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I have 202 stories published in
25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 343053 times
and 263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1211 of my 4,036 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1225 votes
I am a Brummie living in Northampton who loves to write but gets distracted with other things. I enjoy horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought.
My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft. Everyone should read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four .
I have work published by AlienBuddha Press, Loft Books, BlackBough Poems, DarkWinter Literary Magazine and Paragraph Planet.
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My stories
After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
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After the Snow
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Silent Mystic
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Enoshima (Part Two of Two)
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Enoshima (Part One of Two)
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All caught up again. You have
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
All caught up again. You have my full admiration for the length of the story so far and the consistently high standard you achieve with each episode. You are on course to have a fully fledged novel. Keep going!
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 18
Your poetic reminiscences are
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Your poetic reminiscences are like no other, Jenny. Another gorgeous poem remembering times gone by. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
"Even wildernesses need
Posted on Wed, 17 Apr 2024
"Even wildernesses need management
to keep the variety,
ensure diversity,
prevent monopoly.."
That's an authoritative poem, Rhiannon. So much knowledge in there. You are right, of course. The weeds need managing to give...
Read full commentPosted in Wild weeding
"Started off a clear morning,
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2024
"Started off a clear morning,
dawn sky of red and gold;
wood mice hoped this day.."
Lovely images, Jenny. Strange weather we get in April. We had sun, rain, sleet and hail yesterday! Perhaps we and the wood mice...
Read full commentPosted in Wild Side Of April
It's great to read another
Posted on Wed, 17 Apr 2024
It's great to read another Alfred Muggins story. I'm sure Mrs Muggins must have looked fetching in her new pink cowgirl hat. Hoping there's a part 2 to follow...
Read full commentPosted in Trips Down Memory Lane Before The World Falls Apart by Alfred N.Muggins
‘That’s how you got home,
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
‘That’s how you got home, Annie, petrol. It got you home didn’t it.’ That made me laugh. The dialogue is compelling. You must have a lot of fun visualising the interactions between the characters you have created including Spencer, of course. The...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 23
Dr Kruschev - wasn't he the
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Dr Kruschev - wasn't he the Russian president at some point in the past? There seems to be many links between Bulgaria and Russia.
Good to see your adopted country in the Shengen Area. I like the thought of those storks flying wherever...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
"Today was Liberation Day.
Posted on Mon, 08 Apr 2024
"Today was Liberation Day. The 146th anniversary of us being freed from the Ottoman Yoke. We wave Russian flags because they helped us. In September we have Independence Day when we despise Russians." The contradiction is to be applauded and I...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture
I like the ambiguity of the
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
I like the ambiguity of the finale. So who DID write the poem? Very nicely done, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Dad's poet society
“Am I never to turn heads?”
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
“Am I never to turn heads?” She
flashes her father with a grieving
glance..."
There's an enigmatic quality that fits an ekphrastic piece very nicely. Enjoyed, Jenny :)
[Should that say "..to lose...
Read full commentPosted in In A Troubled Land
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