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I have 99 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 104392 times
and 132 of my stories have been cherry picked.
335 of my 2,692 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 344 votes
Short stories published in these anthologies:
Cold Iron: 21st Century Ghost Stories (The Iron Press) http://www.ironpress.co.uk/books/coldiron.html (as Jane Ayrie);
Science Fiction for Survival (Valley Press) https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/119/science_fiction_for_survival (as Jane Roberts)
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My stories
Scream
Not a piece of writing but a self-indulgent howl, written for entirely self-indulgent therapeutic reasons. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life: The Elephant In The Room
The nights are drawing in. Closing the blinds may be the best option. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Tower of Strength Part 1 of 4
Re-posted in response to this week's IP - now available on Soundcloud. Link in text - despite repeated efforts, the link won't work when pasted here. Image: Author's own
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Pad Life: Cyber Tranche
The internet is watching my communal bin. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life: End of Days
An absolute monarchy. That's what we need. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Another great episode, Penny.
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Another great episode, Penny. The trees were my favourite bit too. Trees are indeed the guardians of our world.
I really like the way, in this story, kindness given brings kindness back. It's a lovely message.
Read full commentPosted in "The Trouble with Magical Beings" Chapter 9 (A Fantasy)
I'm with you on this one.
Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2019
I'm with you on this one. The only place grey looks magnificent is on an elephant.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty Shades of Shade
A beautiful image, sitting
Posted on Sun, 12 May 2019
A beautiful image, sitting making music under a tree. All your pieces have the ability to make the reader feel both the permanence of the surroundings, and the impermanence of the people, particularly the narrator, within them. Our narrator is...
Read full commentPosted in Under the pines and the power lines
As well as the wonderful
Posted on Thu, 09 May 2019
As well as the wonderful descriptions you get in these poems, they are always so well constructed, so that the way the words are used, as much as the words themselves, help the reader to see what you see. Another beauty, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Transfixed!
I really enjoyed this, and
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I really enjoyed this, and then reading about the background to it made it even more poignant. What a wonderful memorial to your relative.
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
Yes, no point in getting hot
Posted on Thu, 18 Apr 2019
Yes, no point in getting hot and cross about it.
Read full commentPosted in I HAVE BEEN FIRED BY THE BAKERY
I am Delilah, and this is
Posted on Sun, 26 Aug 2018
I am Delilah, and this is being typed by the servant of myself and Zsa Zsa. I have a new game for Omar. Get your local vet to put either you or Mitsie on special expensive food that only the one of you is supposed to have, and then swap bowls...
Read full commentPosted in Omar's Diary - Sunday 26th August 2018
More than one journey is
Posted on Sun, 04 Dec 2016
More than one journey is explored in this wonderful exploration of pain and hope. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
Picture credit: http://tinyurl.com/hrmu2lg
Read full commentPosted in Journey to Minneapolis
Some very striking imagery -
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2015
Some very striking imagery - the one that stood out for me was the passage comparing Joanie's voice to a shotgun, 'her words repeating until the cartridge emptied, until her words were simple, hollow clicks.' I wasn't too sure about some of the...
Read full commentPosted in Buried Secrets
The whole farage-o keeps
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2020
The whole farage-o keeps reminding me of Leslie Phillips's lascivious 'Ding Dong'. I bet Mark Francois stands up to salute a buxom Brexit when it goes by.
Read full commentPosted in The Bongs of Ben
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