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I have 259 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1207192 times
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1622 of my 5,058 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1658 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
The Horses of Wooldale Road (Part 3 of 3)
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The Horses of Wooldale Road (Part 2 of 3)
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The Raven Returned
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Anniversary
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Back In Kansas
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Not sure I've ever been to
Posted on Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Not sure I've ever been to Sheffield. It sounds like most cities. When I go back to Birmingham the centre has changed again with a never ending 'road improvement scheme'.
Maybe Di's right....a metaphor for life :)
Read full commentPosted in Running the Gauntlet : Paranoid and Harrassed In The City Of His Birth! By Alfred N.Muggins
"What began it, or what
Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024
"What began it, or what atavistic
thing we are atoning for forever, unknown."
I had to look up 'atavistic'.
Love this poem. So evocative with sound echoes from history.
Read full commentPosted in East Coast Scotland (Reflection)
This flows better than the
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024
This flows better than the version posted last year (I've just re-read it) so well done on this revision. Your poem captures the essense of this time of year including its religious connotations and associations.
I enjoyed this.
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Read full commentPosted in Al Hallows Eve
I feel like I need to see Bow
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024
I feel like I need to see Bow-Fiddle Rock now.
That's a charming tale well told with its Hallowe’en trickster-dixstering.
Really enjoyed this.
Happy Halloween!
Read full commentPosted in Bus Pass on a Secret Trail
I like the pervasiveness of
Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2024
I like the pervasiveness of magic throughout and how its significance is offset against the importance of human emotions and feelings. Magic isn't all-encompassing and the plot emphasises that through the interaction of your characters. It's a...
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 21
"Dark days, wet days, grey
Posted on Fri, 25 Oct 2024
"Dark days, wet days, grey days,
downpour-drenching.."
I like the juxtaposition of dark days and bright days. This poem is awash with colour and sound. Fitting for that most wonderful of seasons - autumn!
Lovely stuff,...
Read full commentPosted in Tumultuous Autumn
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
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