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I have 232 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 812296 times
and 311 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1498 of my 4,716 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1514 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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My stories
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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Such a deeply personal piece.
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
Such a deeply personal piece. The authenticy shines through which is why I imagine so many people have connected with it. It takes a great deal of skill to pull off writing something from a child's POV and the result being credible. That's...
Read full commentPosted in Children of the Absolution
"But now, do they regret
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
"But now, do they regret
behaviour of that time desire to forget?
living presently by better rules,
wishing that they hadn’t been such fools?"
I like the rhythm and rhyming in this. I imagine it took a while to...
Read full commentPosted in Digging up dirt
Ah those poor bankers -
Posted on Mon, 08 Jan 2024
Ah those poor bankers - blamed for all of society's ills and yet so blameless :)
There's more than an ounce of truth in here (I know....I've worked with 'em for a lot of my career).
I once looked at a "sure-fire money spinner"...
Read full commentPosted in Make Millions in Two Minutes...
"..and then the people
Posted on Fri, 05 Jan 2024
"..and then the people beneath the stars
who are also phantoms of sorts..."
Often the best poems come from simply observing life. There's a stillness to this, a watchful appreciation of another. There's a skill in moving that to...
Read full commentPosted in Culver
"..we soaked, dripped,
Posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2024
"..we soaked, dripped, dropped,
seeped right into the ground
to restore
its wetness,"
A perfect circle described so beautifully. There's a deftness to this that makes the poem so readable. Just lovely, Rhiannon. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Autobiography (but not mine!)
"Wind battering, rattling,
Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024
"Wind battering, rattling, howling,
thunder growling,
rain pounding, ground flooding,"
A tumultuous opening that captures a storm so well. And boy have we had some recently. They feel never ending. Maybe there are sunnier skies...
Read full commentPosted in Storm
Ooh that's a cliffhanger
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
Ooh that's a cliffhanger ending. I like this shift to sentience that's unravelling.
"You're more human than a human".
It's a compelling read. Keep going!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 11
"I am a woman of the mist,
Posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2023
"I am a woman of the mist, myself, now,
herding red deer on the trendle,"
A mystical reverie that transends the boundaries of mere language. Words are a beautiful thing. Just wonderful. Paul
Read full commentPosted in The Witches of Long Compton
You have captured the magic
Posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2023
You have captured the magic of Christmas Eve so well. How as young children, we would intend to stay awake and then, next thing, presents have arrived. Very lovely indeed, Rhiannon. Paul
Read full commentPosted in “This night I will …”
That's a fascinating read,
Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
That's a fascinating read, Turlough.
I guess most people end up with a cocktail of accents etc with social mobility and people moving around. I wanted to learn some Russian via the Zoom meetings I had with my son when he lived in Moscow....
Read full commentPosted in Lingo Bingo
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