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I have 250 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1143468 times
and 338 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1602 of my 5,001 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1629 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
With or Without You
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Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)
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Ballerina Toy Box
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Kabul Airport
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Leaving Home
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"..but the roots are odd and
Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024
"..but the roots are odd and strong
and they want to stay, belong.."
One of my least favourite things - visiting the dentist.
You have my sympathies and hopefully you are on the mend and fully recovered, Rhiannon. Yes,...
Read full commentPosted in Extract!
"I will devour each day and
Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024
"I will devour each day and stay
steadfast, unfettered...holding
onto my desires and dreams"
This comes across as reflective, Jenny. Maybe you have crossed the border to a new phase of your life.
Your talent for...
Read full commentPosted in Holding Onto My Desires And Dreams
"A brambletoad, turbid with
Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024
"A brambletoad, turbid with siltblood,
now I dreambeetle by moon's waters.."
Wonderful use of language, of course. And soaked in lore and magic.
"I promise
nothing"
...but your poem delivers everything :)
Read full commentPosted in Natterjack
I should clearly be listening
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
I should clearly be listening to Radio 4 so much more.
Labour are talking about using "grey belt" land to build some of the 1.5m new houses over the next 5 years. So land like disused former petrol stations that have gone to seed. The...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
Thanks, Ewan. This came about
Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024
Thanks, Ewan. This came about from a writing prompt re the offline group I'm in. I saw the story on the news and followed the reaction on SM. Needless to say, there was a lot of vitriol. JSO went on to do the same thing to Taylor Swift's private...
Read full commentPosted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This poignant and thought
Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024
This poignant and thought provoking tale is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations, Itane!
Read full commentPosted in Why do bad people good things?
"Only polishing it with his
Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024
"Only polishing it with his beer-stained apron, he was, and holding it up to the light to check for greasy fingerprints and smudges of lipstick."
Some great pen pictures in this Turlough.
And one of my favourite phrases "Rough as a...
Read full commentPosted in My Döner and Chide
Funnily enough...I watched
Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Funnily enough...I watched the original "Resident Evil" movie again only last night. AI aka "the Red Queen" goes rogue killing everybody. Well it is a Wes Anderson film.
Thankfully your story is a more well-considered albeit along the same...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 28
"Skylarks trill intensely
Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024
"Skylarks trill intensely above and drop down
into the bracken where presumably they have their hidden nests."
A highly visual and evocative poem. Always a pleasure to join you virtually in a ramble, Rhiannon. I remember the Black...
Read full commentPosted in Bannau Brycheiniog**
Thanks for reading, David.
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
Thanks for reading, David. Aye...we have a new prime minister this morning..And Farage is now an MP at the eighth time of asking.
Here's to change bringing realised hope.
Not sure where we go with the Boris stories now but we'll see...
Read full commentPosted in Boris and the Hustings
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