Philip Sidney
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I have 159 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 243235 times
and 198 of my stories have been cherry picked.
371 of my 5,201 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 367 votes
My stories
Joy
The sky was a perfect, blackbird’s egg, blue. Evelyn tilted her head back to watch the kaleidoscope flashes of green and blue rushing above her...
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LDV: Washwood Heath (Necropolis)
Grit, backbone of Midland industry, ground out by the elements, glacial drift, geological shift. Upon gravel the city made its shape. Halls of...
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Penance
Mrs Hohepa watched the little girl sitting on the bench opposite swing her legs. Back and forth, back and forth. ‘Pretty little thing. Swing your...
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Natural History
In the history of school, Class 5 was the happiest. Outside swan plants grew - we gave them sidelong glances, hope was brewing. A race through times...
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Waiting for Treacle Tart
Matron secured herself into her apron. She took the hand-made card her children had presented her with that morning from her bag and slipped it into...
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I like that a seam of joy
Posted on Fri, 09 Jan 2015
I like that a seam of joy runs through this, happiness will overcome.
Read full commentPosted in Cago en mis Demonios
The archeology of ourselves,
Posted on Tue, 06 Jan 2015
The archeology of ourselves, I like the ideas and images in this poem.
Read full commentPosted in Sifting Through
Love this cat's eye view of
Posted on Mon, 05 Jan 2015
Love this cat's eye view of the world, hope he keeps up with his journal.
Read full commentPosted in Omar's Diary 4th January 2015
Good on the details (cake and
Posted on Sat, 03 Jan 2015
Good on the details (cake and coffee), more character background would be good so we care about the character.
Read full commentPosted in Pure Magic Chapter 2
A nive fairytale feel. I
Posted on Sat, 03 Jan 2015
A nive fairytale feel. I like the descriptions of the house and would like some more of this.
Read full commentPosted in Pure Magic Chapter 1
So sad, I read the other poem
Posted on Fri, 02 Jan 2015
So sad, I read the other poem first but now see that that tells of the haunting presence of a missing colleague.
Read full commentPosted in Rock Bottom
I like the sense of certainty
Posted on Thu, 01 Jan 2015
I like the sense of certainty, the mix of natural laws and human behaviour.
Read full commentPosted in Cosmological Constant
Oh my goodness! This is
Posted on Tue, 30 Dec 2014
Oh my goodness! This is utterly heartbreaking and beautifully written.
Read full commentPosted in Everyone Says Hi
Full of the bitterness of the
Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2014
Full of the bitterness of the moment - nice link to your 'ironclad' poem. I wonder if the third one will be on realisation that you cannot stop feelings.
Read full commentPosted in Judgments so Unjust
Good idea styx. I'm not
Posted on Thu, 25 Dec 2014
Good idea styx. I'm not suggesting myself as I am not even slightly funny, not on purpose anyway. I've partnered up for some writing with Noo on the site, nothing professional though. There are quite a few deliberately funny writers on the...
Read full commentPosted in Finding A Writing Partner?
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