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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 14572 times
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102 of my 592 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 102 votes
Paul
I am a Brummie living in Northampton. I love to write but get distracted with other things. I love horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought. My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft.
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Forgotten Souls
I see you late at night, as daylight’s candle flickers out, empyrean canvas painted black, stars of alabaster speak in hushed tones. Moonlight beams...
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Corinne of the School Disco
Steve “Stevo” Mason looked at his watch. He was always checking the time like it might go faster through the power of his gaze. He knew the bell was...
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The Banquet (Competition entry max 1,000 words)
I live in a mansion in the country. This is no ordinary mansion; it’s an M&S mansion. Well, it’s not actually but it does house a library of...
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Happy Valentines
I always did love Sadie. We were your typical childhood sweethearts who grew up and eventually got married. It was aged 12 when we shared a naive...
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Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
We met on the mezzanine, lobby of splendour and gold, our bearded, mystic Hindu guide, spirited tourists into seats. Passed meandering, sacred cows,...
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You really bring this
Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2021
You really bring this experience to life, Jenny. So vivid and evocative.
Read full commentPosted in Timely Leisure Spent With You
"....everywhere you turn,
Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021
"....everywhere you turn, birds are hanging out bright bunting of their songs...". It is such a pleasure out walking as spring nears. I just love looking up seeing birds in trees singing. Super poem.
Read full commentPosted in Getting Ready
Bees are just wonderful aren
Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021
Bees are just wonderful aren't they? I just hope the decline in numbers starts to reverse. The world needs bees (wonderful, of course)
Read full commentPosted in The Hive
Keep going [*...entire
Posted on Sat, 20 Feb 2021
Keep going [*...entire neighborhood?] :)
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 24
Succint and beautiful. Those
Posted on Sun, 21 Feb 2021
Succint and beautiful. Those last couple of lines "....so, I walk through woods at year's start, mind deer still." Gorgeous.
Read full commentPosted in deer
The wonderful world of jargon
Posted on Mon, 22 Feb 2021
The wonderful world of jargon that is a cardinal sin to spout but people within some industries use it as a comfort blanket and a barrier to entry. Beautifully illustrated in an entertaining story :)
Read full commentPosted in Short Form Brian
You capture the wild aspect
Posted on Tue, 23 Feb 2021
You capture the wild aspect of a river so well. I can imagine watching the torrents in my mind's eye as I read.
Read full commentPosted in Hymns of Stone
Succinct and well said :)
Posted on Sat, 20 Feb 2021
Succinct and well said :)
Read full commentPosted in Getting thoughts onto paper
Love ".. gravid harmony with
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021
Love ".. gravid harmony with the understory..." :)
Read full commentPosted in Lyrebird
I quite like the shorter
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2021
I quite like the shorter paragraphs around the dialogue with some exposition. Something I am debating whether to switch to. Still following...
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 23
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