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I have 202 stories published in
25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 340846 times
and 263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1211 of my 4,036 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1225 votes
I am a Brummie living in Northampton 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 Existential Fate of Original Thought
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The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
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The Dead Cat
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Eleanor Cross
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Memento
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"Gushing, rushing, talk, talk
Posted on Fri, 19 May 2023
"Gushing, rushing, talk, talk,
walk away from work, shirk.."
Those first two lines give energy to the rest of the poem. Lots of carefully placed wording means a nicely crafted IP response, Rhiannon. Paul
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You are painting a great
Posted on Wed, 29 May 2013
You are painting a great villain in Gregor. He seems to have no redeeming qualities at all at the moment. Again, written with a patient pace that adds so much depth. Onwards to Chapter 10 at the weekend..
Read full commentPosted in Dwellers of the New World Chapter Nine ( Pt 9 ) More Trouble Lies Ahead
There's jeapody in that last
Posted on Thu, 18 May 2023
There's jeapody in that last paragraph. Rare mirror magic and a pending Showdown that could result in the loss of familiar powers. Looking forward to reading more :)
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 9
Enjoyed this foray into the
Posted on Fri, 19 May 2023
Enjoyed this foray into the future. Why is it that I can only think of HAL9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey" when I imagine AI/computers speaking? I guess a lot of the aspects in the story are already with us - drones and the like. Where will it...
Read full commentPosted in Klevra®
Another chapter flies by.
Posted on Thu, 11 Apr 2013
Another chapter flies by. Poor Si! What an awful upbringing. Gregor sounds meaner by the minute. Onward bound to Chapter 9. There's a lovely pace you write with. This must have taken you ages to pull together..
Read full commentPosted in Dwellers of the New World Chapter Eight ( PT 9 ) More Questions
"...but winsomely explain.."
Posted on Thu, 18 May 2023
"...but winsomely explain.." You don't see the word "winsomely" used much these days. I like the razor sharp way you have linked your poem to the proverb, Rhiannon. "Carelessly wielding words recklessly.." Yes, a lovely rhythm to the whole thing...
Read full commentPosted in Swordsmanship and First Aid
"...Unfortunately he was not
Posted on Wed, 17 May 2023
"...Unfortunately he was not available for the King Charles III’s Coronation, due to the impossibility of using Time Travel at the time of David and Soloman..." If only the Coronation had been an Alfred Muggins time-travel saga - that would have...
Read full commentPosted in The Coronation Of Charles III, the ‘Green’ King by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
Poor old Dawson stuck in
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2013
Poor old Dawson stuck in pokey. Here's hoping Cinnamon can break him out. You have finished on a cliff-hanger again with the two riders. I shall find out more in Chapter Eight tomorrow :)
Read full commentPosted in Dwellers of the New World Chapter Seven ( Pt 7 ) The Day is Long
Ah great twist - I thought
Posted on Fri, 28 Sep 2012
Ah great twist - I thought Dawson was going to escape. Again, great tension built and the plot bubbling with his travelling across worlds like that. The Master sounds a big grim. We'll find out soon enough. On to Chapter 7...
Read full commentPosted in Dwellers of the New World Chapter Six ( Pt 8 ) Mindless Revenge
"...how long static in this
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
"...how long static in this unpolluted spot
for lichens to attach and grow
encrusting?"
Beauty can be in the unlikeliest of places, even on a white van. I love the notion that nature sweeps over things when left abandoned like...
Read full commentPosted in Natural Décor
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