Stephen Thom
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Stephen Thom
Carrbridge/Edinburgh
Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante
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My stories
Red Centre (2)
Rain pasted her hair to her scalp. Wet season. She stumbled in the darkness. She cut past sheds, the worker's accommodation, machinery rendered...
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Red Centre (1)
How often can you say: that is something I will never forget? Something burned into my brain? It was the oddest memory, and it was one that Sarah had...
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Franz Kafka wants you to be an indestructible superhero! (2)
Includes quotes from: The Zurau Aphorisms - Franz Kafka The Castle - Franz Kafka Pic - Wikimedia commons
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Franz Kafka wants you to be an indestructible superhero! (1)
Includes quotes from: The Zurau Aphorisms - Franz Kafka The Castle - Franz Kafka Pic - Wikimedia commons
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Chervotochina (3)
Image Attribution: Benford Choi / Wikimedia commons
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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
Very pretty. Beautiful final
Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018
Very pretty. Beautiful final line. You have a great natural style, like your writing is completely a part of you
Read full commentPosted in Now
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
'I will always identify that
Posted on Fri, 27 Jul 2018
'I will always identify that those were the good days' beautiful words, beautiful piece
Read full commentPosted in The Chair
Very affecting and honest.
Posted on Sun, 29 Jul 2018
Very affecting and honest. Tidy writing throughout too, you put yourself into it and it carries over to the reader. Lovely piece
Read full commentPosted in Those Moments
Nicely done. Something
Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018
Nicely done. Something different. Alliteration and sound and feeling. Like the word combinations - murmur curdles / rush chasmed / susurrus spray. Like this willingness to play with and create new images and ways of presenting words, it's brave...
Read full commentPosted in Chutes of Spring
Interesting piece. It's all
Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2018
Interesting piece. It's all relative, experience of life, and it feels a joyous, pretty moment. The title feels well chosen, in that way that there is often explaining. I may be reading it wrong - it's late. Much enjoyed though, good work
Read full commentPosted in She Explained
Nice images, nice
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2018
Nice images, nice alliterative touches, nice compound words. 'A dot of momentum - ' is a pretty close. Enjoyed.
Read full commentPosted in Snowflakes
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