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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 734124 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2111 of my 6,198 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2176 votes

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time flies

Bodies irridescent as minds in the present can hold places we've been in Future's oily sheen, while frail wings blister space, fizz with repulsive...
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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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2111 of my comments have received 2176 Great Feedback votes

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I like the bad luck element

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025

I like the bad luck element very much, and looking forward to the next part

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Posted in "Art of Trouble" 2

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Maybe Billy will be able to

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2025

Maybe Billy will be able to help with Danielle's nightmare? I sympathise with her Mum, it is worrying when children have bad dreams, we cannot go there to help. Tanya and Billy's Mum united in concern/suspicion about devices and the harm they...

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (4)

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I love this : "nobody warned

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2025

I love this : "nobody warned us that the cheap glory of those days would climb to a peak and then simply ebb away and die, fading forever into forgotten history", all the lives Earth has had, each an uncurling wave of the sea. "cheap glory" that...

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Posted in The Vale - Part 1 (d)

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Have you ever felt stuck in a

Posted on Sun, 20 Jul 2025

Have you ever felt stuck in a rut, sure that life would be more fun if you took more risks? Try this wonderful adventure in Australia by G M Backland, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in Worst Case Scenario - Being Peter To Save Paul (Part One)

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Liked this very much :0) And

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025

Liked this very much :0) And glad am not the only one not to be trusted re getting them lost, by suspicious offspring :0)

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Posted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?

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BRILLIANT!!! I love it when I

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

BRILLIANT!!! I love it when I have no idea where a story is going, yet is it completely involving all the way through. Absolutely wonderful

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Posted in The Irritating Gentleman (part two)

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I like

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

I like

"I remember discussing sheeple

and what makes people free,"

while describing not being free at all

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Posted in 3 oz of Insanity

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Oooh, sensing Polly might

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

Oooh, sensing Polly might have magical powers?
11 disappearances is a lot! I'd worry about that, too!
Billy's character is great, am looking forward to seeing how he handles the baddie :0)

not sure about some bits "It was fine...

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (3)

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"The course of true love

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

"The course of true love never did run smooth", as Shakespeare might have said of Perfidia's experiences in this latest instalment of Penny4athought's wonderful WIP, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 30

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You convey his fear very well

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025

You convey his fear very well. You have "Will he ever forgive myself if I don't jump?" which made me wonder if you have tried skydiving? I would be much too scared

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Posted in Here I am

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