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Monroe (4)
Terry Walters was ambitious. A Detective Constable at thirty-four with his sights set firmly on being a DCI by the time he was forty. That was now...
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Monroe (3)
Mark Latham arrived at St Leonards primary school at 10.55. He walked up to a small reception area and waited for a petite middle-aged woman to stop...
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Monroe ( 2)
The Metropolitan Police were going through change. Lots of local stations were closing, being sold off and converted into flats others were being...
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Monroe ( Part 1)
Not sure if this has legs or not... Frank was awake. He’d been laying there in the darkness for over half an hour. The Smiths from the flat next door...
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Life In Ties
I stare at the back of the wardrobe door and admire my DIY skills. Two cup hooks, twenty inches apart and joined together with taut string. Hanging...
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Ahh, my favourite year 1976.
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2015
Ahh, my favourite year 1976. It must have been a year for middle aged men to have "that" moment. My Dad who was 43 with grey hair suddenly decided to have his hair "tinted". I came home from work to find a brown haired man at the kitchen table....
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A big warm welcome to the
Posted on Wed, 03 Jun 2015
A big warm welcome to the site snichols. Great start. I liked the way you have put a capital H every time you use the word Her. Makes us say the word different, which I suppose is the point of the whole poem. Very sad subject but brilliantly...
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You've written this so well
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2015
You've written this so well that I feel I've known Kati for years. Relaxed, easy writing style that draws you in and you become absorbed by it. Really, really, enjoyed this. More please!
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Posted on Sun, 24 May 2015
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the day! Get a great reading recommendation every day.
Read full commentPosted in They Called Him a Tramp. I Called Him Joe
He's back! My favourite
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015
He's back! My favourite Detective ( kinda). Fabulous dialogue Rich. I can actually see them now. They live in my brain...
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Life, told so superbly with
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2015
Life, told so superbly with berries and wasps! I've read it a few times now and each time see something new in it! That's my criteria for a great poem. Great stuff...
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Really good Hayley. There is
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2015
Really good Hayley. There is a sense of "tension" running all through this. The reader feels "uncomfortable" for Clare. She's trying to fit in and become one of the gang but takes no real pleasure in it. We've all been there, both male and...
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A big warm welcome to the
Posted on Mon, 26 Jan 2015
A big warm welcome to the site Riss Ryker. Enjoyed this very much. Some great lines, in fact too many to mention. Also loved the last three lines in which you sum up the whole thing. Great start.
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A big warm welcome to the
Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2015
A big warm welcome to the site JD. Liked this story a lot. I thought the worst, then thought it would all be okay, then BANG, the worst again. I like that kinda story...Look forward to reading more of your work.
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Nice rhythm to this and i
Posted on Fri, 16 Jan 2015
Nice rhythm to this and i loved the line " added weight to out love waistlines."
Really good.
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