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Author has written 85 stories for Life, War, Religion, Politics, General, Haiku, School, Family, Humor, Love, Nature, Fable, Mystery, Romance, Humor, and Fantasy. Hello. I am a second-year undergraduate attending Aberystwyth, the University of Wales, reading Creative Writing and English, which usually means I haven't a clue what I'm doing. When I read and review, expect either an elaborate thumbs-up or a literate kick up the arse. Also, mind your punctuation. Pleased to meet you, and thank you, graciously, in advance, for your curiosity. | |||||||||
1. Never Leave reviewsNever leave - I warn you now - the comfort of your own countryLife - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 278 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 3-5-06 - Published: 3-5-062. The Wizard's Candle reviewsHero is on a quest to seek out the "wizard", but a stranger on the way causes him to contemplate on why. A satire of the 'fantasy' genre.Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Parody/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,035 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-17-06 - Published: 2-17-063. Wooden Heart reviewsA love-sick poem tries to communicate with its reader.Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 184 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 8-13-05 - Published: 8-13-054. Manky Carpet reviewsA house-moving experience obsessed with the rank quality of the carpet.Humor - Fiction Rated: M - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-23-05 - Published: 6-23-055. Consoling Satira reviewsWhy do some of us need things like this : ) and this : ( to understand a satirical response? Isn't your English and punctuation good enough?Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 6-4-05 - Published: 6-4-056. To His Shy Girlfriend reviewsRomance is sex dressed up. Transposition of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'.Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 581 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 5-21-05 - Published: 5-21-057. Girl with the Flamethrower Hair reviewsMost children have best friends. What they mean by ‘best friend’ is a person, usually another child, with whom they spend a majority of their time. Sad to say, I never had a ‘best friend’, though some may argue that I did.Mystery - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,002 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-1-05 - Published: 5-1-058. Schoolboy reviewsSchoolboys are lush - but which ones? The real or the fashioned? Inspired by Robert Herrick's poem 'Delight in Disorder'.Humor - Fiction Rated: T - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 231 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 4-21-05 - Published: 4-21-059. To Autumn reviewsFive haikus reflecting the nature of one autumn afternoon...Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 361 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-20-05 - Published: 4-20-0510. All My Dandelions Are Dead Mermaids reviewsPortrait of a misogynist. (Third villanelle).Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 4-9-05 - Published: 4-9-0511. Documentaries reviewsTell people their mistakes and they're fated to make them anyway. (History = Reverse Psychology)Politics - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-8-05 - Published: 4-8-0512. Dinner With The Blacks reviewsFor Andrew Townsend, a simple invitation to dinner turns inexplicably into a nightmare.Humor - Fiction Rated: T - English - Parody/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 431 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-8-05 - Published: 4-8-0513. Not The Tiger reviewsBleak parody of William Blake's poem.Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 339 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-8-05 - Published: 4-8-0514. The Reason reviewsRespect for someone who decides to kill themselves. (Second villanelle - completely rewritten.)Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-8-05 - Published: 4-8-0515. Never Dead Yet reviewsEvery film gets this part wrong. (Goes to show money can't buy perfection, hmm.)Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 4-8-05 - Published: 4-8-0516. Ignored as a Child reviewsSome parents deserve sadness and loneliness in their old age. (Malice prepense.)Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 181 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-18-05 - Published: 3-18-0517. About the Weather reviewsSome of us grow distant from our parents.Family - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 3-15-05 - Published: 3-15-0518. Songs for Lady Aspen reviewsA wandering musician dedicates himself to a lady he has only met once.Romance - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 623 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-13-05 - Published: 3-13-0519. The Way of the World reviewsBased on Edgar Gambin's version of 'The Last Supper'. The only thing we're good at is watching - except this one guy, who tells us we'll be fine.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Parody/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 254 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 3-12-05 - Published: 3-12-0520. Smoking is a Pastime reviewsIt's harder to become a smoker than it is to stop smoking.Humor - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 295 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 3-11-05 - Published: 3-11-0521. Centertaf reviewsWar memorials just look nice.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 108 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-11-05 - Published: 3-11-0522. Five Ways of Looking at Grass » reviewsGrass is obnoxious.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 3-10-05 - Published: 3-10-0523. Admirer reviewsDedicated to the one I love - but who is it? (Is it you)Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-9-05 - Published: 3-9-0524. Mourning Flowers reviewsWritten from the perspective of the fly in Emily Dickinson's 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died'.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 309 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-8-05 - Published: 3-8-0525. Jessica Wednesday reviewsBased on an article about a 7-year-old girl who is starved by her parents over 5 years. No one knew.