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I have 179 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 509975 times
and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1796 of my 5,597 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1846 votes
My stories
to a pear
on the top shelf of our Co Op's reduced to clear section alone an economy bag of pears knobbly green and slightly bruised as a Martian footballer's...
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part 15
It was like a monster Mary couldn't see, wanting to rip her to bits like tissue paper, and squash her all at the same time. It screamed in her ears...
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tree time
cold admonishment as rain, taps a clean patina of advice - with foreign fluency, saps defiant thought, both truth and lies this, here, is all -...
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high seas
leaf shoals race on grey twig currents as west winds lace rushing rip tides through fast colours, with quick air rinse out sluggish thoughts so free...
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RJC
His face is the waves of shipwreck slants and slashes, all going down while hand light-holds a brush to make blank paper open up like dawn to...
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Phew, I thought now Ewan was
Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022
Phew, I thought now Ewan was being eaten up by the mysterious monster. It is like a detective story in its own right. Write
Read full commentPosted in Sticky Wullie
I don't want you to change a
Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022
I don't want you to change a speckle of Ugly Puggly,he is perfect, an absolutely brilliant creation.I wish so much he existed. Even though he isn't real, I feel a bit better about all the things worrying me all the time, just imagining he is on...
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I have a TERRIBLE memory,
Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022
I have a TERRIBLE memory, but very good writing, sticks :0)
Read full commentPosted in Don't Look at the Sheikh
Those poor mothers, they will
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
Those poor mothers, they will be feeling so guilty! I did not understand from the article if the children were still to be put in care? It sounded like the police were unsure what to do, to stay on the right side of the law. What a horrific thing...
Read full commentPosted in Het Bonhe
It begins with the quiet
Posted on Mon, 07 Feb 2022
It begins with the quiet
of an owl's wing, mist muffled,
of river breath hushed
this is so magical. Perfect. I like the timeless feel of the rhyme of bone and known, and the cast of birds waiting in...
Read full commentPosted in The Quiet of An Owl’s Wing, February
I don't understand why it is
Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022
I don't understand why it is ok to eat meat. But as Lena raises there is something worse in a way, how life is stripped of any dignity in polystyrene trays and clingfilm, exchanges the wires of a cage for the lines in a barcode and never knows...
Read full commentPosted in (This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow
I felt colder reading this!
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
I felt colder reading this! Very glad to be inside :0)
I liked "scrawny" with "stark",
and "shake" at the end of the line with the added buffets of repeated "a" sounds in "gale" and "lashing".
And then you end with an echo...
Read full commentPosted in Turn of the year ’scape
This is wonderful :
Posted on Fri, 10 Dec 2021
This is wonderful :
Sultry and still the sweet night air.
Latin music. Crickets chirping.
Like a favela in Rio or anywhere
But for the sound of Geordies burping.
and :
And the cards are...
Read full commentPosted in Hotel Mediterraneo
I cannot imagine how
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
I cannot imagine how indigenous people from forests must feel, the woods are so important to me, but it cannot possibly be the same as for them. This is the appeasement stage, where those in the know are aware there's something terrible out there...
Read full commentPosted in Drilling Out Blame
Have just read this aloud as
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
Have just read this aloud as was irrisistable :0)
I can imagine children loving it, particularly
"Anaconda large and long
with a squeeze that’s very strong"
It is such fun to say all through!
Read full commentPosted in Big River, Big Life
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