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I have 266 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 396246 times and 183 of my stories have been cherry picked.
11 of my 422 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 11 votes

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Philip Whiteland

Philip is a retired university lecturer in Human Resource Management. Turning 60 seems a very long time ago, now, largely because it is and the 'three score and ten' bit looms large on the horizon. If you can forgive him both of those facts, then you might just enjoy his writing. He lives on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, because that is as far as they will let him in. He was born and brought up, in Burton upon Trent, the home of the UK brewing industry, and spent much of his early years attempting to support that industry single-handedly. Much of his early writing was for the Derby Telegraph, Burton Mail's "times gone by" magazine and Mature Times which featured his recollections of growing up (allegedly) in the 1950s and 1960s. He christened his combination of nostalgia and comedy 'nostalgedy', he did consider 'comalgia' but he thought it sounded too much like an unfortunate medical condition.  His first five books(link is external) of stories are mostly these 'nostalgedy' stories.

Philip is now focusing on his humorous fiction, particularly his Undertakers'(link is external) series of stories featuring Josiah Oakshott and Archibald Thurble, along with the precocious pairing of Peregrine and Prudence who always seem to be one step ahead of the adults in their lives.  He has also written a series of childrens' stories about (originally) Packham and India(link is external), the two labradors at Old Tunrpike Farm (his daughter's care farm) and now Rohan and India(link is external).  These have been surprisingly popular with adults, too.  Also, a one-off period drama about a noble young lady and her resourceful maid, which was originally serialised here on ABCTales, during the dark days of the pandemic - The Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid)(link is external)

You can find all of Philip's published work at http://author.to/PhilipWhiteland(link is external)

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Grave (Episode 10 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))

In which 'Arry unearths more than anyone wanted, Gwladys has the job of covering it all up and Aeflethrith has an unexpected visitor.
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11 of my comments have received 11 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you. I often think my

Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2025

Thank you. I often think my characters are far brighter than I am! wink

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Posted in Ring (Episode 7 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))

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I love a happy ending!

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

Thanks so much for the kind comments!  It's been fascinating to see how this story hass developed over the past 50 weeks, starting with the notion of Josiah's first love making a reappearance and then spiralling into the psychotic world of...

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Very imaginative, Jane.  Well

Posted on Wed, 25 Dec 2024

Very imaginative, Jane.  Well done for getting Pick of the Week!

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Seat-hanging!

Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024

So, I've got to stop Jenny from falling off her seat - it's quite a responsibility! wink...

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Posted in Here Comes the Rain Again (Dead Reckoning series - Part 22)

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It's got legs!

Posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2024

It would certainly have legs!  Quite a few, I would imagine.  Huge opportunities for fowl deeds (I know, I'll get me coat)

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The next one...

Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024

Thanks Jenny. In all honesty, the next instalment is going to be the really tricky one. I'll need to devote  some time to it, to try to get it right ...

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Belated congratulations,

Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023

Belated congratulations, Jenny!  Well deserved smiley

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Posted in When All I Need Is Artistry

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Think so!

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Thanks for the kind comments.  Re the photo, I believe so, it came from Wikimedia  Commons Images. I think it was from some form of zombie convention.

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Posted in Zombie! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 25)

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Quite a surprise!

Posted on Fri, 26 May 2023

I'm really pleased and quite surprised.  I'm very grateful and happy that people are enjoying the story 

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Well deserved, Jenny. 

Posted on Wed, 17 May 2023

Well deserved, Jenny.  Congratulations!

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