Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 765313 times
and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
392 of my 5,290 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 390 votes
My stories
Looking for Lucy Lloyd
While recording lives of others her own slipped away. She lingers in sepia as a face that won’t fit. Victorian vicar’s daughter - poor relation to...
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Ghost Hunting in New England
I only ever saw a ghost once. It was a few days after the death of my father. I hadn’t expected him to die; ever. He died before we had managed to...
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City Loving
You took me in your concrete arms - I felt the chill of your fabrication against my tender skin. You scratched me, bruised me, won me. I grew older...
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Map Reading for Beginners
Wisdom criss-crosses the papery surface. Colour, symbol, measure, land, made knowable, traversable. Reality, scaled down. Stroke the mossy rock,...
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The Lost Art of Telephoning
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Beautifully structured, has
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2015
Beautifully structured, has the rythm of trains, a brief encounter, melancholic and romantic- if trains can be.
Read full commentPosted in Passing Trains in Winter Rain
Always at the back of our
Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2015
Always at the back of our minds, slipping on that stair. (Just thinking you wanted 'too' not 'to' in the second line.)
Read full commentPosted in I CAN NOT BE CYNICAL
Such powerful images, I can
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2015
Such powerful images, I can feel the pain.
Read full commentPosted in Young Hearts
Slipping out the back way,
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2015
Slipping out the back way, what a great, if shady, character. Darkly humorous.
Read full commentPosted in Don't count on Me
What a lovely romantic walk
Posted on Thu, 05 Mar 2015
What a lovely romantic walk through the city.
Read full commentPosted in Waterloo Sunset
Thank you so much Craig! How
Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2014
Thank you so much Craig! How lovely that you've gone back to read it,
Read full commentPosted in Dust
The slow descent down the
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2015
The slow descent down the stairs, it begins so optimistically to end in grief. Strong and effective images.
Read full commentPosted in Shadows on the Stairs
Beautiful, austere images.
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2015
Beautiful, austere images. Really like this.
Read full commentPosted in serenity
You've made us notice her and
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015
You've made us notice her and you have sung her!
Read full commentPosted in To The Girl That's Not Sung
Such a strong sense of
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015
Such a strong sense of isolation, heart-felt.
Read full commentPosted in Battered Shells
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