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I have 135 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 547621 times and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1058 of my 4,593 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1151 votes

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Hello! I am an old crone who very much enjoys reading SF, urban fantasy and horror. I write all sorts, some of it SF, urban fantasy and horror, a lot of it not. Sometimes I can even be funny, so I'm told. My short stories have appeared in the anthologies 'Cold Iron: Ghost Stories from the 21st Century' (Iron Press) and 'Science Fiction For Survival: An Archive For Mars' (Valley Press), as well as in magazines ranging from the literary magazine 'Dreamcatcher' to 'Writing Magazine' and 'The People's Friend' (the latter definitely not SF, urban fantasy or horror). I do regular local spoken word events, and needless to say there is a novel on the go. My new website is currently under construction, and you are cordially invited to come and have a peep at the blogs and free stories there. You can even go mad and sign up for my newsletter! Plus the usual social media stuff. All details below. Thanks for dropping in! (Oh, the picture is of my highly critical personal editor.)

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My stories

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Once Around The Block

You'll know what I mean. The Block. The only solution is a good (bad) old fashioned disaster movie.
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Retroactive

The Guardian website is showing me the latest trends I need to update my wardrobe. 'Retro' seems to be a thing.
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Ye Mighty

Everyone knows it was a Roman salute. But at least the wokeocracy has been defeated.
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There You Go

It's all going very well. Mind the eejits.
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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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1058 of my comments have received 1151 Great Feedback votes

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...

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Posted in The End - part 2

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Pick of the Month

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

This is our Poem of the Month! Congratulations!

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Posted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table

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I always thought they

Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022

I always thought they originated in Paris, but according to Wikipedia (so it must be true) there is a Hungarian story about a woman who fastened padlocks to bridges in memory of her lover who was killed in the First World War. I think mass...

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Posted in Lock

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I'm so sorry to hear this. 

Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021

I'm so sorry to hear this.  And this site is here to be supportive when you need it.  

It sounds as though you are spending so much emotional energy trying to forgive and understand your father, but please think about prioritising yourself...

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Posted in How do you forgive a parent?

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Story of the Week

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025

This is also our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in The Vale - Part One (b)

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You've really captured both

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

You've really captured both the frantic scrabbling and the exhaustion that characterises so much of what's around us now. I can't remember the exact details, but I think our brains have evolved to deal with only a certain amount of information (...

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Posted in Perverse Future

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025

This lovely piece, with its twist at the end, is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in So glad you made it

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

Another brilliant episode, and it's our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share.

Jane - I hope the picture's OK. I know it reflects only a small part of the story, but it was such a wonderfully surreal moment it just...

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Posted in Parcel for you - Part 54

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025

This is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in Having perhaps the better claim

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Story of the Week

Posted on Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Very funny, very surreal, and totally unrelated to events in the real world. This is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Message : Post Scriptum

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