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I have 177 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 397272 times and 278 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1507 of my 5,096 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1548 votes

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Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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at dusk today

light mourning lavender sheets sky and sea far pink coast recalls sunset white triangle sail heading out gulls fly, wings bright as full moon's disc...
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Poem of the week

October 2023

Shame : so hard to forget this soft word starting with a Sh! as of secrets, brushed under deep carpets and A in its middle, alphabet's beginning an...
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Cherry

open your eyes!

bombing your moral high ground (won at such terrible cost) must always be a tricky manoevre to pull off - before you know where you are, history is...
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begone

there is a bumblebee buzzing where the woundwort was now neat snipped stalks in hoe hacked naked soil no cerise tipped willowherb spires, leaves...
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1507 of my comments have received 1548 Great Feedback votes

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Thankyou so much, Jean, both

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

Thankyou so much, Jean, both for sharing your inspiring Spirit of braveness and intelligence, imagination and humour, and also the kindness of your comments. I had to go to hospital for a check up recently and started having a panic attack, but...

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Posted in The End - part 2

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We are so lucky to be

Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024

ABCTales members are so lucky to be first to read this continuously brilliant story by Jane Hyphen. This part describes Vanessa's worries about her daughter's visit, and is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

the image is from here...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 21

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It is because you are so FAB

Posted on Fri, 08 Mar 2024

It is because you are so FAB with details! Like the Persian carpet runner on the stairs, took me right there! So all the rest becomes easy to believe, too. You weave your rich imagination through the mundane

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)

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This most enjoyable first

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

This most enjoyable first part of Marandina's magical tale set in York is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)

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Brilliant to find a new

Posted on Wed, 28 Feb 2024

Brilliant to find a new episode of the fabulous Willow's Missing Tail. Packed full of intrigue, magic and wonderful characters, this is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 13

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Very good to read another of

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

Very good to read another of your wonderful diaries! Like Rhiannon, I am intrigued how you seem to emerge so suddenly from Winter - while ours is much less severe, it staggers on and on. Full of admiration how you survived being stuck inside with...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course

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gosh, how on Earth did you

Posted on Mon, 08 Jan 2024

gosh, how on Earth did you put yourself in their mindset?! Exhausted just reading :0) Really hope you do send off Parcel for You, to the BBC and everywhere that might want brilliant comedy scripts. You are so good at creating funny characters,...

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Posted in Make Millions in Two Minutes...

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Celticman's wonderful story

Posted on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

Celticman's wonderful story continues to dive deep into emotion and belief. The character of his narrator's mother, warm, funny, wise and strong is one of my favourites in his writing, and this moving description of her grief is Pick of the Day....

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Posted in Love Story 22

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Yes, Thankyou so much for

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Yes, Thankyou so much for writing more! I really liked how Vanessa wants companionship, because it is easy to get the physical stuff from dating apps, that AI might be better at that than an actual man! But then her wants, so contradictory,...

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 3

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It is as though at the end

Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023

It is as though at the end you say goodbye to part of yourself.

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Posted in No Fond Farewell

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