Philip Sidney

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I have 165 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 700179 times and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
393 of my 5,296 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 391 votes

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Legend

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 12 Aug 2014

Key to the forest Code for the hill Runes of the river Signs haunt us still Written on the bark Engraved on the stones In the movement of water...

Poem

Certificate U

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Up in the Gods

By Philip Sidney on Mon, 11 Aug 2014

The cheapest seats exhilarate. Sit on the ledge, Lean into the void, Fly or fall. Zoom in. Close up, Focus on action, Senses probe the detail. Zoom...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Chicken Eye in the Sky

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 10 Aug 2014

Rose and I were mucking about on the pumice. We were walking on the rocks to smooth our feet. Mum said people paid good money for pumice in the shops...

Story

Certificate PG

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The Night the Pier Burnt Down (Southend 1976)

By Philip Sidney on Fri, 08 Aug 2014

The relentless heat makes flying in daylight unpleasant, so the older gulls have taken to scavenging after sunset. Crowds of humans continue to...

Story

Certificate 12

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Under the Ice (3)

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 07 Aug 2014

Hauling the body across the ice was not so hard. She laid it onto her fur and pulled it fairly easily to the start of the land. The body had rolled a...

Story

Certificate 15

393 of my comments have received 391 Great Feedback votes

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The central part of the story

Posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2014

The central part of the story works really well, a father shaken by the idea that it might have been his daughter who was killed and changing his life. I'd really like more of a sense of India.

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Posted in THE REDEMPTION

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This is so beautiful.

Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2014

This is so beautiful.

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Posted in Waiting for a Train to Remember

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A nice sense of voice and a

Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014

A nice sense of voice and a good structure, building to revelation. I got a bit confused with the mother-in-law line, as I though the voice was a student's then moving to an older adult, but then is seemed to be a student's again, so perhaps...

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Posted in A Walk in the Dusk

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Strange, like the BFG and the

Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014

Strange, like the BFG and the Soup Dragon for grown ups. Vivd description, it seems like an ancient form of toil and survival. The slippery shadow beasts seem sad despite the gruesome implications.

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Posted in Shadow Cooking

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Read this and really liked it

Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2014

Read this and really liked it so went back to read the first chapters which I really liked too. I think the perspective works really well, shifting from one to another. Showing the world through Akil's eyes is particularly touching, the lovely...

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Posted in The Devil's Dish Served Six Different Ways (chapters 3 & 4)

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This has such a comforting

Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014

This has such a comforting tone to it, death as nothing frightening but going home. I wouldn't say it was horror, perhaps the tag fantasy fits better.

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Posted in Bus Stop

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I'm glad that this ended as a

Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014

I'm glad that this ended as a message of reassurance as the story truly is a parent's nightmare. Very well constructed, you create ebbs and flows of tension.

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Posted in Comfort Blanket

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