Bloody hell, this packs a punch in all he best ways. Sums it up pretty much I think!

Wow, wow. I agree with Celia, this is quite the punch. Really exquisite work here Heather.

Aw Paul this is super sweet and love that Ruth gave it the seal of approval first 🤍 And title works!

Sweetly sentimental; beautiful work!

Beautiful message and I loved the allusions too social media – it really is all just so toxic and false. Feeling the misery is sometimes, I think the only way to move forward.

I appreciate the edginess of truth and life; relatable angst!

thank you for speaking your truth here, agreed with Celia and Rock, sometimes the only way out is through (which is an aphorism that I dislike, but in a lot of cases it’s true)

Wow Paul – this is phenomenal, I love the pairing and the metaphor is perfectly executed! Briliant!

I really enjoyed this one, and I’m glad you paired the song, it was a good companion to this piece. Really beautiful flow and rythm, nicely done!

So many beautiful lines in this one Heather, Beautiful things make me cry too. I really loved the ideas and the sense of moments of hope and freedom. The music also paired so well with it! Perfect choice!

I love pairing music and poems together, while I am already in love with the words I want to listen and read a couple more times!
Just got done on my second read with the music playing and it really gave the words so much depth as I read; I feel like I really relate to being sensitive to the good and bad and you captured that amazingly here!

Simply beautiful, but I think I already told you that. P.S. I’m still trying to work my way back to finding some inspiration.

Jesus Paul…You need to SOC more often! This is bloody brilliant – Loved it! The humour, the references – fantastic writing! And have to agreee…Dan Brown is a bit of a bore 😁

Wow, this is so freaking good. Everything, the detail, I agree with Celia the humor was an outstanding part of the piece. Really awesome work here Paul

This is so hauntingly beautiful and so, so sad. Your descriptions ons of the jelly are stunning as are the subtle details of the brush strokes 🤍

This is twisted, in a really great way. I immediately was attached to Sam. Your first paragraph was so strong, really brought me in. Nicely done!

This is one of those short stories that you think about long after you’ve finished reading. The pace, the character development – it hits on all cylinders.

Oh my…this was so frivilously fun until the sucker punch of the last line – that slapped me right in the face! Very true though, I use it a lot and hate that I do but its that western kinda thing we do to ourselves when we just wanna moan but have been programmed to not. I love your cover art so much also! Beautiful!