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I have 136 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 620354 times and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1092 of my 4,653 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1192 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

Cherry

Pad Life 1: Clean Moggie, Yellow Moggie

Both the cats have turned yellow. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
Cherry

Mountain

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is ( Donovan,1967) Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Gold cherry

Walk In The Park With Snow (Part 2 of 2)

Part Two of a bit of snow fantasy. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
Cherry

Walk In The Park With Snow (Part 1 of 2)

A bit of nonsense, written as an exercise, responding to the image. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons

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1092 of my comments have received 1192 Great Feedback votes

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Story of the Week

Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025

This is our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Wobbling between this and that.

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025

Beautiful, mysterious and thoughtful - this is our Halloween social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.

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Posted in Mysterious Veil On All Hallows Night

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Guess we just have to wait

Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025

Guess we just have to wait until the light starts creeping back again. Though it may take a while.

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Posted in Early Lateness

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2025

Thank you, Turlough, for taking us on your holidays with you! This is our wonderfully enjoyable social media Pick of the Day! (And looking forward to the next parts)

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Posted in Finding Fionnuala

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025

This is our wonderful, and heartbreaking, Poem of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)

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Story of the Week

Posted on Tue, 02 Sep 2025

This is our brilliant - and disturbing - Story of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in Funny billies

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Wed, 03 Sep 2025

This is our brilliant and disturbing social media Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can.

Picture from British Library catalogue, copyright free on Wikimedia Commons: https://tinyurl.com/yxufe494

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Posted in Last Great Auk,

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2025

A wonderful story, brilliantly told. This is our social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.

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Posted in Mary's Missing Teapot

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A wonderful tale, Turlough,

Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2025

A wonderful tale, Turlough, and, like others, I'm grateful for the reminder of Julie Felix. I'd forgotten how good her voice was! We always watched her TV show way back when. I may well be doing my own bit of noodling around Spotify over the next...

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Posted in Mary's Missing Teapot

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Very many congratulations to

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2025

Very many congratulations to the lady! How wonderful to be surrounded by so much love and care.

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Posted in 106!!

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