Jane Hyphen
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I have 199 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 141752 times
and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
144 of my 1,232 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 152 votes
My stories
Silver Skin
Young man lucid as an onion Silver skin thin and flint bones Jutt-jabbing from his span frame He shrinks under himself and Waters up as likely as a...
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The Volunteers
What became of the volunteers? At school they raised their hands Stretched them to the ceiling tiles While I looked down and made Myself as invisible...
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Drivers
My world is full of drivers Alone inside their spaceships I watch them going by See the furrows of their faces Eyes anchored to the road But the mind...
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Bedtime Rituals
The bedtime ritual, that’s what she called it, just a bit of organisation, a bit of tidying up before bed. In truth it was a monster, silent,...
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Brooksy
I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to Dire Straits but when one of those songs unexpectedly enters my consciousness it’s rather like a punctuation...
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I like this. The pattern,
Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018
I like this. The pattern, people re-enforcing that familiar message, you don't quite fit, you're going against the flow, stroking our fur the wrong way. Then ending where he does his own thing, that's the only way to go.
Read full commentPosted in Band of One
So sad and so clever, we don
Posted on Sat, 03 Nov 2018
So sad and so clever, we don't really need to know about the bit in between.
Read full commentPosted in Struggling
Thanks Hilary. The psyche can
Posted on Sat, 27 Oct 2018
Thanks Hilary. The psyche can be troubling indeed and go wrong at any point, no-one is mental illness proof but you're right about rest. I suppose in times of stress people cannot get adequate rest and then the mind can unravel.
Read full commentPosted in The Hidden Help
This has such a stillness to
Posted on Wed, 03 Oct 2018
This has such a stillness to it, your storytelling enables the reader to access these remote spiritual realms with a quiet ease.
Read full commentPosted in Promises Beyond The Veil Of Life ( PT 42 )
I can almost taste that salty
Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2018
I can almost taste that salty fresh air, so much imagery, as has been said, from just a handful of choice words. It's like one of those tiny seascape paintings so skilfully crafted.
Read full commentPosted in storm cooking
The dismal nature of human
Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2018
The dismal nature of human frailty captured artfully as ever. I always have strong imagery when I read your writing, it's always grey and full of sickly souls.
Read full commentPosted in two-faced
This is so peaceful, sweet
Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2018
This is so peaceful, sweet and neat, a beloved cat, a stone and a tree, all beautiful things cast by nature.
Read full commentPosted in A STONE
Thanks elsie, she's actually
Posted on Sat, 21 Jul 2018
Thanks elsie, she's actually a relative who was adopted, a sleeping beauty yes for some of us, we live in hope of a reunion one day.
Read full commentPosted in The Girl in the Photo
It's amazing how our brains
Posted on Wed, 27 Jun 2018
It's amazing how our brains fill in the gaps left by losses and might have beens. I cannot imagine having one chance like that and having it snatched away. It would leave me forever in a sort of prolonged gasp I think. The way you've described...
Read full commentPosted in Life in the shadowlands
Interesting tale. I wonder if
Posted on Thu, 28 Jun 2018
Interesting tale. I wonder if we all know our fatal flaws but also that we are no match for ourselves in the end.
Read full commentPosted in Into the Evening
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