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Terence Mullan
Down the years I have lived in many places and I have done many jobs. Now I live in Bulgaria and the only work I do is tending to my lovely garden when the sun is shining and scribbling away in my big book of writing stuff when it is not.
I may have left it too late in life to become a famous writer or celebrated gardener but I will persevere anyway. These are the things that occupy me in a seemingly effortless and satisfying way.
My stories
When It Gets Late Earlier
As my hemisphere gets darker The men who wind up the world Decide to make it darker still Just days before my birthday When I always wish for more...
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Following Magda
It seemed like night although it was only about three o’clock in the afternoon as I approached the little old twin towns of Bernkastel-Kues which...
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Baby Love
Two new eyes Startled; staring out at An old world. Not knowing it's old. Two new lungs Taking their first gasps of air Breathed a million times...
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The Liberation of Stefan and Penka
We met in black and white. Four eyes peircing dirt and spiders‘ webs To escape their world behind the wood pile In the darkest corner of an ancient...
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We Are Seacroft!
With my folks, I lived on top Of the North East Gas Board showrooms shop In a row of flats called Parkway Mews From which we had outstanding views Of...
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I'm glad to have got this far
Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023
I'm glad to have got this far. I can't be bothered with the niggling resentment anymore.
So I'll give anybody a crack at being a friend... no matter what's gone before... if they'll have me.
Read full commentPosted in No Fond Farewell
Your excellent words
Posted on Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Your excellent words beautifully recreate a thrilling atmosphere and really bring to life the mystery and excitement of a Middle Eastern scene.
But the cherry on the basbousa is in the words the drinking hasn’t stopped since 1926....
Read full commentPosted in Girl in a green dress.
It's a wonderful thing to
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
It's a wonderful thing to have a favourite tree. But you need to be secretive about it in case the others find out.
These are nice, descriptive words Jenny. An enjoyable read.
Read full commentPosted in Beneath My Favourite Tree
I'm an older reader and I get
Posted on Sat, 30 Sep 2023
I'm an older reader and I get you. I understand the difficulty of trying to let go of the idea there is something to get. I get this every day.
Your writing makes very interesting reading. I really enjoyed it.
Good on you.
Read full commentPosted in The Band
Oooh, big gulp.
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
Oooh, big gulp.
That means a lot to me.
Thank you very very much.
Read full commentPosted in You Never Said
From my own experience Di, I
Posted on Fri, 29 Sep 2023
From my own experience Di, I would say you had every reason to worry. I've had cycling accidents on several occasions, one of which resulted in broken ribs, but the steep downhill on a badly designed but cool looking bike looking bike was...
Read full commentPosted in The Fall of the Mountain King
I went with my kids a fair
Posted on Thu, 28 Sep 2023
I went with my kids a fair few times to that Pembroke / Cardigan sort of region. It was easy to get there when we lived in Wiltshire. It was fabulous and those trips always spawned great memories.
My partner's originally from Brittany. She...
Read full commentPosted in Pembrokeshire — two seasons
No pain, no gain... as they
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
No pain, no gain... as they say. You may not have gained the piercing that you had hoped for but you did gain a great story to tell about yourself in your younger days. Short tales like this can reveal so much about a person's character. I always...
Read full commentPosted in Misguided In The Early 90s
Your great use of
Posted on Sat, 02 Sep 2023
Your great use of onomatopoeiae makes the description of dramatic weather all the more dramatic.
And you sneaked in before me with my idea for writing, though I didn't really know where to start. It seems like here my onomatopoeiae have...
Read full commentPosted in The sounds of rain
Knowing that, Coral, cements
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
Knowing that, Coral, cements it in my heart and my head forever. Tx
Read full commentPosted in You Never Said
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