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Parcel for You..Part 41

By Jane Hyphen on Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Vanessa felt quite relieved, driving away from the hotel with a strong sense of never wanting to return. Despite that, she was pleased with herself...

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Watching the Fire

By Jane Hyphen on Fri, 08 Nov 2024

I sat and watched the fire, I let it hold me in its stirrings, wrapping its wings around me, burning away the layers, melting the seal of everything...

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Parcel for You..Part 40

By Jane Hyphen on Thu, 07 Nov 2024

Vanessa woke up to Spencer poking her repeatedly in the shoulder. ‘Wake up, it’s your birthday!’ She didn’t normally outsleep her husband’s shutdown...

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Parcel for You..Part 39

By Jane Hyphen on Sun, 27 Oct 2024

The man looked up at her with a blank expression. ‘Some people get these cyber partners just so they can be abusive to them,’ he said, ‘it’s a kink...

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Thank you, Di, it's so

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Thank you, Di, it's so encouraging to know that you're still enjoying it. I think you're right that Vanessa and Spencer sort of rescue each other on a regular basis. Some people reckon the whales and dolphins are more intelligent than us, they've...

Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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A constellation of stories

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

A constellation of stories

orbiting a liminal univers

of infinate imagination

Connection is so much more than physical and everything in nature has a memory in this magical poem.

Posted in Portal

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This is so beautiful. I felt

Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2025

This is so beautiful. I felt as if I was the dryad reading this words, perfectly arranged to reflect the forest.

Posted in Dryad

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I wonder if you have to be a

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

I wonder if you have to be a certain type to be a guide on those ghostly walks or perhaps you become a little bit haunted yourself. The Grim Reaper reminded me a bit of those extra people on the ghost train who poke you or pull your hair. You've...

Posted in The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

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Magic and animals with

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

Magic and animals with beautiful names and all the accompanying complex dramas. Animal relationships are complicated just like us humans, certainly the one's who I've had the pleasure of living with. The way you bring it all to life with dialogue...

Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 23

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I am so sorry to read this,

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

I am so sorry to read this, Penny. It was very recently you wrote about the shocking diagnosis and how daunted you were feeling. He looks so lovely in the photograph.

I hope writing can help you to process the shock and give you something...

Posted in "Silence"

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That was a fascinating read,

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

That was a fascinating read, Maxine, all about your brother's problems and how you dealt with them with little support. I hope you found peace in the end knowing you did all you could for him.

The thing with the DVLA and the bailiffs...

Posted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Seven.

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It's healthy to be reminded

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

It's healthy to be reminded of this now and again, in fact I feel sort of cleansed after reading it. The current clusterflunk of the developed world feels like nothing but a blip and nature always sorts us out, one way or another. I also see it...

Posted in Before Creation

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I don't blame him, it was

Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025

I don't blame him, it was disrespectful to touch his wiring. It might give him several rows of teeth and an appetite for flesh.

Posted in Parcel for You - Part 46

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Very funny throughout,

Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025

Very funny throughout, Turlough and so colourful with character and intriquing detail. I enjoyed every entry. I too have wondered about the Hoover thing, we live not far from the Dyson headquarters now and I'm constantly saying that they make...