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I have 276 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1384205 times and 373 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1739 of my 5,375 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1790 votes

Paul

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.

You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685

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1739 of my comments have received 1790 Great Feedback votes

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So glad I read this. The

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

So glad I read this. The Damned are one of my favourite bands and Capitano Sensible is a hero from my teens. He just had to make number one with a song from "South Pacific" lol. And now I know what happened to the parrot!

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Posted in Parrot Rescue

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Oh thank you. It's a

Posted on Mon, 29 Nov 2021

Oh thank you. It's a wonderful poem, of course. Weeping Willows are amongst my favourite trees. It feels like they have a story to tell, each and every one. And we should listen, of course. Thank you. Paul x

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Posted in Welig for Paul (marandina)

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"...or this harbour for the

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

"...or this harbour for the dead in ghost orchids..." Wonderful, of course. And a collection of tree poems pending publication :)

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"More haste, less speed". I

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

"More haste, less speed". I imagine most people have had a similar experience. It's a big world and easy to lose someone in it for a while. I enjoyed the diary entry, drama and all (I have driven through Royal Wootton Bassett if it's the one down...

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Posted in Trail Of Misunderstanding

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Such a wonderful man and a

Posted on Fri, 26 Nov 2021

Such a wonderful man and a lovely tribute, Luigi. Frank Bruno is an icon and a legend.

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Posted in Frankly Speaking

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Well done to Alfred for not

Posted on Wed, 24 Nov 2021

Well done to Alfred for not succumbing to parking rage. He got there in the end and the woofer was walked!

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Posted in Alfred Muggins Takes A Trip (To A Famous Old Town Cemetary To Walk The Dog but Ends Up In A Different Park Altogether!) : After The 3rd Lockdown

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Nicely done. Analogies are

Posted on Thu, 04 Nov 2021

Nicely done. Analogies are easy to get wrong, especially original pieces of writing. You have put a lot of thought into this and it works well. Great stuff. Paul

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Posted in tall storey

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