My Stories 27
A Sudden Sally
A pantoum. I wanted to try writing something in a specific form, to see what I came up with. "The Brook", referred to in this poem, is a poem written a century ago by Lord Tennyson.
Poetry: General, K, English, Poetry, words: 119, 10/31/2008
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Down in Black and White
An English assignment for my school. It's pretty sucky really but not too bad. Read and Review!
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Humor, words: 515, 11/18/2006
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
I'd like to say that this is an incisive and acerbic comment on the interplay between Church and State in England. Sadly that would be a lie: it's actually here because I have a weakness for horrible puns.
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, Spiritual, words: 5, 11/4/2006
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The World's StormTroubled Sphere
It's easy to criticise others for not doing enough to meet the challange of climate change but we need to take a look at ourselves as well.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 836, favs: 1, 10/21/2006
4A Care in the World
To smile, to laugh, to sing
Poetry: Friendship, K, English, words: 65, 1/29/2005
5More Faith in Honest Doubt
Religious discrimination is not always a bad thing.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Spiritual, words: 873, 10/29/2004
7A Leap in the Dark
A furry tale of rebellion against oppression. Short extract, written under timed conditions, of a possible longer story.
Fiction: Fantasy, K+, English, Fantasy, words: 374, 6/24/2004
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Wholly Writ
First in a collection of hugely selfindulgent pieces in which I will ramble on about how to write. No point in setting my sights too low, now, is there?
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 4, 4/28/2004
11Colwyn Bay
Reflections from a beach at sunset; revision of a 1996 poem.
Poetry: Life, K, English, Poetry, words: 121, favs: 1, 2/3/2004
9Best and Greatest
AD 420: Aurelium, in southern Britannia. The legions are long gone, and Gaius Nepos is having a spot of trouble with the town council. And the weather. And not having a proper name :)
Fiction: Historical, K+, English, Adventure & Humor, words: 1k+, 9/22/2003
19Glow of Morning
I can see...
Poetry: Friendship, K, English, Poetry, words: 65, favs: 3, 9/10/2003
23Dawn
Sometimes it just takes so long...
Poetry: Friendship, K, English, Poetry, words: 77, 7/11/2003
20Number 9 Bus
A tribute to the Stourbridge to Birmingham bus. Based on a true story, as they say.
Poetry: Song, K, English, words: 336, favs: 1, 6/1/2003
35Chances with Wolves »
Gary lives a dreary life in the urban English Midlands, but there is more to his nature than even he knows. Yes folks, that's called a cliché.
Fiction: General, K+, English, Spiritual, chapters: 3, words: 3k+, favs: 1, updated: 5/7/2003 published: 3/5/2003
39Nor to Believe and Take for Granted
Does God exist? I don't believe so... but to me, it's not really all that important an issue.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Spiritual, words: 2k+, favs: 3, 5/3/2003
21That Nature Yet Remembers
What it would be to live as a rabbit. I originally wrote this on the cusp of discovering my furriness, under the pseudonym AndrewB. I'm now republishing it under my own name.
Poetry: Nature, K, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 259, favs: 1, 4/27/2003
17Up the Down!
Watership Down stands supreme among furry novels. Here's why.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 3, 4/26/2003
33The Case for Fanfiction
A bit of a ramble about how fanfic might achieve acceptance as a literary genre in its own right.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 5, 4/16/2003