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Children's Books, Horror

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I am a father of two great kids, Tammy (my daughter and youngest) and Calum (my son). They often drive me up the wall but I could never wish for better children. Both now grown and out working which makes me feel proud of them.
I was born and bred in Scotland, I was raise by my aunt who sadly has now passed away. My childhood was in the most part a learning experience in school and out.
My adult life has seen great periods of unemployment interspersed with soul destroying jobs working in factories. The one job I enjoyed was working at a local theme park.
I am married, as mention above, with two kids Calum and Tammy. My son sadly takes his imagination from me. His sister though is more like her mother both in looks and temperament, so don’t g ...more

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	A Winter Journey 3.74 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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6th March 2016

The nightmare of computers, it drives us mad. It isn't like they can tell you what is wrong. Often you think it is one thing and then find it is something else. And then there is the times it seems to fix itself. Those are the worst as you know they will be back. That sounds like a bad line from a good movie, hehehe. Sorry couldn't help that.
I had that computer meltdown scenario yesterday. In the Read more of this blog post »

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“A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

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¡ POETRY ! — 22615 members — last activity Nov 19, 2025 04:25PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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message 27: by Gordon

Aug 08, 2015 04:44AM

I have started to write my first book about my life, and would appreciate if you would take the time to have a quick look at the start and see if it has a chance of going forward.

Thank you.

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message 26: by Kenya

Sep 18, 2012 09:25AM

Thanks for the add!

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message 25: by SATIN SUE

Jan 30, 2011 12:43PM

and you billy....i all ways like maing new friends

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message 24: by SATIN SUE

Jan 30, 2011 12:36PM

hey billy thanks for the friend invite...look forward to talking to you...

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message 23: by William

Jan 16, 2011 02:29PM

Hi Billy - Thank you for your friendship.

Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date late Jan/Feb.

Best wishes, William

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message 22: by BD

Jun 14, 2010 05:28PM

Hello
Thanks for the friend request

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message 21: by Oscar O

May 19, 2010 02:34PM

Thank you for the request. How are you enjoying "The Angel's Game"? It is the book I have lined up to read next.

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message 20: by Kate

Apr 29, 2010 03:59AM

Hello, thank you for the friend request. Nice to meet you :)

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message 19: by Yassemin

Apr 16, 2010 10:21AM

Thanks for the recommendation, the book sounds really good!

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message 18: by Monique

Apr 04, 2010 09:30AM

A lot of those early sci-fi writers foretold today, including Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke. Now Hollywood filmmakers seem to be at it.

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message 17: by Monique (last edited Apr 03, 2010 11:41PM)

Apr 03, 2010 11:32PM

Thanks for the invite. That's a great book you're reading. My favourite of his was The Illustrated Man. I noticed you're on the west coast of Scotland. I used to spend a lot of time around Torridon.

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message 16: by Jenna

Mar 29, 2010 11:19AM

Hi Billy, nice to meet you.

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message 15: by Lauraline

Mar 01, 2010 02:25PM

Hey sorry this is a little late, but thanks for the add! xx

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message 14: by XxXxXxXxXxXxX

Feb 23, 2010 01:36AM

i salute you my fellow servant......

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message 13: by XxXxXxXxXxXxX

Feb 22, 2010 05:12AM

why hello billy bob how is one 2day? thee is feeling quite rationally perportioned.....

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message 12: by Victoria

Feb 19, 2010 09:29AM

HiBilly,
Thanks for the recommendation for Stephen King's The Stand. It has been so many years since I read it. I always list it as my favorite book, I'll have to check out this version.
Thanks,
Vicki

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message 11: by Kate

Feb 15, 2010 08:04AM

You just have to give her a little time to build up some trust. You could lure her out of wherever she's hiding with a little sweet treat then pick her up. She probably just needs to get used to being handled. It took my two a while because they came from a pet shop and had hardly been handled.

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message 10: by Kate

Feb 15, 2010 05:27AM

Hi Billy, yes I'm a great rat fan. My two were very shy when I first got them and it took a few weeks for them to even come out of their cage for a proper exploration of their new home, but now they're cheeky little madams who scoot around wherever they please.

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message 9: by Milly

Dec 17, 2009 11:20AM