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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 636496 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1967 of my 5,946 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2027 votes

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Bluebells (again)

a blackbird decants descants, pouring incandescant territory into surrounding stillness as last week's treetips' tingling aces unfurl full flushes of...
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part 8

M ary looked at one shoe. At first, she tried pulling the strap from the middle, like a handle, but it only made it go thin and hurt her fingers...
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just deserts

I wander beside the desert unfurling like a sea of chrysanthemum petals wondering, Do fish swim under those diminishing curves? For sure, there are...
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cock robin

Who killed Cock Robin? We, said the workmen, with chainsaws from our van, we killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die? No one - he could still fly, find...
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to pick up time

never done, the sea is a bed remaking itself over and over, so light never sleeps on the salt shot silk of its sheet and thoughts are beached shells...
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1967 of my comments have received 2027 Great Feedback votes

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You are doing a brilliant job

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

You are doing a brilliant job with Perfidia's character. This dinner party is really well set up for maximum tension :0) And, as always, you take great care with descriptions of food. Going back into this world you have created is always so...

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 23

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a site about cetaceans says "

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

yes! a site about cetaceans says " the part of their brain which processes emotions (limbic system) appears to be more complex than our own "

one of the horrifically incomprehensible things about humans, for me, is how we value emotions...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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I like how I don't know if

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

I like how I don't know if this is about an author, like Tolkien, and a character they created, or about a reader who seeks a character they have read and re-read through a lifetime. There's a magical feeling in this poem

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Posted in Portal

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Glad Jeannie is involved

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Glad Jeannie is involved again. This story is becoming driven by female characters!

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Posted in Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Dead Reckoning series - Part 45)

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Oh, poor Vanessa! She will

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Oh, poor Vanessa! She will want to drive round to check under all the bridges where she thinks homeless people might be, won't she? Will she rescue Spencer, or will he rescue her? And the wanting to communicate with whales and dolphins! Is that...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god,

Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025

Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god, he’s jumped,’ said Pat, holding her hands together in a prayer position and lifting them up to the tip of her hooked nose. ‘He’ll just be a pile of wires and gubbins on the patio. Stop looking, Vanessa, fetch me a...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 48

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Very well deserved Pick of

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Very well deserved Pick of the Week.

I really like this description : "The lipstick was a deep Doraldina crimson. He popped open the clutch and found face powder. Both were common brands. Nothing special. California, the department-store...

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Posted in The Patrolman - 4 (2/2)

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Fabulous, again.

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Fabulous, again.

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Posted in The Patrolman - 4 (1/2)

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Beautiful writing. Not only

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

Beautiful writing. Not only the rhythm, but the portrait of Lenora. I loved the detail of heels wobbling on plush carpet, too

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Posted in The Patrolman - 3

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Thankyou for sharing such a

Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2025

Thankyou for sharing such a beautiful walk! I am glad you had a lovely sunny day in more of your spectacular countryside

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Posted in Above Bishop’s Castle

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