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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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The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part One of Two)
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Hunsbury Hill Country Park
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Six of Six)
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six)
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Four of Six)
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Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024
That's a powerful last line. Foreboding. Let's hope sanity prevails. Eventually.
Read full commentPosted in If Netanyahu and the Israelis should invade Britain? (Don’t panic! It’s only History repeating itself!) by Alfred N.Muggins
That's writing discipline
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
That's writing discipline right there...12 months and 36,600 words later. Congratulations on a genuine achievement (I'm not sure what a non-genuine achievement is but it seemed to scan).
You have a definite talent for writing travelogue....
Read full commentPosted in Ex Crete
All caught up again.
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2024
All caught up again.
Yes, the "experiencing high volumes...we value your call.." is spot on! I've had that a few times just recently.
That's a comic dilemma neatly chiselled. I sense a debate around an invalid claim coming from the...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You...Part 37
"..then followed
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
"..then followed
by a Peter Pan moment swooping
down with his shadow."
That's a powerful image, that child-like connection linking younger days to older. Time goes so quickly but poetry can be timeless. Great stuff, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Magic Of Youth
Still such a difficult and
Posted on Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Still such a difficult and complex situation in the Middle East. Alfred's angst will be shared by so many.
Read full commentPosted in Death Trap by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue armchair historian and reporter!)
This latest diary entry is
Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2024
This latest diary entry is wonderfully entertaining, educational and humorous.
It's today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in The Old Man and the Libyan Sea
Does it rain more in Ireland?
Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Does it rain more in Ireland?
We've all chased rainbows at some point. I'm sure Alfred will find his pot of gold one day. We want to read his novels.
Read full commentPosted in Chasing Rainbows by Alfred N.Muggins
Gorgeous pics.
Posted on Tue, 01 Oct 2024
Gorgeous pics.
A sweeping vignette that shows again how connected you are to nature and the seasons, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Seasons’ Round
"...and on the top of the
Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2024
"...and on the top of the little ridge
view eastward to Clee Hill
and south to the Malverns."
Another wonderfully visual ramble with you, Rhiannon. I was right there with you. Lovely pics, as usual :)
Read full commentPosted in Above CravenArms 29/9/24
That's a wonderful poem as
Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2024
That's a wonderful poem as the introduction.
As always, a beautifully crafted travelogue laced with humour. You bring the sites, sights and sounds to life so evocatively.
I stayed at Hersonissus years ago and loved Crete. It's a...
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