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I have 1127 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2728492 times
and 633 of my stories have been cherry picked.
337 of my 5,112 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 345 votes
I have been a member of ABCtales since 2003.
I have published five collections of poems: ‘Idle Thoughts’; ‘Reflections’; 'Cherry Ripe''; 'Poetry on Tap' and 'Cherry on Top' plus 'Guns and Dolls' – a short book containing three short stories – and three novelettes 'Jessica World', 'An Enquiring Mind' and 'A Life's Journey'
Digital versions of these can be found at Smashwords. and other distributors like Kobo and Barnes and Noble.
I was a member of Writers Group and indie publishers I*D Books based in Shotton, Flintshire until they ceased activity.
My work has been featured in various magazines and anthologies.
A regular contributor to ABCtales.com I also contributed to the websites Poetry24 and UKAuthors.co.uk. I was ‘Writer of the Month’ on the latter in December 2005.
My stories
The Owl and the Pussycat
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Cooking for One
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An Island in the Sky
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Humpty Dumpty Updated
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Malice Aforethought
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A nice, loving poem, Jenny.
Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020
A nice, loving poem, Jenny.
Virtual hugs from me too.
Luigi xx
Read full commentPosted in Needing Hugs
Dear Rachel,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
Dear Rachel,
Read full commenthaving read all other comments I am going to add my two-penny worth. I find it incomprehensible that a talented writer as yourself should be so self-doubting as to contemplate to delete such a sensitive piece as this even...
Posted in To my imaginary child
A lovely poem, Ed, with
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020
A lovely poem, Ed, with comforting memories of a small bedroom with a bedspread whose pattern is a source of inventive imagination and a feeling of being secure within those four walls.
Best, Luigi
Read full commentPosted in Box Room
A terrible shame that the
Posted on Thu, 30 Jul 2020
A terrible shame that the tiger population has been declining, and become extinct in some Asian regions, over the years due to poaching and deforestation. The same fate has beset elephants too and other wild animals. As far as the tigers are...
Read full commentPosted in South China Tiger
Something to get the ball
Posted on Sun, 26 Jul 2020
Something to get the ball rolling, Rachel. Hopefully I'll soon have new ideas; in the meantime I keep ruminating. I am very glad that you are following my progress and thank you for it.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Embracing the Change
An absorbing and educational
Posted on Sat, 04 Jul 2020
An absorbing and educational well crafted poem, Rachel. Reading that the caterpillar can be poisonous was for me a revelation. Well done on the accolade.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Puss Moths
A charming poem describing
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
A charming poem describing the imagination of a child at the sight of the rainbow, transporting him to a magic place that the adults cannot penetrate. Thanks for sharing this, JoAnne.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in "Could It Be Magic?"
For those conversant with
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
For those conversant with marine exploration the analogy between the mollusc and the eponymous submarine springs to mind but the poem delves into deeper waters and becomes, as I see it, a metaphor for fluctuating emotions like love, rejection and...
Read full commentPosted in Nautilus
A remarkable piece. Well done
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
A remarkable piece. Well done. Congratulations on Pick of the Day.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Shark Eye Shell
I am slowly getting an
Posted on Sat, 13 Jun 2020
I am slowly getting an education by reading your poems Rachel. They are so fascinating that I feel duty bound to find more information about the subject. Today I have come across the noun 'cicada' twice first here and then from a prose poem by...
Read full commentPosted in The Loneliness of a Cicada
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