Philip Sidney

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I have 165 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 822362 times and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
392 of my 5,280 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 390 votes

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Wisdom

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 21 Sep 2014

“There are two types of apple. Those that you can eat and those you can’t.” Reuben's mother had intoned these words sagely, as if quoting one of the...

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On the Eve

By Philip Sidney on Wed, 17 Sep 2014

No going back, always going forward. Belong to the known, longing for better. It’s about identity, it’s about hope. Loyal to the familiar, untied...

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Gods of the Bog

By Philip Sidney on Mon, 15 Sep 2014

It’s dark in here, the bulb’s blown, you can’t read. God won’t see you behind the locked door, so think anything you like, all those thoughts you...

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Saltley Gas Works (Necropolis)

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 11 Sep 2014

A rise and fall of gas, power pushed from metallic lungs into the manufactured land. Life flooded the mechanical. Death hung in the air, choked...

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Name Tag

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 09 Sep 2014

A bit of a mean one.

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It was an odd time, we had

Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015

It was an odd time, we had some of this in Birmingham too. An inexplicable wave of anarchy. Previous riots in Brum had a political spark, this seemed different.

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I have a surreal child's

Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015

I have a surreal child's drawing in my head now, sweet.

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Those 9 months sped by, they

Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2015

Those 9 months sped by, they grow up fast too.

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Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2015

The trauma of school plays. I was cast as a wolf when I wanted a main role in peter Pan, who can even remember there were wolves, at least your performance will be remembered.

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Poor Ian, not sure if I

Posted on Sun, 08 Feb 2015

Poor Ian, not sure if I should feel sorry for him but he seemed so hopeful with his business plan. Really liked this story, not sure REX would be fooled by a piece of plastic meat though.

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