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I have 12 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 44753 times and 24 of my stories have been cherry picked.
28 of my 133 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 28 votes

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Ross Lowe

Originally from Derbyshire, was living in Berlin. Now back in Derbyshire. What goes around...
Getting back into the lovely world of ABCTales after an absence of writing for quite some time.

'Step Forward, Harry Salt' is a thing I wrote which got published. Still a little bit shocked about that.

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You're Doing Great

From the moment my wife’s waters broke, I knew I had some serious shit to sort out. It was Wednesday morning and I’d just come home from walking the...
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Step Forward, Harry Salt - Part III

Sorry for not sharing anything lately: been snowed under with work and baby prep! Here's the last part of Harry Salt I'll be sharing for a while... 3...
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Step Forward, Harry Salt: Part II

Office Harry’s bottom was starting to itch. His plaid trousers were still somewhat sodden, and he couldn’t be sure whether steam was rising from his...
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There Are No Words

Christ. I’d got it. After all these years, after everyone’s efforts. Where others had failed, I’d got it. Cracked it. Nailed it. The answer. The...
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Step Forward, Harry Salt – Part 1

Here's a little section from the opening of my novel, Step Forward, Harry Salt. The first section, 'Garden', I read at the ABCTales live virtual...
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28 of my comments have received 28 Great Feedback votes

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Only just caught up!

Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

I'm sorry both – I've only just caught up on your conversation! Di is absolutely right, the books are wonderful and congrats on picking up Assassin's Apprentice. It starts a little slowly and then all of a sudden you're gripped. You have a...

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A wonderful poem alive with

Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

A wonderful poem alive with promise. Spring's fronds have been pushing through here this week and it feels so, so good to know that change and better days lie ahead. Your poem crackles with that. Really lovely and congratulations on your poem of...

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Posted in Getting Ready

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Smashing poem, this one. Well

Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

Smashing poem, this one. Well done.
Have you ever read any of the books by Robin Hobb? The final books of her series about Fitz feature a wonderful character called Bee, and the artwork for the book covers, by Jackie Morris, feature a...

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Posted in The Hive

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Thank you Drew. When you're

Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2021

Thank you Drew. When you're next out this way, do let me know. It would be great to meet and share a beer or two.

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Posted in Boxi Market

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Really good!

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Thoroughly enjoyed this. It took me right back to my uni days and when letter writing really was an artform. The further I read, the more I had a feeling of dread about where this was going. 
A great story, and I love the style. Well done...

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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Gosh, that's beautiful. There

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021

Gosh, that's beautiful. There's a strange beauty that comes with loss, in that so many memories resurface with such clarity. Beautifully expressed. Thank you for sharing.

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Wow!

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021

Thank you so much for picking my story! I'm chuffed and thrilled to bits!
The photo is perfect, much better than the one I chose and much nearer to the one in the story.

Thanks so much. This is a real honour. 

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Posted in Take it Back

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