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Tom Emery
Now retired from a career in teaching, I live in Scarborough, where I spend my days reading, writing, travelling and playing the piano, but not necesserily in that order.
My stories
The Great Storm of 1703
Nine miles south of Plymouth Hoe lie the Eddystone Rocks that many will know were the cause of frequent disaster, luring ships in the dark to their...
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The Gnomes of ABC
It's long been a total mystery to me that when posting an oeuvre on ABC you attract enthusiasts from across the land in search of the exciting, the...
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Ego Maximus Mundi
A letter from the principal of Donald Trump's college to his father, Mr Fred Trump, expressing the faculty's distress at its failure to penetrate...
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Spinning a Disaster
One cold evening in February 1818, in a land where King George III had recovered his madness well enough to appear sane and where Mary Shelley had...
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Stirred and Shaken
'There was a stirring in the air, as if spirits moved unseen' (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol) The world stirs and scratches fretfully in...
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This piece acted like a fuse
Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2026
This piece acted like a fuse for me, igniting thoughts of everything that's currently rotten to the core in our world. Yahoo, a listed war criminal, genocide exponent and acolyte of the orange turd, removing the only pleasure left to the...
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Thank you for your commemnts
Posted on Mon, 03 Nov 2025
Thank you for your commemnts Rhiannon, your faith is clearly unshakeable.
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A colourful heritage Luigi
Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2026
A colourful heritage Luigi reflecting Italy's turbulent past.
Read full commentPosted in Relatively Speaking
Thanks for reading GlosKat, I
Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Thanks for reading GlosKat, I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. Ivor spoke to his secretary and the matter has been discreetly corrected.
Read full commentPosted in Ego Maximus Mundi
Well, as they say, what ever
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
Well, as they say, what ever it is you're doing...keep doing it Harry.
Read full commentPosted in 3. An Expedition To The Pole (ii)
This is brilliant writing
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
This is brilliant writing Harry, fluent and natural. It flows from your mind straight into mine completely unhindered by process. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in 3. An Expedition To The Pole (ii)
I enjoyed this Harry,
Posted on Tue, 06 Jan 2026
I enjoyed this Harry, especially the reference to the jigsaw. It set me thinking and I've decided I'm the bit that ends up down the side of the sofa.
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This is a great read Harry
Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2025
This is a great read Harry and takes me right back there too. 'I expect he waits outside the door till you've finished'.....what a great line.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (8) (i)
A very amusing piece Steve.
Posted on Sun, 21 Dec 2025
A very amusing piece Steve. Could I suggest a follow up when Tommy requests certificate of airworthiness and insurance documentation for the sleigh?
Read full commentPosted in Letter from Frankincense & Myrrh, Solicitors
I enjoy your writing a great
Posted on Mon, 08 Dec 2025
I enjoy your writing a great deal beanzie, it's just that, unaware of your neurodivergence, I assumed you were experimenting with some new layout technique. You may well have started something new!
Read full commentPosted in My Dinosaur Era Chapter 42
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