Kilb50

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I have 217 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 428896 times and 281 of my stories have been cherry picked.
41 of my 647 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 43 votes

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The Shadows Between Us and The God of Mischief were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2024 (Black Pear Press)

The Poet's Ear, A Geisha's Revenge, and The Cake Factory Visit were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2022 (Black Pear Press)

The Love Vaccine, The Not-So Green Man and Vampire Wedding in North Cornwall were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2021 (Black Pear Press).

Lilith and the Half-Cut Magician and Moon Mamas of the Silk River Nostoi were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2020 (Black Pear Press).

Cathedral Swans was published in Call & Response, an anthology of poems celebrating Worcester Cathedral (Black Pear Press 2020)

The Child We Can Never Have was published in Contour magazine, February 2018.

Billy Ulysses... was runner up in Abc's Poem of the Year award, 2014.

Spring was highly commended in the 2012 Larkin-East Riding poetry competition

The Ghost of Milton Friedman... won the 2012 Abc poetry competition

Nicolaus Copernicus... was published in Gold Dust Anthology, 2012

The Poet Laid Bare was published in The Big Issue, 2011

A Tea Box... was a prize-winner in the MIND poetry competition 2010

Leipzig was chosen for the 2005 Midland Arts Centre 'Short Cuts' readings & subsequently published in Gold Dust magazine, 2006

 

My 1st novel Hawk Island was originally published by: http://www.electronpress.com/ (Note: Currently unavailable)

Print editions of my poetry collection Beautiful Fish available from Amazon; digital edition from Cerasus Poetry.

My historical novel, The Castle, is available from Amazon in hardback, paperback and Kindle editions.

New novel, The Shadow Between Us, scheduled for publication Spring 2026.

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Something Known

Poem.
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Letter of Rejection

The poem The Children of Gaza does not exist. Instead, I saved time and energy by cutting out the middle person and writing my own letter of rejection.
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The Staggers

'The Staggers did me father/and his old dad before -/now I’m the one to suffer/nature’s uncommon law.’
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The World as it Might Have Been

'We'd sat beside the river/near the gardens of the cathedral/close to where the slip kilns/tempered the clay.'
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41 of my comments have received 43 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks for reading & your

Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023

Thanks for reading & your comment dougie. Plato's cave was the inspiration for this poem, along with a buddhist wheel! All best wishes to you.

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Posted in The Wheel in the Cave

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Hello Di - Yes, I finished it

Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022

Hello Di - Yes, I finished it, had a couple of rejections, but I'm hoping to publish it next year, either through an indie publisher or as a self publishing project. 

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I loved the Martian

Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022

I loved the Martian footballer's kneecaps...and I really must make an apple & pear crumble soon...your delicious poem Di has made me hot for pears! 

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Some lovely lines and ideas

Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2022

Some lovely lines and ideas here Jenny - Sealed petals tenderly chaste...the idea of magnetic grace...and passions determined by the rain and sun.

(I may well have to steal quintessence - what a charming word!)  

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Posted in Love In The Mist

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Great read Ewan. We (ie men)

Posted on Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Great read Ewan. We (ie men) are all our own kings. I think I fall into the rook-coat category!

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Posted in Kings of Myth and Illusion

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Jenny - I really enjoyed

Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022

Jenny - I really enjoyed reading this, particularly the tone and rhythms of your poem which, as Di & luigi have pointed out, evoke a certain idea of romantic adventure. In fact, your poem opens up new insights into Elowen and the landscape...

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Posted in Leaving The Nest

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Yes, what I meant to say was:

Posted on Tue, 03 May 2022

Yes, what I meant to say was: the dropbox has allowed me to make a few corrections to the text.

I'll get the hang of it eventually! All the best

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Posted in Ingerland My Ingerland: The Prime Ministers Who Made Me

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Hmmm. That dragon plant...

Posted on Mon, 11 Apr 2022

Hmmm. That dragon plant...

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Posted in The Telephone

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Janus - god of transitions,

Posted on Mon, 31 Jan 2022

Janus - god of transitions, doorways, passages, and endings. An excellent title & conscisely written. All best wishes for your recovery.

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Posted in The Janus Look 1

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The fact that my ageing

Posted on Wed, 15 Sep 2021

The fact that my ageing powers of deduction are still functioning is prize enough!

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Posted in Anniversary Rhyme

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