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I have 266 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1276001 times
and 358 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1677 of my 5,207 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1714 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
After the Geese
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (3)
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (2)
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)
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The Fox and the Siamese
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I think the risque aspect is
Posted on Thu, 21 May 2026
I think the risque aspect is done pretty coyly. I like the way the characters are being developed. If an emotional connection can me made that comes across as credible then that adds a lot of depth. You are doing it here.
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book One (10)
It's a breathless sequence.
Posted on Thu, 21 May 2026
It's a breathless sequence. The pacing is good, the reader engaged and wanting to know what happens next. On to chapter 10..
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book One (9)
Eesh...that's a tense chapter
Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026
Eesh...that's a tense chapter. Again, very imaginative. I need to read on to find out what happens next..
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book One 7
Congratulations! This is Poem
Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026
Congratulations! This is Poem of the Week!
Read full commentPosted in Stay
I’m a sucker for anything
Posted on Fri, 22 May 2026
I’m a sucker for anything with witches in it and this has seven! It’s also consummately written prose.
That's why this is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
I have added a pic to...
Read full commentPosted in Seven Came to Dinner.
I agree with Jenny.
Posted on Mon, 18 May 2026
I agree with Jenny. Imagination in spades here. It's a gripping read.
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book One 6
Mable's a ball-breaker. Harsh
Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026
Mable's a ball-breaker. Harsh. Rooting for a way out for Chase.
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There's some great
Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026
There's some great description in here. Very vivid and quintissential sci-fi. Nicely done, ray.
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You have set the story up
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026
You have set the story up well. It reels the reader in.
Read full commentPosted in Banished To Earth Book One (2)
"..far sweeter than the
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026
"..far sweeter than the rookery’s clamour raucous.."
A poem in simpatico with nature itself. All the sights and sounds of spring along with aspects of life and death.
(not sure I've ever encountered a cuckoo)
Wonderful,...
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