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Frankenplot: Carny
Carny They call her carny. She disagrees. But deep down she knows it to be true. Deception runs in the family. An emerald-coloured heavy tent flap...
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Frankenplot: Ghost Story – Uphill
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy – Hamlet Act 1, Scene 5. Shakespeare. Frankenplot: Ghost...
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The Call of the Night
The Call of the Night Dusk brings the darkness, covetous with its shroud, where once there was light, now stillness in shadows. In the distance – a...
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Letters to the Universe
Letters to the Universe On her first walk to the cliffs at Uphill, Jane thought of something that might change her life. She had left her bungalow at...
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All Quiet on the Eastern Front
An homage to Siegfried Sassoon & the War Poets All Quiet on the Eastern Front Fight for your people, your country and king, Fight to do service,...
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This is our poem of the week.
Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
This is our poem of the week.
Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in White Noise
This is one area that never
Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2026
This is one area that never lent itself to privitisation. Water companies represent a monopoly so do not adhere to free market dynamics. The sector really should be returned to public ownership and run for the benefit of all rather than being...
Read full commentPosted in Save your Water for The Devil
Both parts read and enjoyed.
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
Both parts read and enjoyed.
With the temporary suspension of rule 14b(i) and all that extra work as a result, I think you deserve today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in The Dumplings of Count Tiškevičius
In a tumultuous week in an
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
In a tumultuous week in an extended period of global turbulence that is unsettling for so many of us, sometimes it only takes a few words to capture the essence of what’s going on.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of...
Read full commentPosted in Tanka
Cheers, T. I wouldn't want to
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Cheers, T. I wouldn't want to spoil this for anyone reading all the way through to the end...
....but....just between me and you:
[It was the butler with the candlestick in the billiard room]
[Just don't tell anyone else]
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story Part 6
Something that’s bothered me
Posted on Sun, 14 Dec 2025
Something that’s bothered me for years. Ah...a long running mystery finally solved.
This hilarious piece is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
I have added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let...
Read full commentPosted in Taking a Dalek up the stairs
I know nothing at all about
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
This is today's Facebook, X
Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2026
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations and keep going!
Read full commentPosted in Nobody Floats It This Time of Year - Part One: 2018 (3)
This beguiling and
Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2026
This beguiling and beautifully written prose is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations and keep up the good work, Sean!
Read full commentPosted in Someone New
All caught up with this now.
Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2026
All caught up with this now.
Your eye for detail in character building is spot on.
The whole thing is low-level humour done so well.
I honestly think the BBC would look at something like this as a script for a new sitcom....
Read full commentPosted in Old Walls - Part 6
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