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I have 218 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 521634 times and 294 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1377 of my 4,427 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1390 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton who loves to write but gets distracted with other things. I enjoy horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought.

My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft. Everyone should read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four .

I have work published by AlienBuddha Press, Loft Books, BlackBough Poems, DarkWinter Literary Magazine and Paragraph Planet.

You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685

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1377 of my comments have received 1390 Great Feedback votes

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What a sad poem but wrapped

Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

What a sad poem but wrapped around the relentless efficiency and beauty of nature. Congrats on the POTD, bhi. Paul :)

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Posted in Owl Down

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It all seems so long ago now.

Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

It all seems so long ago now. I guess lockdown reminiscences remind us of tougher times hopefully not to be repeated. Well written piece.

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Posted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 2 : Lockdown In The City

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Ah supply chain problems. It

Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

Ah supply chain problems. It's probably an economy in transition. Things will sort themselves out. Sometime soon. Soonish. Someone will be along to explain...[I like your ironic pieces]

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Posted in The Department of Explaining

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Beautifully bleak and buried

Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

Beautifully bleak and buried at thresholds.

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Posted in What is Buried at Thresholds

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That was a protracted legal

Posted on Wed, 20 Oct 2021

That was a protracted legal battle. Interesting to see the politics of religion wrapped in the whole affair.

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 9

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Town centres currently under

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

Town centres currently under transition with the ravages of online shopping changing the landscape. Will look very different in the near future.

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Posted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town

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A beautiful, autumnal reverie

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

A beautiful, autumnal reverie tinged with sadness at the life cycle of leaves. Just a lovely read. Paul :)

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Posted in Grounding Of Autumn

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That's what we need - an

Posted on Wed, 13 Oct 2021

That's what we need - an episode full of cats and so many famous names from the Victorian era - Gladstone, Disraeli and, of course, Queen Victoria herself. Keep 'em coming, Jean.

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 8

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I like the way you have woven

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

I like the way you have woven the beauty of nature with the implied supernatural. Some great lines, of course. "... formidable land survive". A super poem.

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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There's that trademark

Posted on Sun, 10 Oct 2021

There's that trademark affinity with the stark face of nature. Beautifully crafted, thoughtful piece about existence, our denouement and how it all sits with life, death and renewal.

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Posted in My Body Belongs to the Earth

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