VeraClark
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Tell
I promise to write him letters. I promise to write letters that use distinctive quotes from literature. I promise to use footnotes to firmly embed...
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Circus Soleil and The Empress Card
She meets the balloon sculptor at the lido where the water is black and salted. When the tide comes in, the swells slop and jive her towards his...
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Ghosted: A Meteorology
Clouds live on average for about ten minutes. His cooking pot is pigeon grey and sturdy with non-scald handles. It still has a glass jar of rusty...
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Sisters of Snow
In cold spells they collapse to the ground only to resurrect themselves once the temperature rises. During conflict they were used to de-ice tanks...
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Apricity, the mole catcher and the promise of returning light
We have a storm porch, now. It feels luxurious, a strange Maritime phenomenon in a suburban setting. A glass vault that holds us in it, a space so...
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A gorgeous study of nature.
Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2016
A glorious study of nature.
Read full commentPosted in Where the Bee Sucks
Love this, Tina. Bottled
Posted on Thu, 26 Dec 2013
Love this, Tina. Bottled 'laughter' is my childhood obsession. Used to fill bottles with laughter from age 7, still have them, don't dare take the lids off. You've applied a dear metaphor to a much loved person. Except it isn't a metaphor, it's...
Read full commentPosted in Mistletoe and Mothballs
John, the concept is good and
Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2014
John, the concept is good and your ideas strong but I reckon it needs more action.Children need pulling in quick and your age target means that the children are old enough for vibrant dialogue and humour plus they are able to be introduced to...
Read full commentPosted in The Luffins
Hello Jamescasaki, welcome to
Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Hello Jamescasaki, welcome to ABC Tales. Shout if you're not sure of anything, it's a helpful place. I liked the solidarity of Charley and the weight of friendship in this tale, it ends on a high note. It feels a little rushed in places and you...
Read full commentPosted in A New School Year
This is full of mystery! Will
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2014
This is full of mystery! Will there be a follow up to explain what happened that fateful night? Hope so.
Read full commentPosted in Chapter Four: The Stolen Letters of Regret
I did, too. fixourmachine,
Posted on Sat, 10 May 2014
I did, too. fixourmachine, love the delicacy in your details. The shyness is well expressed - the dialogue works. One thing, I felt, was that the ending seems to tail off abruptly, seems a little rushed and would be a shame after such a strong...
Read full commentPosted in In The Springtime
This has got clean down to my
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014
This has got clean down to my core and it hurt. Her vulnerability is so starkly conveyed. Your discomforting spill on social care standards is really sharp, then you strip right down to humanity to expose that in-built recoil in all of us, that...
Read full commentPosted in Notes on the State of Adult Social Care - 1. The Standard High Backed Chair; Adjustable - Without Wings
This is packed with such
Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2013
This is packed with such depths that I've been back for several helpings. Reminded me in many ways of a pantoum. Dipping into past memories and places, all those painful emotions, in that dreamy style. It charms you along with heart jerks along...
Read full commentPosted in Paralysis and release
It will be for Instagram or a
Posted on Wed, 06 May 2026
It will be for Instagram or a Facebook post - nothing to do with your age. People are becoming kinder to virtue signal online. Laughing.
Read full commentPosted in Out in the Styx
Great characterisation, Jane.
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026
- Great characterisation, Jane. AI is becoming a therapist as well. We are doomed.
Read full commentPosted in Black Mushroom Soup
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