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6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 11770 times
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Paul
I am a Brummie living in Northampton. I love to write but get distracted with other things. I love horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought. My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft.
My stories
Hibernal Solstice
Dark winter dawn broken by shards of sunlight beckoning the shortest day. A diurnal heraldry calling Jupiter and Saturn, a Christmas star forged by...
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It's (Still) a Wonderful Life
It had been difficult times for Jerry O’Halloran of late. Friends knew him as Down on his luck Jerry . It hadn’t always been this way. Jerry’s mother...
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Radio Times
A polyphonic spectrum of melody and sound, a rhapsody of composition, a toccata in fugue. Aural symphony, timpani, Marconi’s dream retold, Wireless...
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Empire State (Part Five) - The House in the Woods
Wicca celebrations can be based on the cycles of both the moon and the Sun. The former are known as Esbats and associated with the Goddess. Black...
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Empire State (Part Four): The Initiate
Modern day Wiccans eschew the notion of left and right hand paths – left associated with malevolence, right linked with good intentions. Not everyone...
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Perfect for Winter Solstice
Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2020
Perfect for Winter Solstice day :)
Read full commentPosted in Morning
You can see the concern when
Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2020
You can see the concern when the Head of Sales turned into an ibis!
Read full commentPosted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 41 - Incident in the Workplace
Hate to see people
Posted on Sat, 19 Dec 2020
Hate to see people discriminating against those with HATS! Go Pyser!
Read full commentPosted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 39 - Squawk of Nothingness
Gorgeous
Posted on Thu, 17 Dec 2020
Gorgeous
Read full commentPosted in Hoar Frost
"Baptised pigeon coat" Pyser
Posted on Thu, 17 Dec 2020
"Baptised pigeon coat" Pyser's going full bird!
Read full commentPosted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 34 - The Giggling Child
Ah...the World famous Brit
Posted on Wed, 16 Dec 2020
Ah...the World famous Brit quality of "reserve". Why make a drama when you can drink tea instead?
Read full commentPosted in Over Here
I can't imagine "Firestarter"
Posted on Wed, 16 Dec 2020
I can't imagine "Firestarter" being an easy song to sing Karaoke. I do love some of the expressions like "salt". Dynamic stuff.
Read full commentPosted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 33 - Ride the Storm
Hoping he makes pigeon king.
Posted on Tue, 15 Dec 2020
Hoping he makes pigeon king. Great last line! "Drinking tears of the dead"
Read full commentPosted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 31 - The Dregs
Lovely, just lovely. Congrats
Posted on Mon, 14 Dec 2020
Lovely, just lovely. Congrats on POTD!
Read full commentPosted in Langdale Pikes In Winter
Well I do know a little about
Posted on Sat, 12 Dec 2020
Well I do know a little about the ibis. I've stayed in the odd one as well! Gorgeous, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Ibis
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