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I have 202 stories published in
25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 343786 times
and 263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1216 of my 4,044 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1230 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
Tommyknocker
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A Night to Remember
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A Requiem for One Man’s Life (Edited and Updated 2023)
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Brean Down
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Spring Skies (After the Dogs of Winter)
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Parking at hospitals is such
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Parking at hospitals is such a mess. I avoid it if I can. Whenever I go to Northampton General, I use a council car park nearby. It's easier than the expensive bunfight at the hospital. Ditto when I take my lad to an appointment at Kettering...
Read full commentPosted in The Tickets, One Too Many!
There's that subversive
Posted on Tue, 16 Jan 2024
There's that subversive humour again with only going on Facebook to keep an eye on her daughter. Wry and oils the story line making it relatable in a warm way. Dark developments on the www. It's a jungle out there. Keep going, Jane!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 13
I like the way her friend
Posted on Thu, 11 Jan 2024
I like the way her friend keeps getting the name wrong. It's all about me!
Eesh...progrock. We're not travelling back to the early 70s are we? :)
As ever, the pace is right and the small details light up the story.
Keep going...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You ...Part 12
"It is a dark night
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2024
"It is a dark night
in Berlin in 1938."
You capture a sense of foreboding in one of the grimmest periods of history. This is a night of the utmost infamy. Your poem captures it so well,Luigi. Keep well. Paul
Read full commentPosted in One Night, in Berlin
I could see those gulls and
Posted on Fri, 12 Jan 2024
I could see those gulls and massive walls of rolling water. Such a visual, evocative poem. Just lovely, Richard. I hope you are keeping well. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Sun - Shines
The dialogue is credible and
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
The dialogue is credible and the pacing is good. I like the world of espionage and intrigue that you have built here. Looking forward to the next instalment :)
Read full commentPosted in The Coffee House Spy" 13
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
Thanks Jacques. Let's hope
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
Thanks Jacques. Let's hope 2024 is better for everyone that the last few years :)
Read full commentPosted in January Panorama
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"...
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