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I have 105 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 40729 times and 96 of my stories have been cherry picked.
17 of my 161 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 16 votes

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Christopher Caldwell

I consider myself a family-oriented person even though I have chosen to live away from them including my two sons. I struggle with this self-imposed choice. I try to understand and express the often unseen threads that connect people, places, and moments in time. Brought up in the South East of England, to parents who are both half-Scottish, father half-Australian (whatever that means) and mother half-Burmese, I have lived in London, Barcelona and various places in France where I have now settled - in a small village on the banks of the Loire.

My stories

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Meat Crimes - Scene 2

SCENE 2: INT. POLICE STATION - DAY Shank and Brisket slump into their worn-out chairs at their cluttered desks. Brisket starts flipping through a...
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Meat Crimes - Scene 1

SCENE 1 INT. LOCAL CAFE - MORNING The cafe is dimly lit, with a flickering neon sign that reads "Cafe Grizzle." Mismatched tables and chairs fill the...
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Bonfire - IP

My mother and stepfather had built a life in a place called Gata, a quiet little village tucked into the mountains of Extremadura. The town was like...
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60s Tea and Oranges

Dear Leonard, Let’s set the record straight—you’ve painted me as some mystical gypsy, weaving together odd brews and riddles, but let’s be honest. I...
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Poem of the week

The Speed Of Dark // Eclipse

No clock can measure, no hand can stay, The speed of darkness eats the day. Like Magritte’s sky of feathered night, It swallows sun, eclipses light...
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17 of my comments have received 16 Great Feedback votes

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Your poem reminds me of

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Your poem reminds me of something.

There was a German advert featuring a Mr W for a wind energy company called Epuron. I don't know if you've seen it. It's easy to track down on YouTube.

He is large, awkward and looks like a mime...

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Good old Mrs Cooper.

Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024

Good old Mrs Cooper. Entertaining kids without even trying.

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Very atmospheric. I can feel

Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Very atmospheric. I can feel it all. It's all very familiar, except my dad didn't rule the house with an iron fist.

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Excellent. I had such

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024

Excellent. I had such compassion. I was cheering with the others even before you/she got to the finish line. Very real and so well told.

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Posted in How much is still left

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Fabulous

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024

I enjoyed this profoundly. Not only the fact that like most, I can relate totally, but your lucid dream is so very close to the kind of dreams I experience. I am also indebted to you for reminding me of Lord Acton's quote. For a while now I have...

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Posted in Leviathan

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