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I have 220 stories published in
27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 527119 times
and 296 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1381 of my 4,447 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1394 votes
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.
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My stories
Pointless Boris (Part Two of two)
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Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)
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Life Through a Prism
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Into the Woods (Hansel and Gretel)
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Groundhog Boris
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A concise, poetical
Posted on Fri, 01 Mar 2024
A concise, poetical explanation for leap years. There's something magical about a 29th February isn't there? Nicely done, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Fixing the calendar
"...is it wisps of mist or
Posted on Thu, 29 Feb 2024
"...is it wisps of mist or smoke rising in the valley below them?
and Madley large satellite-tracking dishes visible."
Another evocative ramble with you, Rhiannon. And what a way to finish. Enjoyed, of course :)
Read full commentPosted in Clehonger to Ruckhall Circular
That's a unique way of
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
That's a unique way of painting a pen picture of a snake using the image of it being stalked by a cat. Your empathy and admiration of the serpent comes through.
"Friendly, pampered python" never thought I'd see those words in the same...
Read full commentPosted in Ophidian at Four O’Clock
That's a wonderful story and
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
That's a wonderful story and so well told through your poem, Jenny. A lovely read, for sure.
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Nicely done, Luigi. Gripping
Posted on Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Nicely done, Luigi. Gripping and compelling. Keep going!
Read full commentPosted in A Devil of a Man (7) - In Vino Veritas
Such a sad story well told.
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2024
Such a sad story well told.
[Small typo: Should be "raindrops"?]
Read full commentPosted in The moon is all bluish tonight
It's ironic that Stalin was
Posted on Wed, 21 Feb 2024
It's ironic that Stalin was airbrushed from Russian history and yet, as alluded to here, the ignomy of his deeds is being repeated. Perhaps in time and probably after his death, Plutin will suffer the same fate.
Read full commentPosted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
Not sure I ever had to endure
Posted on Mon, 19 Feb 2024
Not sure I ever had to endure an appraisal by Zoom (thankfully). I imagine they are de rigeur these days. Made me shudder hearing/reading the corporate stuff, though. I imagine you are drawing from first hand experience to get it so accurate/...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 19
Plutin, Putinpot and Putin -
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Plutin, Putinpot and Putin - all names for the Russian horned devil. Always good to read another Muggins take on Mother Russia. I am sure that, when the time comes, Saint Peter will turn the despot away and have him duly arrested. The whole...
Read full commentPosted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
Catharsis is a common reason
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Catharsis is a common reason for writing. It's what brought me back to creative writing a few years ago. Maybe the gun is a metaphor, maybe it's real. Some pain never goes away and it becomes a question of finding an outlet for it along with...
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