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28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1211425 times
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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
Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part One of Two)
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North of Taiga
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Second Life
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A Murder of Crows
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Dragon Gate
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All caught up again. Still
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
All caught up again. Still engrossed.
I like the whole sliding doors theme then the analogy with photons sharing the same space at the same time. Kind of Pullman-esque (quantum physics in a fantasy tale).
You write dialogue so well...
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 6 (ii)
"..now I'm soaking up
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
"..now I'm soaking up euphonious
Sweet Smoke.."
Great line that one.
A dreamy reminiscense so eloquently penned. As always.
Topical with Glasto due this weekend. As much as I like the thought of festivals and...
Read full commentPosted in Let Me Go Back
"..some blether and blather,
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
"..some blether and blather,
discuss, even fuss –"
Some deft word play on display here, Rhiannon. Definitely immaculate rhyme and rhythm. Almost musical.
A poem executed with great skill.
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I agree...Paul is a great
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
I agree...Paul is a great name :)
Close encounters of the best kind. Sometimes life surprises you.
Read full commentPosted in Steak.
Thanks for reading insert
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
Thanks for reading insert (and the cherries)
This is the wip I mentioned a while ago. It's my first attempt at a novel so this is the first draft opening. I started this in April 2024. Per Drew's expert advice, I've left it so I...
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)
A fair analogy. So much irony
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
A fair analogy. So much irony in who the persecuted were in the 40s and who the persecutors are today. Learn the lessons of history. Not everyone does, it seems.
So much angst, so eloquently expressed.
One of your finest, T.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
Thanks for reading, Jenny.
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
Thanks for reading, Jenny. Maybe the poem wouldn't have been written if I had got a pic. Who knows? What I do know is that image of them gambolling up the street together will stay with me always :)
Read full commentPosted in The Fox and the Siamese
This continues to be
Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2025
This continues to be compelling and engrossing.
It's today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 5
That's a poignant footnote -
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
That's a poignant footnote - we all suffer from the ravages of time and the change it brings with it.
A reflective mix of past and present adrioitly done.
Great stuff, Jenny :)
Read full commentPosted in When Time Has Elapsed
Read both parts.
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025
Read both parts.
One of your more bitter sweet entries but, as always, thoroughly engaging and genuinely interesting.
So sorry for your feline loss and hoping you recover from your own malady. The former is always very tough to deal...
Read full commentPosted in Aura Urziceanu’s Lullaby Effect
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