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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 903049 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2222 of my 6,265 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2309 votes

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I found this intriguing too,

Posted on Mon, 27 Jun 2022

I found this intriguing too, as not sure whether the unexplored was internal or external, about habit and new experiences or how we don't understand what we think we know about Nature, about how writing ideas can spread like cities

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Posted in From Out of the Bush

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"They were all dead and

Posted on Mon, 27 Jun 2022

That bit stood out for me, too, "They were all dead and belonged not to us, but each other" that's so true, that's just how it feels in churchyards

The may or may not be ghost is a great addition, unbalancing Jim who is usually the most...

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Posted in Ugly Puggly 43

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If all you need to try a

Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2022

If all you need to try a publisher is someone to check for typos, I'd be happy to have a go? I'd be bound to miss a few, but if it would help? I don't like to go on about them every time I see them incase it's discouraging

 

If you...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 32 ( Conclusions Part 2-- the ending)

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This dialogue is sparkling, 

Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2022

This dialogue is sparkling,  not a single un needed word, it's really fun to read. Thankyou so much for keeping going, it has been wonderful to see your story unfold, the strong characters and place. That the relationship wrong-turns of...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 32 ( Conclusions Part 2-- the ending)

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I really enjoyed this. I

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

I really enjoyed this. I remembered a poem about Spencer (I like seagulls)  We have looked after baby seagulls too in the past, none this year yet.

I liked this not just for the accurate accounts of seagulls' pooing proficiency, but also...

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Posted in Freddie

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 The image of a little girl

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

 The image of a little girl with the bees coming down to her is magical. And that she is Queen, in a world inside a world.

And you "holding court" yet she is Queen, and gives you honey and thegift of friendship sweet beyond  words

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Posted in (This Life) Part 6: The Bee Keeper’s Daughter

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As  CM said, this made me

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

As  CM said, this made me think how in future they would want volunteers for euthanasia, that seemed horribly likely.

The meteor shower could have been a satelite fleet being blown up?

I wonder how much of the sense of fatigue you...

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Posted in The Horses of Wooldale Road (Part 3 of 3)

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So sorry to hear you are not

Posted on Thu, 23 Jun 2022

So sorry to hear you are not well. But you make me think you are strong and irrepressable as a wildflower unfurling new petals even when it's been walked on, to make lovely poems when you are feeling low

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Posted in Sweet Violet

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Enjoyed would be the wrong

Posted on Thu, 23 Jun 2022

Enjoyed would be the wrong word, but I thought this was a great part 2. Impossible to think of horses in such a Britain, as it is mammoths now. 

The only thing is, why would there only be black and white movies on tv? There would be huge...

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Posted in The Horses of Wooldale Road (Part 2 of 3)

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you certainly have his

Posted on Fri, 17 Jun 2022

you certainly have his chanting rhythm!

I particularly liked :

As I stared into my crystal tumbler,

cut-glass embalmed with amber,

 

had not thought of liquid as being like that for glasses, great image :0) 

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Posted in The Raven Returned

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