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I have 239 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 894861 times
and 321 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1539 of my 4,833 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1557 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.
You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685
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My stories
Samhain and Beyond
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Strangers on a Street
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Giant Redwoods
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Autumn
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With or Without You
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"The girl with the softest
Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024
"The girl with the softest edges
Who summons the stars.."
The personification of "dusk".
So many inspired, beautiful lines in this like:
"Her sermon is always of endings"
Just gorgeous.
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"Sea mist over the sea and
Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024
"Sea mist over the sea and distant cliffs,
walk the cliff path awhile.
Down into a cove, see a couple of oyster catchers with their red legs
near the surf.."
That sounds like an amazing walk full of wonderful sights. I...
Read full commentPosted in East from Cwm-yr-Eglwys
I coiuld hear you reading
Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024
I could hear you reading this in my head, Ewan. Definitely one for audio. Seems so extraordinary and ridiculous calling an election in July when there's such a gulf in the polls. It's almost like giving up. Who knows? Count Binface is running...
Read full commentPosted in Empty M_______o
"Let each pretty leafy glade
Posted on Wed, 22 May 2024
"Let each pretty leafy glade and
flowing brook give sparkling
eyes a sense of genuine wonder.."
Lovely photo, wonderful sentiments.
I was right there with you on that path, Jenny :)
Read full commentPosted in State Of Bliss
"For fourteen years I endured
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2024
"For fourteen years I endured schools, but not nuns." Just finished watching Bodkin on Netflix set in Ireland. As ever, nuns gets a strange portrayal. They rarely get a good write-up taken even further by the likes of Father Ted.
Living in...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage
That's a clever premise. It
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
That's a clever premise. It works standalone and can be continued. Nicely done, Penny :)
Read full commentPosted in "Book of All Answers"
"He won’t like it, he might
Posted on Fri, 17 May 2024
"He won’t like it, he might pee on Spencer.’" Well, yes...that could happen. That made me laugh.
The drama continues and you work conflicting emotions well.
That's a controversial ending. Hmmm....a slave.
Looking forward to...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you..Part 26
"..the tiniest size
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
"..the tiniest size
and wonky,
misshapen.."
So much drama in so few words, Rhiannon. And a positive finale in let's plant something else instead. The rollercoaster emotions of gardening. Enjoyed :)
Read full commentPosted in The tentative gardener
Wonderful storytelling.
Posted on Sat, 11 May 2024
Wonderful storytelling.
This is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in How inscrutable his ways
“This is my spot
Posted on Wed, 15 May 2024
“This is my spot
the place I’ve got
a space that is not
for the doing
and the toing and froing.."
A special spot is a wondrous thing.
You capture one so evocatively, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Time-out Spot
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