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I have 259 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1212952 times
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1626 of my 5,061 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1663 votes
I am a Brummie living in North Somerset 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
Tom Crean
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Rain at the Forest Cafe
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Boris and the Hustings
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West of Ireland
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This melancholy instalment is
Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025
This melancholy instalment is poetically soulful in its urban bleakness.
It is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
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Read full commentPosted in My Dinosaur Era Chapter 9
Anything that mentions
Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025
Anything that mentions Fathers Ted Crilly and Jack Hackett from the eponymous and outstandingly wonderful comedy series is just grand by me.
Well I think I've spent most of the afternoon reading the first four parts in this travelogue....
Read full commentPosted in Singin' in the Buncrana Rain
You have certainly captured
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
You have certainly captured the essence of the time, Jenny. A poem sepia-stained in lore and tradition.
Fine work indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Floki's Viking Spirit
I don't think Alfred is
Posted on Fri, 10 Oct 2025
I don't think Alfred is boring at all. Maybe Trumpenstein's vainglorious pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize *is*.
Read full commentPosted in Rogue Reporter Comes Under Censorship From An Unexpected Quarter (The Home Front!) by Alfred.N.Muggins
This is today's Facebook, X
Posted on Wed, 08 Oct 2025
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
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Read full commentPosted in Rust and Dust 4
That's an intense instalment
Posted on Tue, 07 Oct 2025
That's an intense instalment and quite a cliff hanger.
Keep going, Penny!
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 33
The USA - the land of
Posted on Sun, 28 Sep 2025
The USA - the land of conspiracy theories. I don't suppose we'll ever get to the truth of a lot of things. Whilst Alfred could lay low, I suspect the lure of investigative roving reporting will be too strong for him!
Read full commentPosted in Is America Coming Here? (Sleepwalkers?) by rogue reporter Alfred N.Muggins
An enigma posed adriotly.
Posted on Sat, 04 Oct 2025
An enigma posed adriotly.
I don't know the answer but I'm sure someone will be along shortly to solve it.
Nicely done, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Who am I?
You often explore the dark
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
You often explore the dark underbelly of the corporate jungle with insight and cynicism, Mark. The fragments you describe are familiar especially the verbal waterboarding that goes on around missed sales targets and weak pipelines.
[Where...
Read full commentPosted in Kettle Violation
Ah yes...children will make
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
Ah yes...children will make games out of anything.
That's a lovely, warm story told in poetic form.
Charming and engaging, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Appropriate!
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