Ed Crane
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I have 291 stories published in
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My stories have been read 506073 times
and 295 of my stories have been cherry picked.
232 of my 2,142 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 244 votes
My stories
The Curse of the Thing in the Jungle
My own drawing of "The Thing" :)
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Nunca Te Rindas
The flowers that "never gave up" on our terrace in Lanzarote 2008
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Waiting for the Flyers, Part16: Surprises for Sally
A door at the side of the lounge opened and a young girl entered carrying a tray containing a brightly coloured teapot with matching cups and milk...
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Waiting for the Flyers. Part15: visiting Jess's domain.
Passing the pillars we found ourselves under overhanging branches of ancient lime trees. A row of them on each side of the drive stretched ahead...
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Waiting for the Flyers Pt14 The Drive
It was a pleasant surprise to see how well our folks had prepared the road. It was smooth and hard, strengthened by gravel in places ready for winter...
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I'll buy that, Ewan
Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2020
Read full commentPosted in A Hymn for Silent Bells
I just posted it but it's I'll put it here also cheers
Posted on Sun, 26 Jan 2020
Ullswater:
dark and brooding fells
mirrored on tranquil waters
blessed by Wainwright’s boots
Read full commentPosted in Memory and sacred places
The fear of guilt is a powerful attraction towards the unwanted
Posted on Sat, 25 Jan 2020
And nothing ferments guilt like the fear of disloyalty. A circle of fear I guess. I imagine it will be over eventually one way or another. The books are your friend, love them and they'll see you through.
I attempted Ulysses but I was kind...
Read full commentPosted in Reading room
Thanks FB and Drew
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020
I will begin working on a follow up today. It may take a while, I'm not the fastest of writers.
Read full commentPosted in Changing Hands (revised title)
You make a very good point about shallowness
Posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2019
So twisted the world. States in the US offer no leeway when it comes to choosing not to give an unwanted embryo life and yet in the same country people want perfect designer babies and reject the rest while there are desparate parents who cherish...
Read full commentPosted in Return To Sender
Sorry to butt in Jack (I have been trying to keep up)
Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2019
My Daughter was born in 1980 in the 'soft south' (Camberley Surrey) and I don't recall my wife having an ultrasound. When she went in labour all they had was sort of microphone thing they put on her tummy which amplified the baby's heart beat,...
Read full commentPosted in Angel 35 (scan)
cañas work for me.
Posted on Fri, 15 Feb 2019
Pity that the ghost of Franco still hovers over the peninsular. Bit of a worry really,
I hope the Spanish have more sense than the Hungarians and Poles though.
On re-reading what I wrote I realised that the Belgian fall int three...
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Wow, Thanks very much Luigi
Posted on Thu, 14 Feb 2019
That is such anice thing to say. I really appreciated that. Especially coming from someone who loves writing poetry as much as you do.
Read full commentPosted in Blowing Up the Street (IP)
Very true Luigi, here's some more ...
Posted on Fri, 08 Feb 2019
wash a root well and grind into slithers
add them to water and boil it up
then filter the liquid into a cup
drink it down, its good for your liver!
Read full commentPosted in Dandelions
Probably chose suicide to avoid being eaten alive
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
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