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I have 1145 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2931168 times
and 652 of my stories have been cherry picked.
354 of my 5,134 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 372 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
Misconceptions
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- 271 reads
The Language of Flowers
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- 566 reads
Teeth Tales - Decline and Fall
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- 503 reads
Teeth Tales - Grandfather's Choppers
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Skeleton
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- 252 reads
A dysfunctional family and
Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014
A dysfunctional family and calamitous consequences. A blunt and revealing message of an awful situation.
Luigi xxx
Read full commentPosted in Blue with Raspberry Paisley
B. It will give more scope
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2026
B. It will give more scope for speculation.
Luigi
Read full commentPosted in Hard Time Killing Floor - Part One: The Auction
Your kind words are greatly
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2026
Your kind words are greatly appreciated, Alex Alexander. Glad you emjoyed the piece.
Best wishes, Luigi
Read full commentPosted in Penny Pass the Story - Part 10
That's true, Jack, so many
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2026
That's true, Jack, so many loose threads impossible to tie up neatly. In my narative I transformed the Sheriff froman an inept person that people took for a buffoon to a clever undercover agent able to gather clues surreptitiously.
Read full commentPosted in Penny Pass the Story - Part 10
The story had so many threads
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2026
The story had so many threads that it was easy to latch on to one to reach a satisfactory conclusion. I hope my interpretation of the finale is acceptable to the challenger.
Read full commentPosted in Penny Pass the Story - Part 10
Happy to have taken part,
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2026
Happy to have taken part, Claudine, it was fun.
Read full commentPosted in Penny Pass the Story - Part 10
Yes, Kat, I agree that all
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Yes, Kat, I agree that all the chapters so far have been well written and entertaining and it has been fun reading the various interpretations. My only concern was that with four parts remaining, with a limit of 8,000 words in total, the next...
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story Part 6
It doesn't look likely that
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
I am sorry to be a dissenting voice, Paul. You have written a fluent sequence for Penny's story, but I feel that, with only four parts to go, the narrative ought to be tightening, not expanding with extra characters and situations if we want to...
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story Part 6
Excellent poem, Scharlie, and
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
Excellent poem, Scharlie, and very romantic. You must excuse me for being a little bit pedantic. Not every reader is a polymath and the phrase Sin ti ought to be emphasised, for the illiterates like me, either by italics or as a note...
Read full commentPosted in Is Silence your way of speaking?
Greatly appreciated, randy
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
Greatly appreciated, randy-johnson, thank you.
Best wishes, Luigi
Read full commentPosted in I cannot Tell a Lie
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