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 197 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 3-7-05 - Published: 3-7-0526. The Mystery of Empty Condoms » reviewsSomething my neighbours - mature university students (supposedly) - posted through my letterbox today.Humor - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Mystery - Chapters: 2 - Words: 193 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-3-05 - Published: 3-3-0527. Diffident reviewsThoughts can make you ill. Please think before crossing the road.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 3-1-05 - Published: 3-1-0528. Pornography reviewsWe all get these digital urges - the lads, more so.Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 2-28-05 - Published: 2-28-0529. Wrongnight Stand reviewsNot all nights end with sexual encounters. You just think they do.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 293 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 2-28-05 - Published: 2-28-0530. Opportunity reviewsIf it's there, take it.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 2-28-05 - Published: 2-28-0531. Compliment reviewsA respectful bow to a fellow fictionspress poet (Macca Lane).Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 2-22-05 - Published: 2-22-0532. Take It With a Pinch of Salt reviewsComment on a recent piece of American research claiming that "marital rowing (is) 'good for wives".Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-22-05 - Published: 2-22-0533. Robbler reviewsComment on the recent development of the 'Toddler',Politics - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 214 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-20-05 - Published: 2-20-0534. Portrait of a Young Coward reviewsChoosing to die is easy. Dying is the hard part.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 482 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-18-05 - Published: 2-18-0535. Amputee reviewsOne-handed philosophy.General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 67 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-18-05 - Published: 2-18-0536. Don't reviewsSome people should mind their own business.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 56 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 2-11-05 - Published: 2-11-0537. Train reviewsOne man does not catch the train like everyone else.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 297 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 1-30-05 - Published: 1-30-0538. Shopping in Basra reviewsWhile people are having it rough in Iraq, what are we doing at home?General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 59 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-21-05 - Published: 1-21-0539. Dream Sequence » reviewsDreams make no sense when you're awake, but the ones you remember are worth it.Mystery - Fiction Rated: K - English - Mystery/Fantasy - Chapters: 2 - Words: 545 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-21-05 - Published: 1-21-0540. ちかん reviewsWritten in protest against sexual harassment on Japanese trains. Features Japanese sentences.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-13-04 - Published: 12-13-0441. His Innocence reviewsIMPORTANT: Do not read if you are particularly sensitive.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 12-13-04 - Published: 12-13-0442. Monday's Child reviewsChristmas parody of Rachel Sturges' 'Monday's Child'. Influenced by Tim Burton's 'Vincent'.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 305 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-12-04 - Published: 12-12-0443. Envying Cats reviewsThe sad truth: talking to a cat about your problems never makes you feel any better.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 12-12-04 - Published: 12-12-0444. Blue reviewsSympathetic background to the depressed.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-11-04 - Published: 12-11-0445. MISSING:LOGIC reviewsWhy can't people just get along? And if they can't, why can't they give a good reason?Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 12-1-04 - Published: 12-1-0446. Scared of Men reviewsThis is open to interpretation.Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 11-25-04 - Published: 11-25-0447. There must have been sand in the alcohol reviewsA sonnet about someone who gets so drunk she imagines herself to be a palm tree friends with God.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 11-18-04 - Published: 11-18-0448. I Am A Secret » reviewsWritten for those who are too shy to show themselves to the person they love.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 178 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 11-15-04 - Published: 10-19-0449. The Case of Sir Raphus Cucullatus reviewsIt's time the dodo had his nonsensical revenge!Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-15-04 - Published: 11-15-0450. Civil War reviewsCritical satire of... whatever you like. (PG for use of the 'D' word.)Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 11-6-04 - Published: 11-6-0451. A Portrait of You reviewsSometimes, when you really, really love someone, doing this is going a little too far. (Italian sonnet.)Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-29-04 - Published: 10-29-0452. The Tale of Fingal Gloom » reviewsA story that hasn't been told to a fox before.Fable - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Tragedy - Chapters: 4 - Words: 1,619 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-29-04 - Published: 10-29-0453. I believe Drinking is an old man's sport reviewsA serious/humorous outlook on drinking in pubs. (English sonnet.)Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-29-04 - Published: 10-28-0454. Musing reviewsI'm certain this train of thought has been caught by more 100% of the thinking population.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-19-04 - Published: 10-19-0455. the sea at night reviewsHave you ever seen the sea at night?Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-17-04 - Published: 10-17-0456. You have no right to be happy reviewsYou wake up to a bad day, but the rest of the world doesn't seem to know about it.