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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, 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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Read full commentPosted in Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Mourning?
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...
Read full commentPosted in Tim Timpany - Poetry Monthly
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?
Beautiful
Posted on Sun, 07 Feb 2016
I really liked this episode - has a powerful atmosphere. Depends what you want to do with it, but I'd suggest having a re-read to iron out some typos and minor quirks. These are the ones I happened to notice and should be easily fixable (although...
Read full commentPosted in The Baobab Tree (2)
Very good - one of your best,
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2015
Very good - one of your best, I think. Says all sorts of things in so little time.
Rob
Read full commentPosted in His Father's Eyes
Yes, very good
Posted on Sun, 31 Aug 2014
An interesting and well-written piece. Feels as if there are other chapters to come (I hope so).
Read full commentPosted in Forest of Eden - Part One- A New Beginning
Welcome to ABCtales and I
Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2013
Welcome to ABCtales and I hope you keep posting. You write well and there's a nice flow to this. It feels quite unremittingly bleak, but everyone has their own preferences. I guess you might want to work a little on the overall arc of the story...
Read full commentPosted in Recovery