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I have 242 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1085505 times
and 327 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1571 of my 4,932 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1593 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
Ghostbot (Part Two of Two)
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Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
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Leviathan
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Tom Crean
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Rain at the Forest Cafe
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Lots of rain around at the
Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2025
Lots of rain around at the moment.
Life is about moments and they can catch us when we least expect them.
You have an eye for capturing what many would miss, Jenny.
Keep distilling them into poetry for us :)
Read full commentPosted in A Moment To Ponder
Still gripping, still
Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2025
Still gripping, still engaging, still classy.
[Teeny typo: Jade opened the door. “Diner is served.” Thomas waved at the table..Should that read 'dinner is served?']
Read full commentPosted in "Art of Trouble" 5
"..settling like
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
"..settling like
faerie folk, colours on pallet create
summer blooms.."
A lack of motivation and/or inspiration comes to us all in the end. Writing at sites like this makes such a difference as you encounter people that take...
Read full commentPosted in When All Seems Lost
"Turn on the lights – they
Posted on Wed, 27 Aug 2025
"Turn on the lights – they saw
drifting plankton, bioluminescent creatures glowing.."
I like the way the poem pivots around the lights coming on. It makes it highly visual. I can only imagine the biodiversity at the bottom of the...
Read full commentPosted in From the Chinese Bathyscaphe, Striver
I can see Alfred Muggins as
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
I can see Alfred Muggins as the next President. Why not? Literally anything is possible in the USA!
Read full commentPosted in Elected!: Alfred Muggins Considers Entering American Politics!
That's great. Thank you!
Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2025
That's great. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in A Tale Of Four Stones
A very charming pen-portrait
Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2025
A very charming pen-portrait so adriotly done.
Full of empathy I'm sure Mary would approve.
The story is built so nicely then pivots on: “Hang on a minute. I haven’t got a teapot.”
[That's a fine teapot of your own there, T...
Read full commentPosted in Mary's Missing Teapot
Such a clever story so well
Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025
Such a clever story so well told. There's someone out there for everyone!
Read full commentPosted in On the verge of awakening
Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot. Well...yes.
What a pantomime in Alaska. It's staggering to think that Trump is on the cusp of ending sanctions and willing to do business with someone so committed to the destruction of the West and all it...
Read full commentPosted in Mrs Muggins Goes On a Mini Tour of Italy, While the Butcher and the Clown Meet in Alaska! by Alfred N.Muggins
Absorbing dialogue and
Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025
Absorbing dialogue and dynamics between the characters.
All infused with magic.
Keep going, Penny!
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 31
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