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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.
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30th July 1966
A tale based around a real event on a day when other things were happening.
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Passwords
A tale of how losing a password can be devastating.
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Pride Goes Before Destruction....
The story of how pride and arrogance led to the downfall of a popular hero.
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Laying Down Roots
The strength of our roots determines our lives.
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The Night Shift
Just as the ten-six shift were about to start, the lights went out.
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An interesting read Angus, on
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2026
An interesting read Angus, on the strange habits of one of our nation's genuine fruitcakes. There's always a ready audience for someone like Crowley.
Read full commentPosted in Aleister Crowley in Torquay, 1941
It was indeed insert,
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026
It was indeed insert, especially as he would have had to replace the loss from his own pocket and five bob back then was quite a substantial sum. He had a very generous nature and always gave a lot of a dad's most precious commodity, his time.
Read full commentPosted in A Day Out With Dad
Hello Ray. This is intriguing
Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Hello Ray. This is intriguing work in a genre that I wouldn't normally turn to, but you write very fluently and with great imagination and it carries the reader along with real conviction.
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book Two, Souls Adrift (9)
Written in mesmerising,
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2026
Written in mesmerising, measured tempo monotone. A distinctive signature. Excellent.
Read full commentPosted in Heel - § 1: The After
This brightened my day Harry.
Posted on Thu, 04 Jun 2026
This brightened my day Harry. The lines 'one fool even tried to mug her/but she foiled the little bugger' will forever rank alongside William McGonagall's finest!
Read full commentPosted in Hilda Doyle's Boil
Scintillating stuff marandina
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2026
Scintillating stuff marandina, not usually my genre, but I enjoyed the relentlessness of this because it's so well written. That girl needs to get the hell out of there before even weirder things happen!
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (23)
Nature never ceases to amaze
Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026
Nature never ceases to amaze Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Kleptoplasty*
Nature is her own sexton, as
Posted on Tue, 05 May 2026
Nature is her own sexton, as my grandfather used to say, but only when left alone. A poignant little piece starfish.
Read full commentPosted in The World That Was
Reading this was like
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
Reading this was like revisiting my own childhood Harry. Great stuff!
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 14 (i)
Delightful Harry, just as I
Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2026
Delightful Harry, just as I remember it way back in the day. A comforting little read.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 14 (iv)
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