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I have 240 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 976295 times
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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
Empire State (Part 6 of 7): Devil in the Attic
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A Bridge of Lies
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The Horses of Wooldale Road (Part 1 of 3)
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Christmas Time
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Hibernal Solstice
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"...not very high above the
Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024
"...not very high above the village but see far
and the steeple peeps to keep our orientation."
A very visual and pleasurable virtual ramble with you, Rhiannon. Lovely pics too :)
Read full commentPosted in Above Weobley
All caught up again. Yes, I
Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024
All caught up again. Yes, I was captivated by the image of all those Hillman Hunters running around Iran. And the reputation of dirty Leeds stretches far and wide!
Your memory for detail is staggering. It shines through in these...
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Cheers, T. If anyone else
Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024
Cheers, T. If anyone else talked about reading it at 3am I wouldn't take them seriously. With you, on the other hand..
Appreciate the read and comment. Will catch up with your Iran story soon.
Read full commentPosted in Silent Mystic
There's that lovely rhythm
Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024
There's that lovely rhythm again. I like the way this flows, Rhiannon. Nicely done, as ever. Paul
[Is that intentional the way the title is spelt?]
Read full commentPosted in 'A bump of originality'*
"..Stu looked up, he removed
Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2024
"..Stu looked up, he removed his napkin from his lap, folded it and placed it on the table as if he’d suddenly been challenged to a duel...."
All caught up again. The exchanges around the dinner table are well done. You are inside the...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you..Part 16
"It was a star falling out of
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
"It was a star falling out of the sky with comets trailing behind it. Sputniks went off course and experienced gravitational wobbles. The QE2’s sister ship ran aground in Damuir Canal. An invasion of big boats and ocean liners were likewise...
Read full commentPosted in Sweaty
"..was left quite literally
Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2024
"..was left quite literally high and dry
up the mountain road on a dead-end track."
There's a lot of drama in such a short poem, Rhiannon. We do get so attached to our cars, don't we? I enjoyed the ride and was glad of a happy ending...
Read full commentPosted in What happened, little car?
".. a cloud-bellied
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
".. a cloud-bellied necromancer..."
Such wonderful use of language in evoking a unique atmosphere to celebrate a "pie". Gorgeous.
Read full commentPosted in Pie
Well I've been to Inverness
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Well I've been to Inverness so that makes me a third of a real traveller, I guess.
On my tour across the Golden Triangle in India, it was invariably air-conditioned coach excursions each day. There was a young couple with expensive cameras...
Read full commentPosted in Only Here for The Poets
Breathless, dramatic and cool
Posted on Thu, 18 Jan 2024
Breathless, dramatic and cool. Of course.
"As they say, shit roles downhill…" I had a boss that used to use this phrase all the time. It was always a coded warning to make sure you perform. Nice guy..
Read full commentPosted in Rescues of Holy Waters
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