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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
The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two)
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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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Well you certainly brought
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
Well you certainly brought that very special bird to life in verse, Jenny.
Adriotly done with vivid imagery.
Lovely stuff :)
Read full commentPosted in The Bower Flame Bird
'dribble' 'drabble' and
Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2024
'dribble' 'drabble' and 'trabble'. Who knew? Every day is a school day!
Hope you get your Christmas cards finished :)
Read full commentPosted in Doing Days
"Fading into night, stars
Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024
"Fading into night, stars
intrinsic to space and time
twinkle.."
There's a tale of passion, Jenny. Adriotly crafted and poetically narrated.
I love the imagery, as ever.
Of course...I'm left wondering if it's...
Read full commentPosted in Stormy Night Of Passion
Free markets economics v
Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024
Free markets economics v state controlled. Neither works in their purest form. The solution lies in an appropriate mix. In the meantime, we all just try and do the best we can to get through it.
Read full commentPosted in Party Election Leaflets : Delivering Economic Stability? By Alfred N.Muggins
A belated happy birthday.
Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024
A belated happy birthday.
Yes, I enjoyed looking at those photos as I have on Instagram. You have a keen eye for an interesting shot.
Your love of Europe..and Bulgaria shines through (the rain).
Another insightful, accessible...
Read full commentPosted in A Tale of Two Balkan Cities
Read both parts. Really
Posted on Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Read both parts. Really enjoyed. You have left it in a way that it could be added to.
Of course, an important underlying message about the environment but delivered in a way that avoids sledgehammer lack of subtlety. Let the reader absorb...
Read full commentPosted in The Road To Ponkerton Village - Part 2
Gloriously surreal with an
Posted on Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Gloriously surreal with an important underlying message. You write in first person so well. A pleasure to read.
Read full commentPosted in The fickleness of new daylight
A deftly crafted elegy of
Posted on Mon, 02 Dec 2024
A deftly crafted elegy of sorts. I imagine this was a real person?
There's a lot going on between these lines underpinned by your trademark humour. I could touch and feel the conflicting emotions largely driven by religious undertones....
Read full commentPosted in Kathleen’s Secret
Loved the ending, Jenny.
Posted on Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Loved the ending, Jenny.
A message for our time. Environment over greed.
If everyone followed this mantra, the world would be a much better place!
Read full commentPosted in John's Conscience
"What a gift to the country,
Posted on Tue, 26 Nov 2024
"What a gift to the country,
what a gift to our world
the little beetle’s waste management
cleaning up our environment!"
I enjoyed the pulsing rhythm and rhyme of this.
It really is an interesting story and very...
Read full commentPosted in Pasture-Cleaners
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