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I have 224 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 618789 times and 301 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1425 of my 4,544 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1438 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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1425 of my comments have received 1438 Great Feedback votes

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I do love Autumn. I like

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2021

I do love Autumn. I like change of pace in this poem. Highly visual with your customary wonderful turn of phrase. A pleasure to read :)

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Posted in Yin And Yang Of Autumn Forest

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A definite sense of dread and

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2021

A definite sense of dread and foreboding built ready for the next instalment [should it be "since I met you" on first line?]

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Posted in Disenchantment 38

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What a sinister, brooding

Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021

What a sinister, brooding story. You had me wanting to know how it ends too :)

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Posted in The White Orchid

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No offence taken, Mark. It's

Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2021

No offence taken, Mark. It's all just good natured tomfoolery, of course. The running joke is the difference between UK and US spelling of words that have the same meaning. We really should find something better to do lol. Really enjoyed your...

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Posted in Pie Chart Man

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Taliban = telly ban. Yep..

Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2021

Taliban = telly ban. Yep...probably!

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Posted in What Does Taliban Mean Dad? (Another Probably Not Very Funny Joke! In The Circumstances!) by Alfred Muggins

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Pie-charts, MI and statistics

Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2021

Pie-charts, MI and statistics in general are the root cause explanations of many things. A fine creative, numerical piece of whimsy you have here. [incidentally, I have an ongoing argument with American friends who are adamant "whisky" should be...

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Posted in Pie Chart Man

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Vivid and evocative...another

Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2021

Vivid and evocative...another one of your wonderful reminiscences :)

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Posted in Trees Called To Me

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Interesting how the life and

Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2021

Interesting how the life and value of an annuitant was seen in relation to being a nun. No forgetting the feelings towards Deborah even now then.

Still following...

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 2

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It was good to hear you read

Posted on Sat, 18 Apr 2020

It was good to hear you read this last week, Sean. In a wonderful, Irish brogue (if there is such a thing)

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Posted in Look Up The Inferno

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Hi Jenny. Personally, I like

Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2021

Hi Jenny. Personally, I like ambiguity in poetry. Often the best poems are the ones where more is left unsaid and open to the reader's interpretation. There are some wonderful lines in this. Paul :)

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Posted in Curious Ambiance

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