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I have 218 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 521626 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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Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul

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Posted in Autumn Leaves

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Tension built nicely and

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Tension built nicely and strong dialogue, of course. Cliffhanger finish!

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Posted in Disenchantment 40

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I think every school had a

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

I think every school had a Jimmy Blue. My school had quite a few of them. Spookily, I wanted to be a journo when I was at school. I failed miserably to get anywhere near the straight As needed to get onto a relevant degree course. Oh well...as I...

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Posted in Move Away, Jimmy Blue

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Carefully crafted and a

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

Carefully crafted and a lovely rhythm. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul :)

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Posted in The Wind in the Willows

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A fascinating family history.

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

A fascinating family history. [Few typos: "...example of anti-Catholism.." "... his wife was brought.." "he was one of the best men..."]

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 5

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There's definitely a fairy

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

There's definitely a fairy tale feel to this with a clear, underlying environmental warning. Nicely done. Paul :)

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Posted in Out in the Fields

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Some beautiful imagery in

Posted on Tue, 21 Sep 2021

Some beautiful imagery in here and a haunting story. As always, some wonderful lines. This also made a great short story in prose form. So many aspects and a touching, intriguing series of events. You could actually add to the story, quite easily...

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Posted in Beneath An Autumn Moon The Poem

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What a wonderful story.

Posted on Tue, 21 Sep 2021

What a wonderful story. Really enjoyed this. I read the poem first and wished I had done it the other way round!Paul

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Posted in Beneath An Autumn Moon - The Story

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Ooh what a finale! Well

Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021

Ooh what a finale! Well played, Luigi.

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Posted in Travels with my Aunt

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Passionate stuff from Alfred

Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021

Passionate stuff from Alfred Muggins. I am not sure that a replacement "policeman" can be found now. It's debatable whether one was ever needed but that's a whole, separate debate. In the meantime, we have the sanctity of biscuits.

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Posted in There's A New Biscuit In Town! (Called The Taliban Biscuit!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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