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I have 1974 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
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February Variety

Damp and soggy, drab and weary, chilly cheerless, … but sometimes …
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Joyful Reunion at a (double) funeral!

A double funeral – not a result of car accident, just two friends (therefore elderly!) both hospitalised briefly through different ill health issues...
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Comfort in the darkness

Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Tedious night, how deep the darkness – need to sense your fellowship, grace almighty wise upholding,...

Innovative Unknown Paths

Leaving the old ways of long-known wisdom: think new ways are more kind? … “I want it! now!” – is that the rule for what is cool and good for all in days to come.
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Bringsty Common, again

… and another spring first! 31/1/25 Not such a bright day as had been forecast but fresh air and a three-dimensional walk with views – Malvern Hills...
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1438 of my comments have received 1477 Great Feedback votes

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Very credible situation with

Posted on Wed, 14 Mar 2018

Very credible situation with his Dad. Interesting how it comes out here the real concern his mother does have for him, and his awareness of that, though their communication together is difficult.  In some ways his special phobias/worries seem to...

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Posted in Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down? (part fourteen)

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Thought-provoking, Jean, and

Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2016

Thought-provoking, Jean, and I can empathize with much that is on your mind. As a family, when I was growing up we didn't kiss, hug, or say 'I love you' much, but I think we were at ease with each other and had a warmth of expression in greeting...

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Posted in I Hate the Word Love

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You do seem to be able to

Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2015

You do seem to be able to describe his thinking very naturally, and his observations, looking into the water, noticing the small life, and drifting into imaginations.
Then suddenly the tensions, mirrored a bit by his grandad's tensions. It...

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Posted in Jake Mutant - Chapter Four

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Welcome, you are new here,

Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2015

Welcome, you are new here, aren't you? You've drawn out an interesting and tender theme here.
I liked the thoughtfulness of  'As the passion that they share Crescendos with great care.'

Personally I would have liked a...

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Posted in The Embrace

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This reminded me of when my

Posted on Wed, 07 Jan 2015

This reminded me of when my son was being taught about the 'rules of composition' for music, and I worried he would lose what seemed to be spontaneous and individual intuition for what would make interesting sound. He assured me it wouldn't, but...

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Posted in The Discovered Unartist

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Trying to see where you're

Posted on Thu, 18 Dec 2014

Trying to see where you're coming from in this, PT. It's because of the suffering, death, sin, that God is doing something. I know we would like him to sort it all out at ths moment,  but just like the prophecies concerning his first...

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Posted in Broken Faith

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Stephen, I don't manage to

Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014

Stephen, I don't manage to dip much into the prose section, and horror and surreal isn't really my scene – I didn't even like 'Alice in Wonderland' as a child! However I did find reading this intriguing for the well-structured brevity, and the...

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Posted in Shadow Cooking

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Thanks, I appreciate your

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Thanks, I appreciate your interest at analysis, Stephen. My background is Welsh and Welsh poetry which makes a lot of use of repetition of consonants or part words to form unbotrusive patterns to help the impact of verse. (In its technical...

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Posted in No Ties (IP)

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Seems from the photos that

Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2025

Seems from the photos that you had some very good weather - especially in the very interestting ones that seemed to be of New Mills. Not somewhere I knew anything about but the mills and river walks and bridges looked special. Rhiannon

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Posted in Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips

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I too liked the phrase,

Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2025

I too liked the phrase, Sufficient soaking for trees and flowers and, as she said, it is rather onomatopoetic. Had to look up the spelling of that! But meant that it seems to sound a bit like the rain gently soaking in.

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Posted in Rain

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