Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 700214 times
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My stories
Wisdom
“There are two types of apple. Those that you can eat and those you can’t.” Reuben's mother had intoned these words sagely, as if quoting one of the...
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On the Eve
No going back, always going forward. Belong to the known, longing for better. It’s about identity, it’s about hope. Loyal to the familiar, untied...
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Gods of the Bog
It’s dark in here, the bulb’s blown, you can’t read. God won’t see you behind the locked door, so think anything you like, all those thoughts you...
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Saltley Gas Works (Necropolis)
A rise and fall of gas, power pushed from metallic lungs into the manufactured land. Life flooded the mechanical. Death hung in the air, choked...
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Name Tag
A bit of a mean one.
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Lovely, I was thinking this
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015
Lovely, I was thinking this morning that I was most alive as a child but didn't realise at the time and can only appreciate it as a memory. So much of our living is in dreams.
Read full commentPosted in Where the nettles grew
It was an odd time, we had
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015
It was an odd time, we had some of this in Birmingham too. An inexplicable wave of anarchy. Previous riots in Brum had a political spark, this seemed different.
Read full commentPosted in Riots In England (Part 1)
I have a surreal child's
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015
I have a surreal child's drawing in my head now, sweet.
Read full commentPosted in Eggyman
Those 9 months sped by, they
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2015
Those 9 months sped by, they grow up fast too.
Read full commentPosted in Nine Months Plus
Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2015
The trauma of school plays. I was cast as a wolf when I wanted a main role in peter Pan, who can even remember there were wolves, at least your performance will be remembered.
Read full commentPosted in More Beast than Beauty
Poor Ian, not sure if I
Posted on Sun, 08 Feb 2015
Poor Ian, not sure if I should feel sorry for him but he seemed so hopeful with his business plan. Really liked this story, not sure REX would be fooled by a piece of plastic meat though.
Read full commentPosted in REX
The lark makes me think of
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2015
The lark makes me think of Keats' Nightingale, lovely ideas and place to be.
Read full commentPosted in What the sky said
So sensual.
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2015
So sensual.
Read full commentPosted in Orbital
Pacey and full of suspense.
Posted on Sat, 31 Jan 2015
Pacey and full of suspense.
Read full commentPosted in Luck (part I)
Good morals.
Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Good morals.
Read full commentPosted in THE INTELLIGENT PIGEON
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