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I have 177 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 410811 times and 278 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1538 of my 5,158 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1579 votes

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1538 of my comments have received 1579 Great Feedback votes

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there is something so

Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022

there is something so piercing about a robin's song, it would be enough to make anyone think they had been redeemed to hear it :0) I liked how your story could relate to anyone, none of us are without mistakes

love the word nonchalantly in...

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Posted in The Last Door

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you've used Blake's rhythm

Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022

you've used Blake's rhythm wonderfully! and I loved the reference to stew, which always seems such comforting food as if it holds all the time of heating in it. Made me want to make one :0) Hope youb read this to your grandchildren

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Posted in Guard!!

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loved "children beaming sheer

Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2022

loved "children beaming sheer delight" that's perfect, somehow conveying their stiffness as they hold a sparkler for the first time, but also the joy in their faces, the intensity of this moment. Wonderful

ps didn't know about carrot...

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Posted in November 5

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5 reads in, I think I know a

Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2022

5 reads in, I think I know a little what this might be about. Your poems are really good value, you know, can chew them over for days, months, years. 

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Posted in They've Closed the Road

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yes, I liked the medals on

Posted on Sun, 06 Nov 2022

yes, I liked the medals on dressing gown very much, too

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Posted in On Ainley Top Looking Down

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Brilliant, really enjoyed and

Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022

Brilliant, really enjoyed and it made me think, too. I hadn't realised about eclairs being made in factories. The juxtaposition is so clever

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Posted in The Night Angels of the Cake Factory Cream Room

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The way you weave all the new

Posted on Tue, 01 Nov 2022

The way you weave all the new things like the other house and their Mum's job into the pressure of keeping Ethan's routine is really good, and the call from the teacher, that awareness of something changed coming from outside, is convincing

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Posted in Runaway Mother chapter 4 part 1

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this is wonderful, reminded

Posted on Sun, 30 Oct 2022

this is wonderful, reminded me of trying to get my son dressed, how obstinate little children can be, and the panic of an adult trying to fit into a schedule they don't understand. But it's not an adult here, it is two other children, and you...

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Posted in Runaway Mother chapter 2

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What a gifted writer you are!

Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022

What a gifted writer you are! Thankyou for another brilliant account of your experiences

The strangest my hair has got was when having to keep going into the chilled storage room in a Sainsburys where salad etc was kept till it could be...

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Posted in Chemo 14

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Liked this one very much

Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022

Liked this one very much

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Posted in Eagle-Talk

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