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Fixated on Fiction

Fixated on fiction, my favoured writing choice, eclectically selecting when searching for my voice. Stealing ideas, phrases and expressions, Shifting...

Poet's Progress

Open Mic, The Chipped Teacup , back in Eighty-Five, Alcohol it inspired me , and my poetry came alive. I plagiarised lyrics from songwriters like Tom...
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On the Wrong Side

‘On the wrong side of the tracks ‘ was what came to his mind when Martin looked upwards at the huge granite building looming darkly. The melting snow...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 7.

Chapter Seven. A Crowded Bar. By the time Amanderella returned to the Stoat & Compass, the wind had picked up, the clouds had thickened, and the...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 6.

Chapter 6 Follow that cart. On the road outside, Sophrayni caught up with the cart carrying the sleep potions. She didn’t follow straight away. She...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 5.

Chapter 5. Slipsy Early the next morning, Sophrayni made her way to the next town Maggie had mentioned. Once again, she arrived at a coaching inn...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 6.

Chapter Six. Woldscar Hall. The path to Woldscar Hall ran along the edge of the reservoir, a long stretch of dark water that made Amanderella shiver...
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Strange!

There was an old lady of Wales, who had a peculiar habit: when the time came for trimming her nails she reached for her straw hat to grab it. That...
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Autumn Haikus

Ideas not forming pruning poems like roses now, A new book next year? Autumn is here, then. A heatwave is the forecast! Geese fly overhead.

Ekphrastic

My self portrait from a few years back came in for a lot of stick and flak. Someone told me that I looked dead, and made nasty comments 'bout the...
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