Eric Marsh

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I have 385 stories published in 20 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 115191 times and 404 of my stories have been cherry picked.
29 of my 164 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 34 votes

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Eric Marsh

I am a long retired primary school teacher. I write stories for my granddaughters who at present are 11 and 13. I actually have at least 35 stories to post. The Amanderella ones are the newest, but I have a whole series of ones called The Witch of the Dark Forest and a couple of ones for much younger children.

My stories

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The Gate under the Moon Chapter 5.

Chapter 5. Onwards. Rembrien shook his head. “No. That world was dead, and closing the gate made it disappear forever.” “Then what do we do?” asked...
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Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 9.

Chapter Nine. The Way is Blocked. "We are not as close to the centre as I had planned," said the Cuckoo. "I had hoped to be on the other side of the...
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Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 8.

Chapter Eight. Across the Pool of Ideas. “What makes it go?” inquired Lemmy. Over the roar of the engines, George had to shout to explain. “These are...
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The Gate under the Moon Chapter 4.

Chapter 4. Rembrien. Stump was a larger village. Not a town certainly, but more than a village. It had a proper market square, a stone bridge over a...
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The Gate under the Moon Chapter 3.

Chapter 3: On to Stump. Colonel Smike returned sooner than Sophrayni expected, riding at a brisk trot with two packhorses behind him. “The king sends...
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29 of my comments have received 34 Great Feedback votes

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Wet blanket

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2026

When I was teaching we had a saying in the staff room In case of fire call the head, and he will throw a wet blanket on it. He was very good a stopping us doing anything exciting.

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Posted in Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 8.

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Fun

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2026

Think about the men on the boat C. Rafter and G. Rafter

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Posted in Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 8.

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Distance.

Posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2026

My mistake. Should have been 200 miles, but in 1912 that would have taken her 2 or 3 days which is a bit awkward for the story.  Artistic licence? Though it could be read that she was going to her parents which is about 50 miles north of London...

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Posted in Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags.Chapter 2.

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Mrs. Gaffletter

Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2026

Based on my landlady when I was at University.

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Posted in Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 1.

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Whoops

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Guess where the perspiration came from.?

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Posted in Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 4.

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Dark Forest tales

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2026

I am at the beginning of another one. But don't hold yer breff.

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Posted in The Unknown Enemy.Chapter 14

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Age range

Posted on Sat, 24 Oct 2026

This story was written for an age range of about 75 to 80 ie ME! Fortunately my granddaughters who were then 9 to 11 enjoyed it too!

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Posted in Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 2.

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Ring Cycle

Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2026

I hope this is a little more subtle than the Lord of the Rings.

And if you want to k now something really sad, I threw away a first edition copy of The Hobbit years and years ago when my family moved house and I had to reduce my book...

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Posted in The Unknown Enemy.Chapter 2.

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Egg boxes

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

I once made a very large model of Smaug with a class using egg boxes. It burned a treat on Bonfire Night/

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Posted in The Kingdom without a Dragon Chapter 5.

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Films

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2026

Probably not. The last film I ever watched in a Cinema was one of the early James Bond Films sometime around 1964/5/6. Not a great cinema lover now and rarely watch films on TV. actually rarely watch TV at all.

The problem with stories, to...

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Posted in Rembrien Chapter 3.

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