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I have 302 stories published in 20 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 159063 times and 70 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 231 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 6 votes

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Pab Roberts

My stories

Leggy bespectacle

Stepping down the pavement Leggy, hoody-wrapped, thickened lenses A shade of Glasgow through the years I pass by with my sandwich And, as we cross...
Cherry

The Knights at Camelot in Christmas

Fitt I Right then! Time to start the story. The Knights of the Round Table we shall meet, via the tale of one of them: Noble Sir Gawain. And when we...
Cherry

Athena

On Saturn’s green and marschy land, the Goddess Athena did land. Adrift from home and hope and fate, she’d had a lot upon her plate. So, settled in...
Cherry

The 2nd of April (8th April 2022)

What do you do with the birthday of one deceased? A life that's ceased Has no punchline nor birthday drinks. If I die, then wish no more sad...

Rum Barrels (7th April 2022)

Barrel-toed flights from saucy nighttime spots of Scoundrels dens where hens and cocks cluck and stagger 'gainst the mist light by candle-dark...

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6 of my comments have received 6 Great Feedback votes

1 Vote

Swashbuckling joy

Posted on Mon, 09 Jul 2018

Thank you for this, it got my inner parrot chirping, 'pieces of Eight!' 

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Posted in FROM DAYS OF YORE

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ZOMBIES!!!

Posted on Sat, 09 Dec 2017

  • petal, or metal pencil case?
  • A beautiful use of imagery, like the teasing start to a zombie flick
  • fluffy gobs OF sheep's wool
  • I saW you walkin
  • One hand in front OF her
  • Growing loUder
  • ...
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Posted in The Field

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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)
  • ...
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Posted in Day 1. Cope Muir High

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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
Manager of Citadel Theatre - consistent with the capitalisation
Within 48 hours, it would all...

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Posted in Ghosts of the Leith Citadel