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My stories have been read 666459 times
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1999 of my 6,014 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2062 votes
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WWW
August 23rd. The Woods. Strung across all paths, intricate, unseen webs split space into gossamer satellite dishes till afternoon sun's gold caress...
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logging evidence of us
Diesel tang rank above sweet grasses' long soft tongues, broken. Small birds' fear shrills still in re pooling peace. Within woods' broached haven...
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part 14
Broken trees under a trail of slime, a squelching sound nearby, growing nearer, nearer, the huge slimey red lips of the giant slug reared up and onto...
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sound escape
Earth's first touch for reaching sun, iron age hill fort looks out over ground held in molten blue, above all sound, save wind's unseen tongue...
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part 13
When Mary was finding a place in the basket on Regn's arm to fit a purple mushroom like a small frisbee, Regn moved at last, "PERFECT" . They went...
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Great to read Ugly Puggly
Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022
Great to read Ugly Puggly again, this bit is genius
"Well, if we’re gonnae go up tae the crematorium, a council van will blend in like a tombstone. And if anybody spots us, they’ll hink we’re council workers. No expect us tae move, or dae...
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 42
Phew, I thought now Ewan was
Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022
Phew, I thought now Ewan was being eaten up by the mysterious monster. It is like a detective story in its own right. Write
Read full commentPosted in Sticky Wullie
I don't want you to change a
Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022
I don't want you to change a speckle of Ugly Puggly,he is perfect, an absolutely brilliant creation.I wish so much he existed. Even though he isn't real, I feel a bit better about all the things worrying me all the time, just imagining he is on...
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 8
I have a TERRIBLE memory,
Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022
I have a TERRIBLE memory, but very good writing, sticks :0)
Read full commentPosted in Don't Look at the Sheikh
Those poor mothers, they will
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
Those poor mothers, they will be feeling so guilty! I did not understand from the article if the children were still to be put in care? It sounded like the police were unsure what to do, to stay on the right side of the law. What a horrific thing...
Read full commentPosted in Het Bonhe
It begins with the quiet
Posted on Mon, 07 Feb 2022
It begins with the quiet
of an owl's wing, mist muffled,
of river breath hushed
this is so magical. Perfect. I like the timeless feel of the rhyme of bone and known, and the cast of birds waiting in...
Read full commentPosted in The Quiet of An Owl’s Wing, February
I don't understand why it is
Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022
I don't understand why it is ok to eat meat. But as Lena raises there is something worse in a way, how life is stripped of any dignity in polystyrene trays and clingfilm, exchanges the wires of a cage for the lines in a barcode and never knows...
Read full commentPosted in (This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow
I felt colder reading this!
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
I felt colder reading this! Very glad to be inside :0)
I liked "scrawny" with "stark",
and "shake" at the end of the line with the added buffets of repeated "a" sounds in "gale" and "lashing".
And then you end with an echo...
Read full commentPosted in Turn of the year ’scape
This is wonderful :
Posted on Fri, 10 Dec 2021
This is wonderful :
Sultry and still the sweet night air.
Latin music. Crickets chirping.
Like a favela in Rio or anywhere
But for the sound of Geordies burping.
and :
And the cards are...
Read full commentPosted in Hotel Mediterraneo
I cannot imagine how
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
I cannot imagine how indigenous people from forests must feel, the woods are so important to me, but it cannot possibly be the same as for them. This is the appeasement stage, where those in the know are aware there's something terrible out there...
Read full commentPosted in Drilling Out Blame
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