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 10-17-04 - Published: 10-17-0457. Commoners reviewsAn indignant (and one-sided) response to the division of social classes by wealth, education – and chiefly - accent.Politics - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 54 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-15-04 - Published: 10-15-0458. Christopher Columbus reviewsBeing attracted to someone would bring harm rather than gratify...Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 208 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-8-04 - Published: 10-8-0459. THIS IS NOT A SUICIDE reviewsFor those who have tried their best to live on.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 182 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 10-6-04 - Published: 10-6-0460. The Door reviewsBeware, toilet graffiti. (Double cinquain.)Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 39 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 9-29-04 - Published: 9-29-0461. The Ballad of Sam O'Grady reviewsA shady character gone doolally?Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 294 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-21-04 - Published: 9-21-0462. Jealousy reviewsBitter version of the romantic sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…’) aimed at every class’ Teacher’s Pet.School - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-20-04 - Published: 9-20-0463. Ode to the Goodlooking Lad reviewsBeing good-looking isn't as easy as some people think.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 156 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 9-20-04 - Published: 9-20-0464. The Quiet Gentleman reviewsAbout a troubled young man.Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 479 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-19-04 - Published: 9-19-0465. When I stop ranting reviewsA way to kill the conversation.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 89 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 9-18-04 - Published: 9-18-0466. Obvious reviewsA short portfolio of words and phrases that accompany this word.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 9-17-04 - Published: 9-17-0467. Victoria reviewsDoesn't anybody else think that porcelain dolls emanate Evil Intent?General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-17-04 - Published: 9-17-0468. The Phoenix reviewsLife is about living with confidence.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-17-04 - Published: 9-17-0469. Dear Mother » reviewsWritten for Mothering Sunday 2004.Family - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 210 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 9-17-04 - Published: 9-17-0470. Selfcentred reviewsA satirical prayer in the Confession Box.Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 9-17-04 - Published: 9-17-0471. 90s Child reviewsInfluenced by an article read in the Daily Mail entitled "Adults act like children and children act like adults." Is it a wonder why the kids aren't alright...?Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 40 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 9-16-04 - Published: 9-16-0472. Smokers reviewsDedicated to smokers.School - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 361 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 9-14-04 - Published: 9-14-0473. They Call The Others 'Heroes' reviewsJust when you think everything's dandy, that little voice starts talking. It tries to make the Way Out sound better than the Way In. It tries to make you give up.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-10-04 - Published: 8-10-0474. To Andrew Jacob reviewsGood-humoured response to a fellow fictionpress poet's haiku 'I Am Piano'. (Slightly revised.)Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-31-04 - Published: 7-31-0475. Tea & Coffee reviewsWritten in response to gay marriages. What's the gigantic fuss about? Love is love, isn't it?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 22 - Updated: 7-28-04 - Published: 7-28-0476. Dear Mr Blair reviewsHe's a man born to be questioned, yet he's born without the answers.Politics - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 174 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0477. Comment on Tony Blair reviewsSatirical verse I once wrote on an envelope I sent to a friend. Mr Blair, poor bloke; doesn't know whether he's coming or going...Politics - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0478. The Great War reviewsA satirical poem inspired by reading WW1 Literature. The only war that truly exists is the one between us and our minds.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0479. My life fails to rhyme reviewsDon't you get the feeling that, some days, life is just one huge song you don't know how to sing?Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0480. The Astronaut reviewsI wrote this poem after glimpsing an astronaut on a science textbook. I was trying to argue how the exploration of Space spoils someone's belief in (a) god. You go up there and find that you're in a vacuum - a Nowhere - so how can there be (a) god?Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0481. Saviour reviewsA short poem on what it is like to be a Saviour nobody appreciates or recognises.Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 39 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0482. The Parcel reviewsWritten with inspiration from the conditions of WW1 and the indignation of British soldiers during the War on Terrorism.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 58 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0483. The Parable of the Sun and the Seed reviewsSometimes, parents who mean too well do it too well. This is for the daughters (and sons) out there who think so too.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 598 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-25-0484. The Wind spoke of Nothing reviewsSocial Anxiety (or Social Phobia, as it is also known) is - according to psycholgists and their statistics for the Government and the General Good of the People - supposedly the world's third most common mental illness.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 59 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-24-04 - Published: 7-24-0485. Have you heard what I've said reviewsFor those who have had an experience similar to the person in this poem.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 122 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 7-24-04 - Published: 7-24-04