VeraClark

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I have 15 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 15216 times and 25 of my stories have been cherry picked.
323 of my 3,266 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 328 votes

323 of my comments have received 328 Great Feedback votes

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I've just finished Vanessa

Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2014

I've just finished Vanessa Gebbie's 'Storm Warning' and a short story featuring soup parallels with this. Eclectic images in fish lens detail make very vivid poetry, particularly colour.This is a fine example of ambiguity making your reader...

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Posted in 'Poppies in the Snow'

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Is this for Movember? Your

Posted on Sun, 02 Nov 2014

Is this for Movember? Your work never fails to make me laugh. Amusing but there's always an undercurrent to unpack.

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Posted in Facial

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Wise words and wish more

Posted on Sat, 01 Nov 2014

Wise words and wish more people had those morals.

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Posted in The Wrong Side of the Track

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It's startling in beauty. The

Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2014

It's startling in beauty. The mythical aspects that you draw out from her ageing face, then that egg is such a crushing symbol and you've conveyed loss as a new concept in an ordinary world.

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Posted in She had not aged well

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The crucifix motif is

Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2014

The crucifix motif is exceptionally powerful as a symbol of lost belief in death. Add to that the warmth of his skin, the location of his home, the shatter of war and you've got agony in palmed hands. An exceptionally strong piece of work on the...

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Posted in The Power and the Glory

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Like the two character's

Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014

Like the two character's internal monologues, Lindy - they contrast off each other with humour and you've got the back story in through their stream. You could definitely risk being more offensive and I felt I needed to know who Jake was. I hope...

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Posted in The Past Revisited

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The ghosts convey the

Posted on Mon, 20 Oct 2014

The ghosts convey the unchangeable layering of circumstance delicately and that unshakeable longing to alter, to tweak the scenes that play on repeat in our minds. A multi-faceted lens on the past that feels floaty and semi-permenant in places,...

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Posted in All the Ghosts of Us

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