Jane Hyphen
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I have 417 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1045451 times
and 537 of my stories have been cherry picked.
550 of my 2,902 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 582 votes
My stories
The Candidate
‘It’s just a straightforward procedure, a mere formality. You simply have to tick a few boxes, answer a few questions and the job’s as good as yours...
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Beavers Fag Break (they mostly come at night, mostly)
‘Otter, wait for me!’ Otter strode ahead on her sturdy boots, thick rubber soles absorbing the uneven surface of the graveyard, half-sunken stone...
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Five Other People Are Looking At This Item
The Crock-Pot C60 slow cooker in black, was £89.99, reduced to £34.99, save £55.00. As I deliberated upon this item, the £50 Curry’s gift card...
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Parrot Rescue
The problem is most people just don’t realise how long we’re going to live.’ ‘Agreed Geoffrey. Humans and their “see it, gotta have it” attitude...
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Drilling Out Blame
These people, they have no beating heart, only fish-eyed stares. Cold, drilling out blame. Seeking dirt to dish, as they swallow in haste, what they...
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I love this, it's so classy
Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2020
I love this, it's so classy and clean. 'Sunless pauses' and 'blind cave fish'. It's lovely to read and pure quality.
Read full commentPosted in The Biology of Caves
Stay safe, follow your gut
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
Stay safe, follow your gut and put yourself first. Managers might seem important but if you left your workplace they would forget your name after a few weeks. Best wishes.
Read full commentPosted in Choices.
Hi Di_Hard, yes Airy and I
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020
Hi Di_Hard, yes Airy and I are both bringing ghosts into our social circle in the absence of flesh and blood humans.
There are many interesting facts about hedges, for example sparrows won't frequent a hedge if it has a fence on one side....
Read full commentPosted in How Long Can You Stew For, Before You Fall Apart? (2)
Who needs god when you have
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020
Who needs god when you have the Too Ticky. Big fan of the Moomins and trees so this is right up my street. I'm kind of jealous, I want to find my own Moomin tree. Perhaps when the lady of the cold goes away I can find some new tree friend. So...
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This is very magical and
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020
This is very magical and light, I like the atmosphere. The distrust combined with the playful and it's true that we adapt so quickly to the unthinkable, frighteningly quickly in fact. Or maybe it was all unthinkable before but we were just too...
Read full commentPosted in Whispers
Beautiful aren't they
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020
Beautiful aren't they Rhiannon and strangely waxy too as you describe. There are a few examples of Soulangeana in my area looking their best right now, I admire them on my singular outing of the day and they significantly improve the quality of...
Read full commentPosted in Signs of Spring 5)
Thanks airyfairy. They're
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020
Thanks airyfairy. They're quite common I think, with a round furry body and the proboscis is like a needle, quite cute actually, well at least when you haven't seen many people for a while. You're right about our entitled stewardship of the...
Read full commentPosted in Meeting with a Dark-edged Bee Fly
I love the idea of the empty
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020
I love the idea of the empty road, being like an eel, is it sloping? And the way you've animated your surroundings in the absence of human life. Suddenly the nature around us had greater significance because it carries on, flourishes, it's so...
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I don't know how I missed
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
I don't know how I missed this, what a treasure. Brain scans have shown that looking into a forest in full leaf is restorative, rather like sleep. Access to safe, green spaces for all - and if that isn't possible then poems like this help a lot...
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I really enjoyed this, it
Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2020
I really enjoyed this, it brought back so many memories of feeling absolutely free on summer evenings with no worries and so many opportunities stretching out, and of course trees are the backdrop of life.
Read full commentPosted in forever young
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