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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 546234 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1857 of my 5,705 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1909 votes

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Cherry

part 11

A voice, deep and rumbly, but cosy, too, "HERE'S YOUR WAND, REGN!" , not loud, but it left no room for any other sound in Mary's head. She couldn't...
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Cherry

wheels to rotors

in the chrysalis of shock we change - made to fight for self respect or flight on wings of fear high above what once we held dear. All the DNA that...
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Cherry

indigo

In-dig O, Earth, our slow whirled world here, find waiting flowers of Love everlasting safe-kept all year for two weeks in May, every year whatever...
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butterfly moment

truants of moonlight soft as forgetting wings, pale, delicate flicker in arcs then fold, as hair-fine feet cling, taste star white wild garlic...
Cherry

two men

Once upon a time there were two boys, born on different sides of the world. Both were poor, and both were clever and both were very lucky. One boy...
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1857 of my comments have received 1909 Great Feedback votes

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Gaza is not the same as what

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Gaza is not the same as what happened to the Jews. But it does look, to me from far away and ignorance, more like what happened to the (non Jewish) Poles.
The biggest lesson we should take from history is not what happened to one group of...

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Yes. Hard to hear so many

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Yes. Hard to hear so many speakers proclaim "We must never let this happen again" as this seems to relate to one lot of people only, while others can with equanimity be walled in, starved, bombed and forced into disease and homelessness

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This is wonderful, like Jane

Posted on Sun, 26 Jan 2025

This is wonderful, like Jane Austen, getting ready to untangle all the strings :0)

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 24

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You are doing a brilliant job

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

You are doing a brilliant job with Perfidia's character. This dinner party is really well set up for maximum tension :0) And, as always, you take great care with descriptions of food. Going back into this world you have created is always so...

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 23

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a site about cetaceans says "

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

yes! a site about cetaceans says " the part of their brain which processes emotions (limbic system) appears to be more complex than our own "

one of the horrifically incomprehensible things about humans, for me, is how we value emotions...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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I like how I don't know if

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

I like how I don't know if this is about an author, like Tolkien, and a character they created, or about a reader who seeks a character they have read and re-read through a lifetime. There's a magical feeling in this poem

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Posted in Portal

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Glad Jeannie is involved

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Glad Jeannie is involved again. This story is becoming driven by female characters!

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Posted in Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Dead Reckoning series - Part 45)

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Oh, poor Vanessa! She will

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Oh, poor Vanessa! She will want to drive round to check under all the bridges where she thinks homeless people might be, won't she? Will she rescue Spencer, or will he rescue her? And the wanting to communicate with whales and dolphins! Is that...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god,

Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025

Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god, he’s jumped,’ said Pat, holding her hands together in a prayer position and lifting them up to the tip of her hooked nose. ‘He’ll just be a pile of wires and gubbins on the patio. Stop looking, Vanessa, fetch me a...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 48

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Very well deserved Pick of

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Very well deserved Pick of the Week.

I really like this description : "The lipstick was a deep Doraldina crimson. He popped open the clutch and found face powder. Both were common brands. Nothing special. California, the department-store...

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Posted in The Patrolman - 4 (2/2)

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