Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 747766 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
My stories
Departures
It is still dark. The black eyed baby slumps in your arms, accepting she has no control. Time to go. We wait in the queue, between anxiety and regret...
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Touring the City
Concrete subways take us deep beneath the city. Here air holds the smell of time passed: old beer, stale urine, something too ancient to name. We tip...
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In the Skinny Days of Youth and Yearning
In the skinny days of youth and yearning, smiling was not permitted; too redolent with levity. This had to happen behind doors, or books, or fingers...
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Ash
Something floated past the window, which was odd as this was the fifteenth floor. It seemed to hover and bob lightly. A piece of charred paper? Too...
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Marking Time
It slides away too easily, slips between preoccupied fingers, light and temperature, shift, senses stir in the car park, pulled from routine’s waking...
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I see this as a Czech cartoon
Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2014
I see this as a Czech cartoon from the 60s.
Read full commentPosted in HB1
The importance of marking the
Posted on Fri, 07 Nov 2014
The importance of marking the moment, beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in Train stop
Love the Bill and Ted voices,
Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2014
Love the Bill and Ted voices, fun and funny.
Read full commentPosted in The Tree and the Bird Man
The narrator seems to be as
Posted on Mon, 20 Oct 2014
The narrator seems to be as much a ghost as the characters she happens upon, Floating through shared memories. This sensation also mirrors the sense of diembodiment felt when in shock,which works so well with the final image.
Read full commentPosted in All the Ghosts of Us
There is something s gentle
Posted on Fri, 10 Oct 2014
There is something so gentle in this. I like that it is in first person, the act of falling is so compelling, the irony of the helpful woman.
Read full commentPosted in Living on the Edge
Each episode is clearly drawn
Posted on Wed, 08 Oct 2014
Each episode is clearly drawn. Great stucture, leaving us with a little stab in the heart.
Read full commentPosted in An apology to Archie
Absolutley wonderful! A
Posted on Sat, 04 Oct 2014
Absolutley wonderful! A brilliantl character, funny and touching.
Read full commentPosted in The Diary of an Aspiring Hitman - Chapter 1
Another wonderfully evocative
Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2014
Another wonderfully evocative poem. This has such a stong sense of place and timelessness. A renaissance back to nature. Beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in Aridity's Garden
Funny and heartbreaking at
Posted on Sun, 28 Sep 2014
Funny and heartbreaking at the same time. Love it.
Read full commentPosted in Passing Through
What a wonderful story.
Posted on Sat, 27 Sep 2014
What a wonderful story. Weighty with legend and place. It is written like a story to be read aloud.
Read full commentPosted in THE ISLAND
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