Philip Sidney
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I have 164 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 333102 times
and 209 of my stories have been cherry picked.
401 of my 5,475 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 398 votes
My stories
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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What a sweet story. Lovely
Posted on Mon, 08 Dec 2014
What a sweet story. Lovely for children at theis time of year.
Read full commentPosted in Rhiannon's Christmas
An interesting moral.
Posted on Sun, 07 Dec 2014
An interesting moral.
Read full commentPosted in The Hunchback Poor Man
What an emotional read!
Posted on Thu, 04 Dec 2014
What an emotional read! Horror and high drama. Love the use of scent to create a change of tempo.
Read full commentPosted in The Lea Rig
Love the shifts from dream to
Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2014
Love the shifts from dream to reality, a fluid slide show of impressions and stories.
Read full commentPosted in nightmares and memories
I really enjoy the way you
Posted on Wed, 03 Dec 2014
I really enjoy the way you mix culture time and place - and your precise and evocative style.
Read full commentPosted in Les Courses des Fetes
Wonderful! So touching and
Posted on Wed, 03 Dec 2014
Wonderful! So touching and beautifully written. Effortless yet clever structure - sort of spirits from winters past.
Read full commentPosted in Santa Stops Here
Slip into dream or life and
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2014
Slip into dream or life and let what will. I love the shrugging off of care at the end.
Read full commentPosted in You understand, I think
This stings.
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2014
This stings.
Read full commentPosted in The quarrel
Intrigue behind the scenes,
Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2014
Intrigue behind the scenes, nice twist. Compelling story and some beautiful description.
Read full commentPosted in The Garden of The Gods
I really like this story.
Posted on Sun, 23 Nov 2014
I really like this story. Although French, it reminds me of the writing of Grazia Deledda. beautifully written.
Read full commentPosted in La Bodega Rose
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