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My stories
grab a granny
Chris walked slowly towards Dalmuir along the canal path, watching the light fade on the water, an open can of Pale Ale half in and out of his coat...
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ravensbruck 5
The prisoners filed into the bunker. Dorothea Binz waited for the paperwork and watched the guards, the dogs panting at their side, pulling the...
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ravensbruck 4
It was still dark outside when they came for them. The whole close heard them running up the stairs. Bertha had already prepared a small bag, with...
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ravensbruck 3
Max was in the toilet on the first landing when he heard the polite chap on the door. It irked him, but he tried to hurry, straining and finally...
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a new recklessness
It was cold that day, Helen remembered that. She was in a hurry, cycling to work. She was always in a hurry then. Too much of a hurry to notice the...
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splashed and muddied at the
Posted on Thu, 07 Jun 2018
splashed and muddied at the hem and fastened with brass buttons,. [comma ands full stop] pitch-black streets is a bit cliched.
the soldier and apothecary is a great addition to the story. He piques interest and furthers the narrative. ...
Read full commentPosted in The Devil's Surgeon Part 2
watch out for cliches, like
Posted on Sun, 03 Jun 2018
watch out for cliches, like 'turned up trumps' (especially with the monstrosity of a Trump that trumps most cliches). wolf and stuck pig. rougher end. gotten so deep. phoney war. most trusted confidantes
Read full commentPosted in Through War & Adversity - Chapter 3 - Part I
I wanted to know more. Really
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
I wanted to know more. Really enjjoyed reading it.
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)
slides from metaphor to
Posted on Thu, 12 Apr 2018
slides from metaphor to madness and evil with spring-heeled ease.
Read full commentPosted in Big Cat
yeh, captures that remebrance
Posted on Sat, 07 Apr 2018
yeh, captures that remebrance of things lost and people lost too in their own home and in their mind.
Read full commentPosted in Visiting Mom
amen to that and halleluiah
Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018
amen to that and halleluiah too because this is so true.
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018
you're mirroring Pirsig's
Posted on Sun, 25 Mar 2018
you're mirroring Pirsig's take in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Read full commentPosted in Mechanics & Artists
wonderfully perceptive
Posted on Wed, 21 Feb 2018
wonderfully perceptive storytelling. Kayla Stella Nue rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down? (part twelve)
bambi, but how much more
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2018
bambi, but how much more harrowing is the hundreds of millions of chickens and cattle that never experience daylight, in which a pen is their sun. A story well done.
Read full commentPosted in To Dance in the Shadows
memory is a lullaby.
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2018
memory is a lullaby.
Read full commentPosted in Stars Still Shine Brightly
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