - In The Day by Kevin Marman
It's a bit like a video game.
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014
It's a bit like a video game.
Read full commentPosted in Euphoria Blake: Infernally Divine
A Dickens of a poem. Well
Posted on Mon, 09 Dec 2013
A Dickens of a poem. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Havisham
I'm not sure what the
Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2013
I'm not sure what the underlined words or italics are meant to emphasise, but there are lots of surprised in the text and I really liked it.
Read full commentPosted in Within the Mirrors
enjoyed this. thanks.
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2008
enjoyed this. thanks.Read full commentPosted in Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion
I especially liked the first
Posted on Mon, 01 Aug 2011
I especially liked the first stanza, but that is maybe that was just my certain boyish impulses. Great stuff Chris. It's not often I'm proud of 'Futility.'Read full commentPosted in Futility
evocative. well done.
Posted on Thu, 09 Sep 2010
evocative. well done.Read full commentPosted in The approach of winter
Needs a bit of proof reading
Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Needs a bit of proof reading eg 'She was an attractive and she knew it.' And there is a bit or repetition, you could cut a few hundred words quite easily. A good story, which I enjoyed.Read full commentPosted in Blood Money
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