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28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 776721 times
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1479 of my 4,659 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1495 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
By the Candelight of Saints
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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Colours of Christmas
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A Murder of Crows (Transcendence)
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Those We Leave Behind
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Great final line, Jane!
Posted on Thu, 13 Feb 2025
Great final line, Jane!
I like the inner thoughts of Vanessa that drives the narration. Her ennui is well done and now replaced by a whole new scenario. Spencer's back....I'm guessing with quite a story to tell.
Keep going :)
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 52
Great poem, Ed. Wonderful
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025
Great poem, Ed. Wonderful imagery in a tightly bound universe you have created here.
Read full commentPosted in Snow
"..Dreams like driftwood
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025
"..Dreams like driftwood washed ashore
From the pelagic cumulonimbus realm.."
Some great lines in this. My kinda poem. One to get lost in (probably both writing and reading)
Imagery and enigma.
[Really enjoyed both of...
Read full commentPosted in Fathoms Above
Ha..I haven't thought about
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025
Ha..I haven't thought about it in years but I burned all my school books too. In my back garden after the final day.
School days were bittersweet for most of us with good times and bad. I'm glad you were candid in your account as it makes...
Read full commentPosted in School Reunion
That's a poignant vignette
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
That's a poignant vignette and, I imagine, of particular significance just now. Yes, hope springs eternal and in places you least expect :)
Read full commentPosted in "Fragile"
You can sense the tension
Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025
You can sense the tension which is a testimony to how this is written. The combination of racing thoughts and constant seeking.
Spencer's wandered off without his tablets....like we all do sometimes. Well I do, anyway :)
Looking...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 50
I can feel the gusts of fresh
Posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2025
I can feel the gusts of fresh breeze in my lungs.
Another wonderful ramble with you, Rhiannon. More gorgeous pics, too!
[Think there's a typo in that final line? "...as drawr back to the carpark.]
Read full commentPosted in Bringsty Common, again
Another high octane piece.
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2025
Another high octane piece.
You write at such a breathless pace. If that's how you work then you must be exhauasted after a tour of duty.
Definitely an urban poetry feel to it and I can absolutely picture this as performance poetry...
Read full commentPosted in Alive N‘ 25*
"...yet still I'm
Posted on Sun, 02 Feb 2025
"...yet still I'm
haunted by past voices that
consume.."
That's a reflective piece, Jenny. I sometimes think it's easier to look forward than backwards. There's no ghosts to deal with when you look ahead. Of course, they are...
Read full commentPosted in Like Autumn Leaves Scatter In The Breeze
It's a busy agenda isn't it?
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
It's a busy agenda isn't it? So many lands to conquer. MAGA MEGA etc
Alfred asks the questions and we ponder the answers. Thought provoking, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Trump’s Inauguration Hot Air Balloon! By Alfred N.Muggins
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