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I have 240 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1037906 times
and 323 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1560 of my 4,885 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1581 votes
I am a Brummie living in North Somerset 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
The Dead Cat
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Eleanor Cross
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Memento
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Happy New Year
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Empire State (Part 7 of 7): Escape
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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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"..rivulets flowed down from
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
"..rivulets flowed down from high,
thrill of an early primrose,
daffodil leaves
and seas of snowdrops on banks.."
I love the way you take everything in when on your walks, Rhiannon. You have an eye for nature and beauty...
Read full commentPosted in Up on the Mortimer Trail
Oh yes - nicely done. The
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Oh yes - nicely done. The note disappearing works really well.
Read full commentPosted in "Life is but a Dream"
Well written and conceived,
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Well written and conceived, Penny. Just a thought but how would a hologram leave a handwritten note? I'm sure there's a coherent explanation in this twilight world of sci fi you have conjured.
Read full commentPosted in "Life is but a Dream"
We use plastic heat pads that
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
We use plastic heat pads that get warmed in the microwave. When they fall out of bed they make a banging noise as they hit the floor. There's nothing more comfy than taking a hot water bottle or something similar with you at night. I could relate...
Read full commentPosted in Feeling to find it
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