Stephen Thom
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Stephen Thom
Carrbridge/Edinburgh http://stephenthom.wordpress.com/
Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante
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My stories
Foundations
Yourself The automatic doors snark an impatient hiss and he rushes out. Clots of rain thrum the sidewalks. He ducks into a phone box and it is a...
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How to make snow
1747 The slip of beach was cold and grey and along it a line of robed figures knelt before the aperture. Heavy rain pasted their cloaks and hoods to...
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Cocoon
The van beat a clunking, jittery path through the endless twists of gravel road. The driver flicked his fag butt out the window. 'You got three days...
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String
Alongside The envelope was cut clear from the blue of the carpet. K stooped to pick it up. He was turning to deposit it beside the phone when...
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Waves
Rain spat bitterly, and the wind buffeted him along. The shop windows carried Tom's blurry reflection under veils of condensation, slipping in and...
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captured these moments with
Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2015
captured these moments with lovely, delicate subtle word combinations...lines like reaching through the drivers door/to conjure up a metallic scraping/until the engine bubbled into life/like a mountain spring bottling these little cameos, as you...
Read full commentPosted in The Mechanic
wow, this is wonderful;
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2015
wow, this is wonderful; condensed so much backstory&possibilities&images into such a short piece, just absolutely the right words. that last paragraph is absolutely gorgeous. lovely title too. look forward to following more of your work...
Read full commentPosted in What the sky said
pink plumed stiff quiffed,
Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2015
pink plumed stiff quiffed, pan-sticked pale as a vampire, many excellent descriptions, vivid lively edgy&sparky writing, you are in a wonderful creative moment :-)
Read full commentPosted in Tin Girl
Wow this had a lot of impact.
Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2014
Wow this had a lot of impact. Clearly a v hard subject but I think it is wonderful as well to be able to convey these things in this way and gain a better and more compassionate understanding through reading and think it over and apply in your...
Read full commentPosted in Breaking Glass
Lovely controlled prose, nice
Posted on Sat, 15 Jul 2017
Lovely controlled prose, nice descriptions and diction esp. verbs throughout
Read full commentPosted in The Day
Very tender and a hit on the
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2016
Very tender and a hit on the senses - economical but clinical word choice throughout - dry, looping, yellowing, scrambling... 'Your shoes still turn inwards - ' is beautiful observation projected.
Read full commentPosted in The Return
Good work, very effective.
Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2016
Good work, very effective. You describe these feelings and events with empathy and great attention to detail and it translates in the reading... liked the anthropomorphic shadow too, worked well.
Read full commentPosted in Eighteen part one
Loved.the control of words
Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Loved.the control of words and use of sound throughout, particularly s sounds pulling me into the environment... some lovely compounds too, cloud-bursting weirs, pressure-whoosh, excellent work :)
Read full commentPosted in The Softening of Storms
I liked the feel of this, and
Posted on Sun, 31 Jan 2016
I liked the feel of this, and the thoughts amongst the water images. Particularly enjoyed Where shuddering grasses(lovely)/Offer yellow jewels to the sun(also lovely)/And muddy waters pass/As though I'd never been or gone, v lovely final line....
Read full commentPosted in Seen from a distance
Germans it is! Cheers insert,
Posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2016
Germans it is! Cheers insert, will sort that later (or start a new genre, historical (-ly inaccurate) fiction)
Read full commentPosted in As long as sea beats on stone
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