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Steelie 11
‘Don’t worry too much,’ Steelie spoke out of the side of his mouth.‘Yer common-sense has goin missing. It happens quite a lot around here. Usually it...
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Steelie 10
Rain lashed against the windows and brought a clatter of feet from the smokers outside. A man with a scar bisecting his chin, swaggered over to their...
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Steelie 9
A dog howled outside the front windows. The sound cutting through the pub. Brodie looked at Steelie, his hard gaze softening when he moved empty...
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Steelie 8
‘Right, that’s it,’ growled DI Griffin. ‘You’ve taken the piss wance too often. I’m taking you in.’ He muttered to himself while searching behind his...
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Steelie 7
‘Ur there any spirits wae us?’ Steelie’s voice barely more than a whisper. The planchette shivered, and pieces of cardboard marked with letter and...
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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.
Read full commentPosted in Lace Wings
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
the misunderstanding is a
Posted on Sat, 24 Jan 2026
the misunderstanding is a perfect mix of anger, fright and innoncene.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (9) (ii)
It captures the innocene. And
Posted on Sat, 24 Jan 2026
It captures the innocene. And danger. I'd take out most of the adverbs.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (9) (i)
ah Portnoy's complaint and
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
ah Portnoy's complaint and young love for old love. Symmetry. You writers...best not mess with the fighters.
Read full commentPosted in 4. Away with Words (ii)
Lovely wee baby you and you
Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2026
Lovely wee baby you and you (again). We're all different people. Some of us stay much the same. You seem true.
Read full commentPosted in Fleeting Moments Of My Younger Self In A Letter
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