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I have 220 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 525688 times and 296 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1381 of my 4,443 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1394 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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1381 of my comments have received 1394 Great Feedback votes

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Ah thanks for reading it, 

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

Ah thanks for reading it,  David.  I do like the fantasy genre and this is probably where you will often find me.  A part 3 would unpick the sliding doors idea so here the story rests.  Thanks again.  Paul 

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Posted in Charmed (Part Two of Two)

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Gosh 103! Sounds like a

Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022

Gosh 103! Sounds like a lovely,  family use of time.  A lovely read.  Paul :) 

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Hope the rest week's gone

Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022

Hope the rest week's gone well.  Sounds like lots to think about and deal with.  Take care of yourself,  Jean.  Paul x

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"...whole lotta snoring goin’

Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022

"...whole lotta snoring goin’ on still..." Ouch. After all that glorious singing!

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Posted in There’s A Whole Lotta Karaoke Goin’ On (In The Turkish Hotel Restaurant!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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Free speech and Social media

Posted on Fri, 19 Aug 2022

Free speech and Social media is something of an oxymoron. Things get said that shouldn't with no sanctions and things get said that should with sanctions. Further regulation much needed. Many monsters around the Globe - Putin is just one of them...

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Posted in Knights Of the Keyboard To the Defence of Ukraine (Part 2) by Alfred N.Muggins

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I wish I have visits and

Posted on Wed, 17 Aug 2022

I wish I have visits and conversations with foxes. Sounds wonderful. There's a lot of ground covered in this reverie. Enjoyed, of course. Paul :) 

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Posted in Afternoon Delight

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Well I never expected to read

Posted on Tue, 16 Aug 2022

Well I never expected to read that Alfred had been active on Facebook challenging the Russian troll factory. It's an Insidious side to Social media that these "influencers" do impact on public opinion. It must be a matter of time before the...

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Posted in Knights Of the Keyboard To the Defence of Ukraine (Part 1) by Alfred N.Muggins

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Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022

Ah thanks for reading it, David. I did think about writing one about the Hustings going on with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. I had this image of a zombie government with Boris sitting there picking walnuts open in his undercrackers. Maybe, maybe...

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Posted in Boris and the Curious Case of Brexit

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Good that you are still

Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 2022

Good that you are still smiling, Jean. Keep fighting the good fight and take care of yourself. Paul x

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Posted in Chemo 5

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Yes, I like the way each

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

Yes, I like the way each stanza starts with a word. Very nicely done. Paul

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Posted in The Gift

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