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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 671162 times and 285 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2006 of my 6,020 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2068 votes

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18th June Woods and back

When sun rules the year and all frost's armies turned to mist long burned up like cold caution warm calm, balmy days come seeming ceaseless. Wearing...
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the train leaving now

In my rush to get to the right platform looking for signs to where I want to go it's easy to miss changing announcements so when a train pulls in,...
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bluebells

Lush warm blue. Radiant. Rain cool bells, fresh celestial pigment, space untempered slipped, low, through trees - solemn grey, hushed, host this deep...
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rock

I remember the barnacles that scratched when I clung to your steep side as waves crashed; they found you first on your journey through life -...
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change of address

houses are envelopes posted through time recipients changing letters put in, taken out. From the War son, brother, father, lost mother upstairs, her...
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2006 of my comments have received 2068 Great Feedback votes

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Loved the owl bit :0) And the

Posted on Fri, 22 Nov 2024

Loved the owl bit :0) And the end was completely out of the blue for me, too. It's lovely to have a new instalment to read each Friday, thankyou!

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Posted in Drive (Dead Reckoning series - Part 36)

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Glad you went in the end! I

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

Glad you went in the end! I am like that, too. That 111 thing sounds really daft. Hope your appointment tomorrow is reassuring

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Posted in Houston, We Have A Problem.

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This is so heartfelt and

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

This is so heartfelt and moving JoAnne, I am sorry

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Posted in Endings

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The Crocodile was the only

Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2024

The Crocodile was the only character I liked as a child, everyone else was too scary. I loved how you depict the Crocodile as wise and fierce and magical, and also the idea of their appearing through the portal of the two mirrors. You described...

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Posted in Cricks Crocodile

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This clever sideways approach

Posted on Mon, 11 Nov 2024

This clever sideways approach to confronting an unfolding tragedy, is Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can

Kilb, please change this image if you want to. It is from here :...

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Posted in Letter of Rejection

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love the Picts bit :0)

Posted on Thu, 14 Nov 2024

love the Picts bit :0)

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Posted in Bus Pass [and BPL] are Together Again

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Brilliant solution!

Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2024

Brilliant solution!

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Posted in The Cunning Plan

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If you had not asked about

Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2024

If you had not asked about his family, you would not have known how they died, what tragedy he held inside. To go into the shop with its tinkly bell, and all the irrelevant items from history that no one cared to keep, and he had memories he...

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Posted in Boško’s Clouds

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This marvellously calming

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

This marvellously calming poem by Marandina may be just what you need. It is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in Where Maps End

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I am so sorry, about the

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

I am so sorry, about the unhappy things. Just shows how amazingly brilliant you are, that you still write such funny stuff, like "Hotel Central Club Sofia boasted free sachets of Nescafé, black wallpaper and a lift that travelled at twice the...

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Posted in The Tale of the Housemaid’s Knee

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