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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 509980 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

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February Rainbow

snow cloud's blue, bomb ominous, blooms through beech trees' fragile dark raised bars that seek to cage west's brutal storms rampaging from unbroken...
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BBBB

In rows, shining stems and identical, (almost) spikey tips, grey. Where could each take me? Their names gave nothing away : HB, 2B, etc pointless as...
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Z is for Zing

home's in coming, going and holding time between in mud's dark-under, Spring rememberings begin image is by Boris Drenec off Flickr https://www...

Y is for Yule log and Yew

wood many suns' knowing, felled, burns through year's fear wall bird sown life outgrowing religions' rise and fall ~ this photo is byJonny Andrews...
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X is for xxx

kisses at message end when words run out of sense writing from sky to land in lines of bird footprints
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1796 of my comments have received 1846 Great Feedback votes

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love all your word sounds -

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2024

love all your word sounds - that last part specially, and the rhythm you create it is like billowing flames suddenly darting out as the wind changes. The poem gets more energy as it progresses, evoking the fear of uncontrolled fire, and then the...

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Posted in Firewall – Dental Portcullis!

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This is beautiful. "I let it

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2024

This is beautiful. "I let it hold me in its stirrings" is perfect for that need to look deep into flames, not look away, as if in respect for what is happening to the trees, their long lives.

" everything

that was long and lost....

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Posted in Watching the Fire

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I am so sorry to hear that! I

Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2024

I am so sorry to hear that! I hope it has been recognised to be through no fault of your own

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Posted in On the Shelf Again, so to speak! By Alfred N.Muggins

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That IS an interesting twist!

Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2024

That IS an interesting twist! Poor Martha! Just when it seemed super complicated already!
Loved "fur" elise doorbell :0)

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 22

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To start with, it seemed the

Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2024

To start with, it seemed the dream country, somewhere anyone could earn a living by writing. But if all the writing is rubbish there, (because no one has to try, maybe?) why would anyone want to read? Even a good writer's mind might become...

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Posted in The Politician's Daughter

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!! What a

Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2024

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!! What a plot twist! Didn't see that one coming :0) Masterful storytelling!

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Posted in Strange Brew (Dead Reckoning series - Part 33)

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Fabulous rhymes Luigi! Very

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024

Fabulous rhymes Luigi! Very enjoyable altogether :0) Gave me a strange impression of camels loaded up with cock-tail cabinets trekking across the desert

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Posted in Djinn and Tonic

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You make a really good point,

Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024

You make a really good point, without letting your emotions overcome you, which is more than I have been able to do, the times I have tried the last few months!

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Posted in If Netanyahu and the Israelis should invade Britain? (Don’t panic! It’s only History repeating itself!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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"In the middle of the box was

Posted on Wed, 30 Oct 2024

"In the middle of the box was a circular glass lens, a black pupil surrounded by a luminous red iris." made me think of Sauron, not Hal :0) Glad the narrator made it out! And that Fritz was not Sauron, that he gave all his former students choice...

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Posted in Who Wants to Live Forever?

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I am looking forward to the

Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2024

I am looking forward to the crescendo! It will be sad if there are to be no more outings for Perfidia, she is a BRILLIANT character - don't suppose she could set up a detective agency of her own, with Chaos? Would love to see her outwitting some...

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 21

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