Stephen Thom

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I have 136 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 392529 times and 164 of my stories have been cherry picked.
138 of my 1,143 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 143 votes

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Stephen Thom

Carrbridge/Edinburgh 

Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante

@StephenThom3

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138 of my comments have received 143 Great Feedback votes

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'Fanning it with her hand'...

Posted on Mon, 28 Jan 2019

'Fanning it with her hand'... great, wee observational touches like this is part of what sets you apart

Pretty part, sweet dialogue

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Posted in Angel 10 (bromance)

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Great piece, quietly

Posted on Sat, 16 Feb 2019

Great piece, quietly affecting and great wee details throughout, flaked almonds on the train, rolling cigarettes, really effective in giving life to all the different characters. Nice optimistic touch at the end. Much enjoyed reading

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Posted in The Riots

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Enjoyed reading, its

Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019

Enjoyed reading, its existence somewhere between waking, dreams, and dashes of memories... a leap from Sheffield Wednesday to Real Madrid too. Touches of murakami, nice work

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Posted in Strange bedfellows

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Agree with insert, very

Posted on Wed, 02 Jan 2019

Agree with insert, very accomplished work, much enjoyed!

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Posted in After The Funeral (Part 2)

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Really engaging, sharp

Posted on Wed, 02 Jan 2019

Really engaging, sharp writing and lots of great characters and developments skilfully introduced

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Posted in After The Funeral (Part 1)

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Great idea well-executed...

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2018

Great idea well-executed... particularly liked the builder's tenor, and the last stanza was really pretty

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Posted in Tessitura

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this is beautiful and perfect

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2018

this is beautiful and perfect and full of love

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Posted in Lines Written On My Mother's 90th Birthday

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Good work Hilary, clipped

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2018

Good work Hilary, clipped along at an engaging pace. I liked some of the touches throughout, 'in his mind he had many demons', and 'she wasn't letting him take control'. The latter was a strong, sudden, chilling sentence. 

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Posted in A Casual Murder

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I don't think I know how to

Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018

I don't think I know how to pronounce it haha. I should have called the website Abctales! Made the whole thing a black mirror type story

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Posted in Aura (17)

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Ah that's the second phlegm

Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018

Ah that's the second phlegm misspelling i've racked up! Which probably means i've used that word once too many. How much phlegm is necessary for one story? That's what i really hope to learn from this.

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