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I have 132 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 441597 times
and 192 of my stories have been cherry picked.
995 of my 4,451 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1081 votes
Assorted writers' groups, the odd anthology, occasional readings. Lots of looking out of the window. Hello, and thanks for dropping by.
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Readings of Episodes One and Two of the Pad Life Journals are now available on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-968566758 More to follow!
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The Net Caster (Part Seventeen)
'What?' I said. 'You set me up for murder so you can offer me a job?'
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Castle Pillock 10
Hubs, and Pods and Sieves.
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The Net Caster (Part Sixteen)
'I've never been asked to look for something like that,' I said. 'No Net Caster has ever been asked to look for something like that.'
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The Net Caster (Part Fifteen)
There was nothing soft about the woman sitting at the table. And how did she know my mother?
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The Net Caster (Part Fourteen)
Perhaps I could just stay here in the four poster bed, lulled by lavender and flowers and the odd bottle of Aphrodite whisky.
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So much enjoying these,
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
So much enjoying these, Turlough. You've made me really want to visit the country again (especially Isfahan) but maybe not at the moment...
Read full commentPosted in The Gaddafi Effect
Poem of the Week
Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2024
Brilliant in its evocation of time and place, and in its urgency, this is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Act! A Poem for Basildon
There's that quote about
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
There's that quote about someone's friends being the best measure of their worth and it sounds as though Mac was proof of that. The memories will survive the sadness.
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Mine is "You know, Mary What
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
Mine is "You know, Mary What's-her-face, married Bill What's-his-name's brother..." "Ah yes," says my similarly memory challenged interlocuter, with a knowing smile. Although 'London Bridge' has more style!
I do hope most of the people I...
Read full commentPosted in Forgetting something? Just say London Bridge.
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Some very much wanted magic in gloomy January! This enchanting opening to a very promising tale is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
A much needed bit of optimism for the New Year, and it's our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too.
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Wishing you good things and
Posted on Tue, 02 Jan 2024
Wishing you good things and happiness in 2024 and beyond. Lovely to hear you say you are resolved to be your whole self - I do so hope it all works out.
Read full commentPosted in New year's rant
This story is so great, and
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
This story is so great, and after this I shall never approach changing my printer cartridges in quite the same frame of mind. Such a funny and unsettling tale. Lovely writing.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 11
Enjoyed this very much.
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
Enjoyed this very much. Although I am rather with insert on the microwave question. Ditto the actual oven.
Read full commentPosted in New Year's Resolution
Enthralling in the purest
Posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2023
Enthralling in the purest sense - I was absolutely in its thrall from the first line. I love the idea of being a woman of the mist, and there is indeed a fear of grey-haired women. I didn't know about the Long Compton witches, so the poem sent me...
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