Philip Sidney

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I have 166 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 610588 times and 212 of my stories have been cherry picked.
400 of my 5,342 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 398 votes

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Under the Ice (3)

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 07 Aug 2014

Hauling the body across the ice was not so hard. She laid it onto her fur and pulled it fairly easily to the start of the land. The body had rolled a...

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Certificate 15

Just Visiting

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 07 Aug 2014

Noor had a fortunate face. There was something in the set of her eyes and the curve of her mouth which elicited spontaneous acts of generosity. Her...

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Certificate PG

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Dust

By Philip Sidney on Wed, 06 Aug 2014

The hospital was an old filing cabinet of a building. Patients were shuffled then sorted: in, out, pending. Then there were those consigned to the...

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Certificate 12

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Under the Ice (2)

By Philip Sidney on Wed, 06 Aug 2014

At last, Aroha had managed to make a hole which she deemed to be of sufficient width. She ran awkwardly to where she had made her discovery, slipping...

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Certificate 15

Under The Ice (1)

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 05 Aug 2014

First sequence in an attempt to write some longer prose.

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Certificate 12

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400 of my comments have received 398 Great Feedback votes

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Strange, like the BFG and the

Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014

Strange, like the BFG and the Soup Dragon for grown ups. Vivd description, it seems like an ancient form of toil and survival. The slippery shadow beasts seem sad despite the gruesome implications.

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Posted in Shadow Cooking

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Read this and really liked it

Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2014

Read this and really liked it so went back to read the first chapters which I really liked too. I think the perspective works really well, shifting from one to another. Showing the world through Akil's eyes is particularly touching, the lovely...

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Posted in The Devil's Dish Served Six Different Ways (chapters 3 & 4)

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This has such a comforting

Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014

This has such a comforting tone to it, death as nothing frightening but going home. I wouldn't say it was horror, perhaps the tag fantasy fits better.

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Posted in Bus Stop

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I'm glad that this ended as a

Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014

I'm glad that this ended as a message of reassurance as the story truly is a parent's nightmare. Very well constructed, you create ebbs and flows of tension.

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Posted in Comfort Blanket

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