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Churn Milk Peg

By Makis on Mon, 28 Sep 2026

A children's story about a Yorkshire legend coming true..

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Frankenplot: Aeolian

By Makis on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

A small boy, a bungalow and an alien encounter...

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Autumn Release

By Makis on Mon, 21 Sep 2026

Autumn is a time of release...

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The Lucky Jumper

By Makis on Mon, 14 Sep 2026

A child's faith in his lucky jumper was absolute..

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Many years ago, I sang the

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Many years ago, I sang the part of Balthazar in a school production of Amahl and The Night Visitors, by Menotti. In it, the kings are given overnight hospitality just outside Bethlehem, by a poor widow and her crippled son, even though they had...

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Very competently done a.j.w.

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2026

Very competently done w.w.j Your contribution really picks up the pace and makes great progress.

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You're in good company Ewan.

Posted on Tue, 25 Aug 2026

You're in good company Ewan. Emily Dickinson, Manley Hopkins, Kafka, Vivaldi, Vermeer, Stieg Larsson. They were all creative minds largely unrecognised during their lifetimes and unfortunately, the writers amongst them didn't have ABC Tales at...

Posted in I Have Other Books

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Hi Turlough. I enjoyed your

Posted on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

Hi Turlough. I enjoyed your piece written from this very novel perspective. The idea of listening to 1957 from inside the womb is great, but a couple of your items must have been misheard through the amniotic fluid and Middlesborough's air...

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You're using a northern

Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026

You're using a northern English dialect SoulFire, most commonly a Yorkshire dialect. Nowt and summat are perfectly acceptable to we Yorkshire folk if you're setting your piece 'up north'. I enjoyed reading it, and your long sentence...

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Wonderful stuff Harry, I was

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

Wonderful stuff Harry, I was with you every step of the way. I remember similar instances of being ridiculed in front of a class by a sadistic teacher. It was traumatising and it's very evident from your writing that it left you scarred too....

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Thank you GlosKat. I was

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2026

Thank you GlosKat. I was trying to write a piece that illustrated how a violent relationship can often have far reaching effects on other family members, and how far those affected will go to deny the consequences. Your comments are particularly...

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A really enjoyable read Jane

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2026

A really enjoyable read Jane and I can't get the ' cloying cleavage of village life' image out of my mind.

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That's really sad GlosKat and

Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2026

That's really sad GlosKat and exactly the circumstances I was describing in the piece. We have no idea what people's lives are really like beneath the facades, something I witnessed many times when I volunteered as a special constable for many...

Posted in Autumn Release

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Hello Di. I'm pleased you

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2026

Hello Di. I'm pleased you enjoyed the story as it did actually happen. I would have been about seven I think ( it's a long, long time ago) and I remember being scared by it, mostly I think, because I had never encountered such thing before and...