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I have 1235 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 4322250 times and 497 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2614 of my 19,065 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2691 votes

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Forget-Me-Not

Zeus waited till last hour to name this flower; roots creeping through darkness of soil...calling out to be noticed, will you one day become extinct...
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Silver Birch

Dear diary... It was still and quiet that day when first I held and named you Willow, just a neonate little tree; token of rapid intention, your...
Cherry

Unexpected Guests

Dear diary...it's the beginning of July 2022 when down our narrow path I meander to ramshackle lean-to, with its window panes now spent; collapsed...
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Harvest Mouse

Within fields of wheat, corn and barley; there's hushed efficiency, seeds shall be gathered and consumed; sometimes emerging in daytime's summer heat...
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Sweet Violet

Sweet Violet you're truly humble...yet wild, with your concealed roots advancing further into the earth; shoots increase in strength where peace...

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2614 of my comments have received 2691 Great Feedback votes

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Hi Turlough,

Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025

Hi Turlough,

I've seen so many places from my childhood reduced to rubble, it always saddens me, but never knowing about the disturbed graves must be traumatic. You cannot be blamed for playing on them when so young, it's the fault of the...

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Posted in Eleven Thousand Silent Playmates

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I hope Samantha takes matters

Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2025

I hope Samantha takes matters into her own hands and continues the search, she seems to have more luck than D.I. Woods and D.S. Stone.

Precious is so furtive and clever, I keep wondering what she'll get up to next.

Keep going Phil,...

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Posted in Nowhere Man (Dead Reckoning series - Part 42)

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This is getting so exciting

Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025

This is getting so exciting Jane. Can't wait to find out what they've done.

Jenny.

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 46

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Oh Turlough, I almost cried

Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2025

Oh Turlough, I almost cried laughing crying...

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Posted in All the Chai in China

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Oh dear! I do hope Vanessa

Posted on Tue, 31 Dec 2024

Oh dear! I do hope Vanessa and Pat don't live to regret trying to solve the other voice problem with Spencer. Can't wait to find out what happens next.

Waiting with anticipation.

Happy New Year to you and yours Jane.

Jenny.

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 45

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I thought your mouse

Posted on Fri, 27 Dec 2024

I thought your mouse experience was narrated very well in this poem Rhiannon. It reminded me of the mouse we had in mine and my husbands first house, that lived behind the skirting board in our dining room, We were always aware of it when we were...

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Posted in Rustle!

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Precious strikes again. You

Posted on Fri, 27 Dec 2024

Precious strikes again. You come up with some amazing story lines Phil. yes Now I'm worried...

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Posted in The Party's Over (Dead Reckoning series - Part 41)

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A lovely reflective poem Paul

Posted on Fri, 27 Dec 2024

A lovely reflective poem Paul.

Jenny.

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Posted in Carols at Midnight

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You've created a very funny

Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2024

You've created a very funny scene here Phil. I'll never look at a robin in the same way again. ...

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Posted in And what did the robin do then...?

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Looks like Vanessa's not the

Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2024

Looks like Vanessa's not the only one having partnership problems. Spencer seems to have gained an alien voice which is pretty disconcerting.

Still great reading Jane.

Hope your Christmas is special and the New Year is Healthy,...

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Posted in Parcel for you - Part 44

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