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I have 180 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 977274 times
and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2325 of my 6,552 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2427 votes
My stories
at bay
you've gone to the moon we know only as light, a white finger from Heaven whose pulse pulls Earth's sheathing waves noise clings to us, we cannot out...
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to a pear
on the top shelf of our Co Op's reduced to clear section alone an economy bag of pears knobbly green and slightly bruised as a Martian footballer's...
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part 15
It was like a monster Mary couldn't see, wanting to rip her to bits like tissue paper, and squash her all at the same time. It screamed in her ears...
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tree time
cold admonishment as rain, taps a clean patina of advice - with foreign fluency, saps defiant thought, both truth and lies this, here, is all -...
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high seas
leaf shoals race on grey twig currents as west winds lace rushing rip tides through fast colours, with quick air rinse out sluggish thoughts so free...
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Thank You so much for this
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
Thank You so much for this FABULOUS IP response, which I completely missed! It kept making me smile all through, like with the lifeboat bit but the last two paragraphs are BRILLIANT. How these old buildings have been here for centuries, but in...
Read full commentPosted in Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches
If any living thing survives,
Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025
If any living thing survives, it will be in the cracks between mankind's control. No man's land in our battle to be God
Read full commentPosted in Naming Tree
Poetic, Surreal, rich as an
Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025
Poetic, vivid, mysterious, this fabulous short piece by rask_balavoine is sure to get you in the mood for Halloween, so it is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Please change or delete the image if you want to? It is from here :...
Read full commentPosted in Wobbling between this and that.
A Rubic's cube, shifting
Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2025
A Rubik's cube, shifting sides, a bright child's hope and friendship flowering amid others' anger, all in Marandina's story which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube
This wise and beautiful poem
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
This wise and beautiful poem from lenchenelf is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Lena, please change the image if you want to. It is from here :
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Posted in Lit
Woven through with magic,
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Woven through with magic, Marandina evokes so well the landscape and weather of England's west coast through the experiences of his teenage protagonist. This part of his fabulous wip is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)
You make "Life still goes on"
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025
You make "Life still goes on" so ominous! Sometimes thoughts, happenings, need time's distance to see what was going on clearly, for great descriptions to wrap round deeply hurtful experiences, objectify them. Your poem is wonderful, telling a...
Read full commentPosted in The Daughter-Wife
Marandina has set his scene
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
Marandina has set his scene wonderfully in this first part of a new WIP. Step into his story, the darkness and magic, which is Pick of the Day! Then, please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)
A wise and wonderful poem
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Growing from her gardening roots, Jenny's wise and wonderful poem is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in When Time Has Elapsed
Sympathise with you so much!
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Sympathise with you so much! "Senses insulted by / Perverse information gathered." is a fabulous way to put it. The other day, my son wondered how people will learn empathy in the future, when so much of their knowledge will come from AI....
Read full commentPosted in Perverse Future
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