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I have 280 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1550480 times
and 379 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1767 of my 5,455 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1823 votes
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
A Requiem for One Man’s Life (Edited and Updated 2023)
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Brean Down
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Spring Skies (After the Dogs of Winter)
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Age of Empires
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The Edge of Heaven
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Memories are all we are left
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025
Memories are all we are left with when loved ones leave us. In that way they live on.
I enjoyed this reminiscence, especially the bit about W-s-M.
Thank you for sharing this, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Letter Going Beyond The Grave
"Their hands cannot reach
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025
"Their hands cannot reach around the world."
Where's there's life, there's hope. And ragu an apt metaphor.
Imagistic and profound. Adriotly done, Lena.
Read full commentPosted in Seasoned
"He had lost count of how
Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2025
"He had lost count of how many tables had gone to their after life thanks to the continual and frequent machinations of his wife Mrs Muggins, a lady most obsessed with tables"
I'm with Insert - what's going on with those tables?! :)
Read full commentPosted in Birthday Blues by Alfred Muggins
‘I’m off now, meeting my bird
Posted on Tue, 02 Sep 2025
‘I’m off now, meeting my bird,’ Eesh...I remember saying stuff like that once.
Yes, I like the idea of a doggy guardian of the lift. I can just imagine that.
Looking forward to reading the next part already.
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Chapter 7
Supply chains are inter
Posted on Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Supply chains are inter-connected and often span the Globe. The Law of Unintended Consequences very much in play when applying artifical changes to an established economic model. Trump's tariffs have been declared illegal again in court. What a...
Read full commentPosted in The Archmoron Himself by Alfred N.Muggins
Lots of rain around at the
Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2025
Lots of rain around at the moment.
Life is about moments and they can catch us when we least expect them.
You have an eye for capturing what many would miss, Jenny.
Keep distilling them into poetry for us :)
Read full commentPosted in A Moment To Ponder
Still gripping, still
Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2025
Still gripping, still engaging, still classy.
[Teeny typo: Jade opened the door. “Diner is served.” Thomas waved at the table..Should that read 'dinner is served?']
Read full commentPosted in "Art of Trouble" 5
"..settling like
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
"..settling like
faerie folk, colours on pallet create
summer blooms.."
A lack of motivation and/or inspiration comes to us all in the end. Writing at sites like this makes such a difference as you encounter people that take...
Read full commentPosted in When All Seems Lost
"Turn on the lights – they
Posted on Wed, 27 Aug 2025
"Turn on the lights – they saw
drifting plankton, bioluminescent creatures glowing.."
I like the way the poem pivots around the lights coming on. It makes it highly visual. I can only imagine the biodiversity at the bottom of the...
Read full commentPosted in From the Chinese Bathyscaphe, Striver
I can see Alfred Muggins as
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
I can see Alfred Muggins as the next President. Why not? Literally anything is possible in the USA!
Read full commentPosted in Elected!: Alfred Muggins Considers Entering American Politics!
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