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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1012095 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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preserving time

When this pan's hot, usually it's dull- full of potatoes or lentils. Tonight, blackberry juice simmers fathomless and darkest purple as the pupil of...
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flotsam and jetsam

On the beach, among litter a herring gull fledgeling, dead beside a Happy Birthday balloon background : Soothed in vast freedom and insouciance of...
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jormungandr

Some things will never change. At Summer's height bright as a plastic butterfly, the Fair unpacks on the Prom.
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suddenly

Grey cloud-palm presses down crushed air trees still as puppets hanging from their strings waiting a hiss across fields...... becomes patter on...
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fallow

A sheet of tall stemmed notes, soft rushes, grow yellow-ochre, golden-green, and with brown flower rests rustling, make fresh glissando tides of...

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2349 of my comments have received 2457 Great Feedback votes

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Agree with everyone else. I

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2026

Agree with everyone else. I love the certainy, then frailty then faith.
As well as match of light with love, I really liked:

You opened a door and he walked through it,
taking our history with him, as if it were his.

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Posted in Eclipsed

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I am so glad you said this.

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2026

I am so glad you said this.

I imagine insects discussing those creatures who think they are intelligent. Would bees invent something which would unemploy them, make them unable to have enough food and water; would woodlice invent something...

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Posted in Save your Water for The Devil

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Enjoyed this very much. The

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Enjoyed this very much. The favour of the Universe needing to be earned, made me think of the bit in the Bible, about God helping those who help themselves. She a life saver, saving her own life, I love the sense of light you have, running...

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Posted in Letters to the Universe

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Great description :0)

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Great description :0)

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Posted in Stunning!

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samhennig's wonderful

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

samhennig's wonderful description of yesterday's excitement is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.

The image is from here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/...

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Posted in Eclipse

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So happy to see a new Willow

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2026

So happy to see a new Willow story! Thank You so much :0)

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Posted in "Willow's Sleuthing Tail" 1

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That's a fabulous idea, to

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

That's a fabulous idea, to have Melchior time travelling to now and seeing the changes happening on the same land

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Posted in Sojourn In Palestine (Welcome To Palestine!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 3

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Thank You so much for this IP

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2026

Thank You so much for this IP response, Rhiannon. I remember you writing before of the important teacher you had at university. This piece made me think of someone spinning wool, you show how your Faith is like a bright colour going through the...

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Posted in When ‘on time’ is late!

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BRILLIANT :0)

Posted on Sat, 08 Aug 2026

BRILLIANT :0)
I do like reading about your insects, as they make me feel better about our flat's damp :0) All we have are industrious woodlice and inexorable slugs. And weird ear shaped fungus growing out of the carpet. We are SO LUCKY to...

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Posted in The Evolution of the Lettuce

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It makes my afternoon, to

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2026

It makes my afternoon, to read your stories.

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Posted in Angola Gaffletter Chapter 3.

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