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8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 366083 times
and 167 of my stories have been cherry picked.
131 of my 1,380 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 133 votes
Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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My stories
Timber fences; empty freedom.
You were five when the world shifted when you told me you wished we were never made. There was a time, before those words, when the world was broad...
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Wear and tear (IP)
Image:
I’d driven for miles before I’d realised where. The camber of the road should have dumped me home, as always. It's just this normal stuff, like...
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The ends of my world
I can’t feel the presence of a god here so keenly now that I can touch the ends of my world , run a finger across a drumlin of hallowed herringbone...
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Stripling
I’ve never met you. But I want you to love me. You were me before I had formed my open church door of mouth my stripling heartstring. I had forgotten...
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- 499 reads
vicarious trauma
i used to be able to repair myself sprout phantom limbs better versions now, i flick rocks at the faultlines and the whole thing caves it starts in...
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Absolutely gorgeous. Like
Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2018
Absolutely gorgeous. Like floating.
Read full commentPosted in a break from hoovering
A powerful image, well
Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2018
A powerful image, well described. Have you ever read D.H Lawrence's 'The Rainbow'? There's a gorgeous paragraph about - 'He was the doorway to her, she was the doorway to him'.
Read full commentPosted in Release
You're skillfully developing
Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2018
You're skillfully developing a sense of character in John without giving away his past. It may sound a little simplistic but it put me in mind of the way Ludlum does it with his Jason Bourne character in the original text before he became a pulp...
Read full commentPosted in Autonomy Pt 3
This is beautifully described
Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2018
This is beautifully described. Such a musical sound.
Read full commentPosted in Brightness without burning
Fascinating insight into this
Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2018
Fascinating insight into this barren world.
Read full commentPosted in AFTER
What’s about ‘begs’? ‘He
Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2018
What’s about ‘begs’? ‘He slipped her fruity begs over her crime-ridden hips’. Pretty hot.
Read full commentPosted in Pants
Excellent, excellent writing.
Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2018
Excellent, excellent writing.
Read full commentPosted in Splatters
This is very well described.
Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2018
This is very well described. the loss of that poor lawnmower just caged and ready! I wanted more description of the sounds you've carved so well. And the smells that rain brings - but that's a personal preference.
Read full commentPosted in Splatters
Superb ending. Erotic without
Posted on Mon, 18 Jun 2018
Superb ending. Erotic without being filthy. Delicate without being flimsy and funny without being crude. Well judged and enjoyable.
Read full commentPosted in The Love Addict
Enjoyed the rhythm of this
Posted on Mon, 18 Jun 2018
Enjoyed the rhythm of this one. It’s sharp and edgy. Can hear the snap of that voice.
Read full commentPosted in What I Learned
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