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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 824942 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2205 of my 6,382 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2283 votes

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2205 of my comments have received 2283 Great Feedback votes

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this is wonderful, reminded

Posted on Sun, 30 Oct 2022

this is wonderful, reminded me of trying to get my son dressed, how obstinate little children can be, and the panic of an adult trying to fit into a schedule they don't understand. But it's not an adult here, it is two other children, and you...

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Posted in Runaway Mother chapter 2

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What a gifted writer you are!

Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022

What a gifted writer you are! Thankyou for another brilliant account of your experiences

The strangest my hair has got was when having to keep going into the chilled storage room in a Sainsburys where salad etc was kept till it could be...

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Posted in Chemo 14

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Liked this one very much

Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022

Liked this one very much

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Posted in Eagle-Talk

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This heart warming and

Posted on Mon, 31 Oct 2022

This heart warming and beautifully described part of Monodemo's story Runaway Mother, about the strength of children and with a wonderful young heroine, is Today's Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!  The whole story is fantastic and highly...

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Posted in Runaway Mother chapter 3 part 1

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I am always so glad of your

Posted on Tue, 01 Nov 2022

I am always so glad of your wisdom Rhiannon! Being a critic IS  so much easier than being a maker, whether of policy, or poems. Quite apart from everything else, they must need to be so strong physically, and manage on very little sleep....

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Posted in Pressures

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This is a wonderful opposite

Posted on Sat, 15 Oct 2022

This is a wonderful opposite to Jenny's poem, all the brightness and fun and excitement. Made me feel like I was a child again, to read!

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Posted in "Halloween or Samhain"

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Wow! I love the book!

Posted on Sat, 29 Oct 2022

Wow! I love the book! And the catflap bit is brilliant, Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou for your new instalment :0)

I didn't get this bit? is it your spellchecker being weird? "his tail taping on the floor in an unhappy manor."

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 6

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What a start, the idea that

Posted on Sat, 29 Oct 2022

What a start, the idea that night has a "vital force"! And you continue this sense of movement with "wild drifting ivy" and even the earth is "filled with textures, where worms and insects slither and crawl" and the space between "where spiders...

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Posted in Cause To Be Heard on Samhain's Eve

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loved "misty mysterious"! And

Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2022

loved "misty mysterious"! And the echoing stones, bones and gone. I remember seeing one of those burial stone constructions in Cornwall, and reading the old word for stone there is men. You have taken fabulous photos...

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Posted in Golden Valley* in October

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Where would I be without your

Posted on Fri, 28 Oct 2022

Where would I be without your atmospheric poems to remind me of important dates? I liked your chanty rhythm where every syllable stands out as if stark in the strange light

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Posted in All Hallows Eve

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