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I have 240 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
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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 Sure Yank Redemption
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The Last Elephant
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Footsteps on Mars
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Most Vial
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Setting Sons
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‘That’s how you got home,
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
‘That’s how you got home, Annie, petrol. It got you home didn’t it.’ That made me laugh. The dialogue is compelling. You must have a lot of fun visualising the interactions between the characters you have created including Spencer, of course. The...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 23
It's nice to imagine Captain
Posted on Thu, 11 Apr 2024
It's nice to imagine Captain Sensible with his infamous parrot singing "Happy Talk" on TOTP as part of a computer processing thoughts and songs. I know it's a cover but it's the version that stands out. For me anyway but then I love The Damned....
Read full commentPosted in Mono Log
Dr Kruschev - wasn't he the
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Dr Kruschev - wasn't he the Russian president at some point in the past? There seems to be many links between Bulgaria and Russia.
Good to see your adopted country in the Shengen Area. I like the thought of those storks flying wherever...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
"Today was Liberation Day.
Posted on Mon, 08 Apr 2024
"Today was Liberation Day. The 146th anniversary of us being freed from the Ottoman Yoke. We wave Russian flags because they helped us. In September we have Independence Day when we despise Russians." The contradiction is to be applauded and I...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture
I like the ambiguity of the
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
I like the ambiguity of the finale. So who DID write the poem? Very nicely done, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Dad's poet society
“Am I never to turn heads?”
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
“Am I never to turn heads?” She
flashes her father with a grieving
glance..."
There's an enigmatic quality that fits an ekphrastic piece very nicely. Enjoyed, Jenny :)
[Should that say "..to lose...
Read full commentPosted in In A Troubled Land
A ramble in bucolic
Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024
A ramble in bucolic countryside in sight of the Black Mountains is just what we need at this time of year. A wonderful evocation of springtime makes this our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share it round.
Read full commentPosted in Above Peterchurch, east of the Black Mountains
Another wonderful ramble
Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Another wonderful ramble through bucolic scenery. You have a keen eye for appreciating the beauty of nature, Rhiannon.
I was out walking in Braunston on Monday and it was lovely to see spring lambs in the fields.
A lovely poem,...
Read full commentPosted in Above Peterchurch, east of the Black Mountains
That's a clever story, Jane.
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
That's a clever story, Jane.
Funnily enough, I was reading a story somewhere the other day about the existence of avatars that can be trained to mimic people when they are alive then shown to future generations after their death. A kind of...
Read full commentPosted in Erazofuge
"...those intoxicated weary
Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024
"...those intoxicated weary
hearing drumming, moon
kisses them goodnight."
That's an evocative, poetic cacophony of the sounds of nature, Jenny. Lovely use of metaphor. Adriotly done, for sure :)
Read full commentPosted in Passion Of The Drums
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