Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 974459 times
and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
385 of my 5,087 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 383 votes
My stories
Departures
It is still dark. The black eyed baby slumps in your arms, accepting she has no control. Time to go. We wait in the queue, between anxiety and regret...
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Touring the City
Concrete subways take us deep beneath the city. Here air holds the smell of time passed: old beer, stale urine, something too ancient to name. We tip...
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In the Skinny Days of Youth and Yearning
In the skinny days of youth and yearning, smiling was not permitted; too redolent with levity. This had to happen behind doors, or books, or fingers...
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Ash
Something floated past the window, which was odd as this was the fifteenth floor. It seemed to hover and bob lightly. A piece of charred paper? Too...
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Marking Time
It slides away too easily, slips between preoccupied fingers, light and temperature, shift, senses stir in the car park, pulled from routine’s waking...
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Funny and heartbreaking at
Posted on Sun, 28 Sep 2014
Funny and heartbreaking at the same time. Love it.
Read full commentPosted in Passing Through
What a wonderful story.
Posted on Sat, 27 Sep 2014
What a wonderful story. Weighty with legend and place. It is written like a story to be read aloud.
Read full commentPosted in THE ISLAND
Very dark, very readable, the
Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2014
Very dark, very readable, the odd technical error jars.
Read full commentPosted in Do what thou wilt
From the dreamy days of
Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2014
From the dreamy days of summer to dreamy snippets from lessons, lovely.
Read full commentPosted in The ABC of Zoe
i'm enjoying this and agree
Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2014
i'm enjoying this and agree with vera's comments, now we're this far on it would be good to feel a bit closer to your characters.
Read full commentPosted in Progeniture, Ch. 4
A bleak slice of reality,
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2014
A bleak slice of reality, there is a current of pain that runs through and gives it depth.
Read full commentPosted in Save The Life Of My Child
Another great character. i
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2014
Another great character. i like the throwaway details, it runs smoothly but has unexpected moments.
Read full commentPosted in The actor's son.
I love it! Will you read it
Posted on Sat, 13 Sep 2014
I love it! Will you read it to a creative writing class? Clever and funny. I especially like Mariana.
Read full commentPosted in I have no sympathy
made my heart constrict.
Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2014
made my heart constrict.
Read full commentPosted in Mother
Dark, sleazy and great
Posted on Tue, 09 Sep 2014
Dark, sleazy and great characterisation.
Read full commentPosted in They work for them
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