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I have 123 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 322428 times and 167 of my stories have been cherry picked.
132 of my 1,386 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 134 votes

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Cherry

Half-Moon Cuticle

I heard you in a crowd. Spun a half circle, spread my arms. I flung myself at nothing and stood wide open.

Antidote

Written for a friend. Inspired by Tony Cook's excellent - 'Grumpy Old Man'.
Cherry

A Passing (IP)

Under silent cityscape penumbra flits a linen shroud in billowing black.
Cherry

Liberty

For France. They will never be free from the crimes they commit.
Cherry

The Gurkha Soldier

Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, never had country more faithful friends than you. Professor Sir Ralph Turner MC

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132 of my comments have received 134 Great Feedback votes

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Cheers Claudine! I'll be fine

Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2015

Cheers Claudine! I'll be fine but the missus is a mess - maybe her choice in men caused it. :)

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Posted in Hot Mommas

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Some really skilful use of

Posted on Wed, 29 Jul 2015

Some really skilful use of contrasts. The long lines really give it an atmosphere of melancholy.

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Posted in Feeling in the pit of my stomach

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Enjoyed this. Narrator is

Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2015

Enjoyed this. Narrator is interesting and the reader gets in their side as they speak some universal truths. Having said that the tonal shift in the first few paragraphs was a bit much for me - there was a good voice developing that I feel was...

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Posted in Book of Lain (completed prologue) unedited

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Loved the gloom and dread of

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2015

Loved the gloom and dread of this piece. Well told too. One bit I may change would be the pronoun shift from 'he' to 'it' at the start.

The idea of a fantasy showing who you really are is a fascinating one and I hope you mine it further....

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Posted in Two Minutes to Midnight - Opening Chapter

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Loved every single line of

Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2015

Loved every single line of this. This is heartbreaking but stays behind the line of melodrama with some stoicism. Excellent.

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Posted in A Friend Named Big Bird

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Thanks again Maisie. I must

Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2015

Thanks again Maisie. I must say I'm happy with that particular stanza. The 'ing' is supposed to show an incomplete action in the past - is if it occurred over a longish period of time which is what I was aiming for. Personal taste I guess.

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Posted in Mirror Angels - re-written

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But the more she needed

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2015

But the more she needed josticks, whale songs and candles in the bath, the more I needed the likes of Barbie Is A Slut.

A wonderful line to underline the falling apart. I've been there - sick of the up your own arses and wanting to re-...

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Posted in Grown Man Cries In The Bahamas Chapter One

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Yet love 

Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2015

Yet love 
was like a light flurry of snow 
never deep enough to lay new paths

What a stunning image a gorgeous poem.

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Posted in Fleeting fantasies

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A beautifully described

Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2015

A beautifully described falling apart. Hermetically sealed, clipped up and washed down with antibiotics.

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Posted in The Cleaners

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Like a warm sweet nostalgic

Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2015

Like a warm sweet nostalgic hug. A beautiful journey from envy to satisfaction and wistful maturity.

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Posted in The Old House By The Sea

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