Justin Tuijl

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I have 69 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 39029 times and 41 of my stories have been cherry picked.
4 of my 19 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 4 votes

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I write articles, novels, non-fiction, poems, short stories.

My stories

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Straight Outta Woolwich

This was a re-visit to my non-fiction of Caffeinated in Woolwich you and I walk out to the Thames bank the coffee shop had pumped us with caffeine...

Borrowed lines

This was a poem specifically written for a book we had to make for my BA in writing. Was written in 2017 and was very much a snapshot of my life then. I suppose the style is confessional. The book was rather pointless but the writting for the degree was ok.

Where has the wildlife gone?

When I was young there was a lot of wildlife. In the early 70’s around my house there was just endless birds. This was in the middle of a town. Even...
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My favourite authors

Orwell Back in 1984, it was all 1984, the book. Being how I am, I refused to be caught up in it and thought I was all cool reading Brave New World...
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No AI please

Right from the start I detested AI. It was a no-brainer, I didn’t want it, never wanted to use it. It pops up on apps like Facebook messenger and...
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4 of my comments have received 4 Great Feedback votes

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i looked at the "borrowed

Posted on Sat, 25 Jan 2025

i looked at the "borrowed lines" issue and in-fact, they are all indirect quotes.

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It's a borrowed line, lots in

Posted on Sat, 25 Jan 2025

It's a borrowed line, lots in the poem is, borrowed from Douglas Adams: Belgium is a swear word in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
I once lived in Belgium too. Several Belgian friends.

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The house in this poem was

Posted on Sat, 23 Dec 2023

The house in this poem was knocked down, I passed it often and saw the roof collapse more each day. Finally they simply knocked it flat with a bulldozer. Behind where I live here, in the disamce there is the remains of a house, roofless.

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Ok, Pixabay isn't reliable,

Posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2023

Ok, Pixabay isn't reliable, where I get all the images, ooops

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