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I have 220 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 545989 times and 296 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1394 of my 4,467 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1407 votes

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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1394 of my comments have received 1407 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks for reading, Ewan. I

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Thanks for reading, Ewan. I didn't know that about the Red Sea. The historian finished the tour with all the different theories about why it was the "Red" Castle. I think it came down to the stones turning that colour due to reacting with the...

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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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"...my imagination submits to

Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

"...my imagination submits to

interchanging domains;"

Isn't it wonderful to have imagination sparked in nature like that. Another enjoyable diary entry. Nicely done, Jenny. Paul

Lovely photo

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Posted in Every Picture Tells A Story

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Good to see you back, bhi.

Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2023

Good to see you back, bhi. This one is dense, absorbing and in an original format for a poem. A worthy continuation of the "This Life" theme. Paul

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Posted in (This Life) Part 10 – Chapter 1: The Dream Catcher’s Tale

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"...in faded, bloodied

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

"...in faded, bloodied parchment

and scarcely discernible runes."

Love this poem. An evocative journey through a dark forest with such descriptive language.

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Posted in We

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"...whose whims must be

Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2023

"...whose whims must be obeyed."

The reality for many. There's a great rhythm and rhyme to this, Rhiannon. It bounces along and is a lovely read. Nicely done. Paul

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Posted in Escape into dream jobs

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Those English stag parties

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

Those English stag parties get everywhere even if they fizzle out by mid-afternoon. As entertaining as ever and heaving with interesting details nestled amongst the humour. You should write travelogies for a living. Adriotly done. Paul

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Posted in The Bratislava Pálava - Part Two of Two

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