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I have 278 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1513619 times and 377 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1763 of my 5,432 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1818 votes

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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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1763 of my comments have received 1818 Great Feedback votes

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Hi Jenny. Personally, I like

Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2021

Hi Jenny. Personally, I like ambiguity in poetry. Often the best poems are the ones where more is left unsaid and open to the reader's interpretation. There are some wonderful lines in this. Paul :)

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Posted in Curious Ambiance

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Perfect - I just love cloud

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

Perfect - I just love cloud gazing. They say so much with the shapes they form. Super poem, our Jenny!

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Posted in Going With The Flow

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Those last few lines are just

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

Those last few lines are just brilliant. Awesome poem, of course!

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Posted in In The Beginning (for Monarch butterflies)

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Nice to see a continuation of

Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2021

Nice to see a continuation of Maria's thoughts and life. Religion played a big part in life at this time and, it seems, differences in belief made a big difference to people's lives. Looking forward to more...

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family

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Amazing poem. Lots of my

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

Amazing poem. Lots of my favourite elements like superstition and legend. This is great :)

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Posted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal

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I think there remains an area

Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021

I think there remains an area of Afghanistan that eludes Taliban control and the fighters there continue to resist. I guess we'll see where this all ends up. Difficult times for Alfred Muggins and everyone else at the moment.

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Posted in World Burning Down (Turkey and Greece, California and Oregon, and Afghanistan!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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"plead for scraps of

Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021

"plead for scraps of helicopter hope..." A desolate message delivered so well in these words, Di. Super stuff. Paul :)

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Posted in jormungandr

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There's just no more secrets

Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2021

There's just no more secrets or surprises with Alexa around these days!

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Posted in Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 3 by Mr A.N.Muggins

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Romantic, passionate and

Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2021

Romantic, passionate and articulate. It's another lovely piece of writing from Jenny, of course.

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Posted in Love Letters From The Past S.W.A.L.K.

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There is something ethereal

Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2021

There is something ethereal about seeing birds flocking to an empty green surface usually reserved for sport. Good on you for being inspired at that time in the morning. A pleasure to be a witness to an output from another Ewan woofer walk..

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Posted in Strictly For The Birds

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