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My stories have been read 1332756 times
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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
Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)
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Ballerina Toy Box
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Kabul Airport
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Leaving Home
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Saccades of Sands
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"..bring peace in some
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
"..bring peace in some measure where there’s fighting now.." Wise words, Rhiannon. And more relevant than ever with the conflicts currently ongoing.
I so hope that "..love will flow earthwide.."
Beautifully expressed words.
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That's an evocative poem,
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
That's an evocative poem, Jenny. A pen-picture beautifully drawn as always. Just lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Escape To Ridgeway
Another wonderfully unique
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
Another wonderfully unique tale.
That's why this is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations, Itane.
Read full commentPosted in No escape from reality
It looks odds on that CGT
Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024
It looks odds on that CGT will be aligned with personal rates of taxation at 20/40/45% at the next budget. Probably with immediate effect from 30th October. Landlords are already selling up in droves. Labour in Wales are levying 200% council tax...
Read full commentPosted in The Bleeding Of Britain and the People (from the Imaginations of Alfred N.Muggins)
What a brilliantly original
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
What a brilliantly original notion - the anthropomorphism of the Devil. You do these philosophical musings so well. Life is rarely black and white and was it ever greyer than attributing human frailties to Satan? Loved this.
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Eesh..I've seen images of MRI
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Eesh..I've seen images of MRI scans on the telly. Everyone seems intimidated by them and some folks can't make it all the way through the session. I can only imagine how scary the loud sounds must be. So glad your health issue has been narrowed...
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"Do they engage in wistful
Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024
"Do they engage in wistful reverie as I do.."
You have captured quite a complicated avian picture there, Jenny. The hierarchy of birds. Word pictures skilfully assembled in your poem.
Personally, I rather like corvids. There's...
Read full commentPosted in Contemplating Crows
"..and boilers get busy
Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024
"..and boilers get busy
to make our homes cosy."
You capture the mood of the changing season so reflectively, Rhiannon. Some lovely imagery in here.
Personally, I don't mind the end of summer at all. I adore autumn and winter...
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Thanks for reading, Di. I
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Thanks for reading, Di. I think a lot more needs to more researched on this particular innovation before anyone can pontificate. In the meantime ...we speculate instead :)
[Hope all is well in your beautiful part of the world]
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"The summer imperceptibly is
Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024
"The summer imperceptibly is ending,
our path towards an end is wending..."
That's a thoughtful sweep through the seasons, Rhiannon.
Let's hope the last stanza comes true.
Very nicely done, as always.
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