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3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 161286 times
and 86 of my stories have been cherry picked.
18 of my 1,253 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 19 votes
RJ Newlyn
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My dead diary – Sunday 7th February
A dull, grey day after the rain. Sheltered most of the night in the Brompton catacombs, passing the time with a crypt-wraith who had stories to tell...
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Where the nettles grew
At the end of the short-grass garden, the small gate leads to the long-grass field. Near the end of the field a fir tree stands apart from the rocks...
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What lay beyond the glass
I found the mirror in the bedroom amongst your belongings. I was about to throw it away when something about the crack in its surface made me look...
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What the sky said
It had been a hard climb already – out of the wooded valley and up on to the moorland, sun-drenched and golden with gorse flower. I arrived at an old...
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What I promised the sea
I went down to the shore for the last time today: along the old lane, across the dunes, out to the very edge of the land where grey waves slapped...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 07 Aug 2021
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 04 Jun 2021
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2020
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 20 Apr 2019
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 16 Feb 2019
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 14 Jul 2018
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Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2017
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Pick of the Day and Story of the Week
Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016
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Poem of the week
Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016
Congratulations. I've no idea of the authenticity of the Scottish - and you might find it safer not to promote it that way (it's almost impossible to be 100% correct) - but I thought it just worked really well as a poem, regardless of proposed...
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Well done
Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016
Very good. Nicely paced, about the right length and good comic timing.
Read full commentPosted in Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Mourning?
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