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I have 250 stories published in
16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 60767 times
and 54 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 203 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 6 votes
Pab Roberts
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My stories
A Lament
Weep The volatile ocean! Let all know: When you arrived on our shore Your champion boat, Unswerving of rudder, Brought us into harbour; Securely we...
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Sky 'scape
I paint skyscapes. I always start by washing the canvas in blue. Land comes next, flat beach or moor; there's amazing variety within such simplicity...
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- 30 reads
Crackle and Hum
Febrile, this heat. A grass hut, my workplace. Tied like a cauldron over the charcoals. Droning flies fill the air: 'Can I help you?' 'Thanks for...
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A Life of Cryin' - part 1
It was an early wish of mine to bring entertainment to the streets. Growing up in the city of Dundee, this was both a need sore-lacking, and a...
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He Used to Carry me on his Shoulders High
Hello, my name is Peter. This is my eulogy to my dad; the word ‘Eulogy’ being from the Greek for ‘Good Truth – words that praise’. For he was a...
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Swashbuckling joy
Posted on Mon, 09 Jul 2018
Thank you for this, it got my inner parrot chirping, 'pieces of Eight!'
Read full commentPosted in FROM DAYS OF YORE
Results in...
Posted on Tue, 24 Apr 2018
I checked: they do.
Caries on.
Read full commentPosted in Hamstergate (Part 3)
Drosophilae
Posted on Tue, 24 Apr 2018
I know this is a rough draft, but are fruit flies likely to feast on foetid coney flesh?
Really enjoying this tale so far.
[Time flies like an arrow / fruit flies like a banana]
Read full commentPosted in Hamstergate (Part 3)
ZOMBIES!!!
Posted on Sat, 09 Dec 2017
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Read full commentPosted in The Field
Feedback (& a few typos)
Posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2017
- Earl Grey
- let's face it
- invariably (unless deliberate as part of character's voice)
- pre-pubescent? - the character comes across as maybe 14/15 to me (esp. if he's a 3rd year)?
- Parallelled (british)
...
Read full commentPosted in Day 1. Cope Muir High
typo curmudgeon
Posted on Thu, 27 Jul 2017
Hi, I am insanely jealous of your skill, for which I compensate with petty typo-spotting:
Decent into madness
Read full commentManager of Citadel Theatre - consistent with the capitalisation
Within 48 hours, it would all...
Posted in Ghosts of the Leith Citadel