Jane Hyphen

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I have 409 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 968260 times and 524 of my stories have been cherry picked.
534 of my 2,848 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 566 votes

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Come to the Sports Hall

Words fired like quills and hair pulled sore at the root. Shins blackened in brute blows. Flesh hung out to dry in frigid shows of shame. Unchosen on...
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'Parcel for you..' Part 3

‘Well, he’s done a good job of the lawn. I think you need to be careful not to confuse him, he's fresh out of the box, Vanessa. Play around with the...
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'Parcel for you..' Part 2

‘No. I wish I was.’ ‘I’m a bit taken aback to be honest, Vanessa.’ There was a short period of silence. ‘I know….and I’m really sorry. I was having a...
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'Parcel for you..'

‘Parcel for you. Shall I bring it inside?’ Vanessa was puzzled by the enormous cardboard box on the doorstep.’Oh, what is it? It looks heavy.’ The...
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Cherry

I Found the Sea

On a long walk I found the sea Blinding and expansive I heard it, breaking up In the final fades Of a drawn out song The strings of the forest...
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534 of my comments have received 566 Great Feedback votes

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It sounds like all your cats

Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023

It sounds like all your cats are living the good life. I love their names. I have a very fussy cat. Magnus, he has put on weight recently and I know my neighbour feeds him, what I don't know, pate maybe.

Tricky having six, especially when...

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Posted in Nanny, Shot Herself In The Foot!

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An interesting look into the

Posted on Sun, 22 Oct 2023

An interesting look into the night time world of wakefulness, Jenny, your psyche soaring beneath those closed eyelids. It does seem to provide a unique gap into more mysterious layers of consciousness, somewhere between proper dreams and lucidity...

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Posted in Transcendental Journey of Meditation

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Ha ha, you must have gone to

Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023

Ha ha, you must have gone to a mixed mega comprehensive like me then. Those poor teachers, the ones who tried that is. Thank you for reading.

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Posted in Come to the Sports Hall

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Love, 'wordlessly as a storm'

Posted on Sun, 22 Oct 2023

Love, 'wordlessly as a storm'. The magic of the lake, communicated softly in your poem. I googled it and now I want to visit.

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Posted in Blagdon Lake in Winter

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Summed up that feeling of

Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023

Summed up that feeling of lying awake, the anxiety of missing out on the essential shut down hours and all worries magnified. Counting sheep, who came up with that? A farmer perhaps but I bet they sleep like babies anyway. 

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Posted in Three O’Clock Sheep Club

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I used to admire those

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

I used to admire those bicycle locks too with the chain buried in some trendy looking plastic tubing. I can just imagine an uncle indulging in a trick like this, they certainly do 'love to tease', it's their job.

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Posted in A Hazy Memory of an Uncle’s Trick

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A reset button without all

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

A reset button without all the solicitors expenses.  The beauty of the spouse bot is that, unlike people, it can be modified at the touch of a button, until the machines get too clever and start outsmarting us that is. Thank you for reading.

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 2

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So many worlds, each

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

So many worlds, each beautifully described. Which one is real? Joe's Place sounds depressing and the train journey too but as long as there's paradise next to the lake, you can be restored.

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Posted in The Other Side of Paradise

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That's where they would want

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

That's where they would want to be designed I think but I wouldn't know, I came out of the sea.

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..'

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Thank you Insert. See me on

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

Thank you Insert. See me on Dragon's Den with my new product very soon...wink

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