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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 732478 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2109 of my 6,197 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2174 votes

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You are clever at making the

Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2021

You are clever at making the reader feel your story is true! not the ones about the  pm obv. :0)

should it be storey? "Story after wooden story took the construction to new heights. "

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Posted in Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)

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"the coach now sways to

Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2021

"the coach now sways to

"the sweep of an October wind"  so  sinuous !

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Posted in Riding The Rails

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"She smiles (thinly) spins

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

"She smiles (thinly) spins and twirls," seems sad? Is it because she is trapped doing the same dance over and over, like a doorkeeper into magic, so though she seems fragile is powerful. But longs to have wings be in the place she guards? 

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Posted in Ballerina Toy Box

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If so much in a conciousness

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

If so much in a conciousness is inherent instinct, there must be connection with those sharing that instinct in the present, I like how you say "a surge of the energy of one" and maybe too with those who passed the instinct down. In such brief...

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Posted in In The Beginning (for Monarch butterflies)

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This is gorgeous Jenny, I'm

Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2021

This is gorgeous Jenny, I'm also not sure I understand properly what it's about but find it very comforting and I am sure that it holds great truth

I liked particularly the pieces Rhiannon highlighted, also 

 "everything that came...

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Posted in Curious Ambiance

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How you have broken up

Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2021

How you have broken up sentences makes words seem frightening, like falling through ice and the bits are all sharp, where once skated effortlessly. Even the rhythm jars in your poem, adds to the fear. I am so sorry about your father, it is aweful...

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Posted in Aphasia

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Ah, did wonder about that,

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

Ah, did wonder about that, they are a great advert for a Creator though, aren't they? Would be easy to think of how amazing a Creator must be, when thinking of those colours :0) The thing is, idols are man made, second hand gods, and birds aren't...

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Posted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal

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I love the long, flowing

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

I love the long, flowing sounds of " canal’s slow-undulating" and "miniature, muscular" which contrast brilliantly with "hot-clay banks"

and "Golden eyed, barred mouth, striated scaled," the list uncoils like a snake's shape in water, and...

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Posted in Swimming Snake

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they are so BEAUTIFUL! I had

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

they are so BEAUTIFUL! I had never heard of them, those COLOURS! It seems specisist to me, that it might be a sin to kill one kind of bird but fine to eat another, however there must be something so wrong with a person to want to destroy such...

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Posted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal

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satisfying happy ending :0)

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

satisfying happy ending :0) It would be lovely to have second chances

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Posted in Wind Chimes on the Boardwalk

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