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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1001721 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2346 of my 6,606 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2452 votes

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rivers

rivers - once revered liquid addresses for deities of equilibrium with gravity pull caravans of wet welded into muscled power, sprung from Earth like...
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Present

Today's gift wrapped in light. Birdsong as foil ribbon unspools, bright slipping trills tying time together. The woods' snowdrops have come! Beside...
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comfort and joy (another go at this)

beside a garage the magnolia grew in grace, still-dance of slender curves, smooth grey stem arcs, loose laced, spacing light. Buds slept - tight...
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woods, late

walk in the company of streams through chill evening, day's ash, grey shadows clot into understanding night a deer starts awake, hastens to hide life...
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Be Leave

I'm tired as a bee buzzing against glass for cannot pass into sleep. The deep beyond thought. Unreached though mind's wings batter and long hours,...

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2346 of my comments have received 2452 Great Feedback votes

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Great dialogue! And such a

Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Great dialogue! And such a switch over from the bleakness at the start!

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Posted in Tom All Alone 14 (iv)

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Velcro made such a difference

Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Velcro made such a difference :0) I remember feeling a milestone had been reached when I learned laces, and my son, too.
The feeling of terror as your Tom struggled on his own. Like everything conspired to isolate him from the start. I...

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Posted in Tom All Alone 14 (iii)

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Oh, hope this doesn't end

Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Oh, hope this doesn't end here, feel there is a brilliant Oblong twist coming up :0)

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Posted in McCalliog and his hens (6)

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Thought it might have been

Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2026

Thought it might have been mysterious dark forces pretending to be a journalist, so that last bit came as a relief!

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (19)

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" The anxiety was like a

Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026

" The anxiety was like a living thing inside him." Remember this so well!
And this "He still felt a sense of betrayal at her hands, though. Here she was, the person he trusted the most in the world, making him do something he didn't want to...

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Posted in Tom All Alone 14 (i)

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I liked the bit about Jesus

Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026

I liked the bit about Jesus using Lux :0) All those people was the scariest thing, their sounds and thoughts ricocheting around walls like in a pinball machine. Is this the school with the horrible teacher who refused to accept there could be...

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Posted in Tom All Alone 14 (ii)

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A new start up for the

Posted on Tue, 21 Apr 2026

A new start up for the enterprising Bron is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in Bron-33

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Ooooooh!

Posted on Tue, 21 Apr 2026

Ooooooh!

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Posted in McCalliog and his hens (4)

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WELL DONE having your

Posted on Sat, 18 Apr 2026

WELL DONE having your courage to go through the next step. Remember, always, that you are a true poet, you have a great gift of communication. You have the strength inside

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Posted in Tomography

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Thankyou so much for you

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2026

Thankyou so much for you beautiful description Rhiannon. I looked up Striperstones on GoogleEarth, what a majestic place! And your photos are great!
I love
Looming sides,
but wide enough to let the sunny warm day in.
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Posted in Mytten Dingle, north Stiperstones

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