Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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This is Laura Knight. Top Story - April 2025.
Today, I have rediscovered an art treasure I thought I had lost. And on my own doorstep. Foolishly, when I saw it in the Queer British Art exhibition in 2017, I didn't check where the painting was located. It is ironic, then, that despite several visits to the National Portrait Gallery in London over the past year, I had not seen the gallery where this sumptuous painting hangs in pride of place. Not until today, April 21, 2025.
By Raymond G. Taylor9 months ago in Art
Wolfy winners
"At last!" I hear you say, the Wolfy Tales winners announcement. Firstly, with my humblest apologies for the time it has taken to respond to the challenge entries. Other stuff just got in the way and so I can only beg indulgence for this. Thanks to all for your patience.
By Raymond G. Taylor9 months ago in Writers
A naughty boy
Do you recognise this verse: There was a naughty boy And a naughty boy was he He ran away to Scotland The people for to see And he found that the ground Was as hard as a yard was long And a song was as merry As a cherry was red And lead was as weighty And four score was still eighty And a door was as wooden as in England And he stood in his shoes and he wondered he wondered He stood in his shoes and he wondered
By Raymond G. Taylor9 months ago in Writers
A world that time forgot
Captain's log, star date 2225.100 Ship has transitioned from hyperdrive and we are now in visual contact with the target exoplanet. As expected, this planet in the Vega Three Four stellar system is, like our own, largely composed of water. Early spectral analysis confirms much of what our distant-galaxy survey predicted. Planetary crust comprising tectonic land clusters surrounded by contiguous ocean. Atmosphere largely nitrogen with oxygen and other gaseous elements. Organic composition confirms that there is almost certainly life present.
By Raymond G. Taylor9 months ago in Fiction
