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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 543388 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1056 of my 4,586 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1147 votes
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
Mountain
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Letter to Master Berners-Lee (IP)
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Walk In The Park With Snow (Part 2 of 2)
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Walk In The Park With Snow (Part 1 of 2)
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Christobel and The Monkey (Part 2 of 2)
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This is beautiful, Penny, and
Posted on Tue, 03 Jun 2025
This is beautiful, Penny, and so glad to see something new from you. Magical and hopeful. Into the light indeed. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in "Mr. Nothingsworth"
I'm not unaffected by such
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
I'm not unaffected by such deaths, more angry and exasperated and desperately sorry for those who loved them. People have always done dangerous and downright stupid things, cocooned in a belief in their own invincibility. It's desperately sad.
Read full commentPosted in Death by Selfie
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
A very wise Life Lesson, and quite possibly applicable to a lot of humans too...
This is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Fainomenon, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in 10 Life Lessons. Number 3.
Didn't see the twist coming!
Posted on Sat, 10 May 2025
Didn't see the twist coming! Lovely story.
Read full commentPosted in Your child will remember this day forever
Lovely, Jenny, brought back
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025
Lovely, Jenny, brought back my own happy memories of childhood holidays at the Cornish coast. 'Youth is a snapshot restored' - what a wonderful way of putting it.
Read full commentPosted in On Godrevy Beach
Congratulations on this, Jane
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Congratulations on this, Jane, it's been such a pleasure to read. Brilliant ending. We shall all miss it! I hope you do publish it, it deserves as wide an audience as it can get. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)
This is so funny, Sean, and I
Posted on Thu, 08 May 2025
This is so funny, Sean, and I also Googled, and now I'm totally enthralled by the discussion about differences between Dream Pop and Shoegaze. There's always something new to learn in this wonderful world.
Read full commentPosted in That's Dream Pop
Haunting, beautiful and
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Haunting, beautiful and disturbing. One I need to reread several times and think about for a while.
Read full commentPosted in The Ghost in the Machine
Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025
This illustration of the power of a short and deceptively simple piece of writing is our Social Media Pick of the Day! Please do share.
Picture by Ivan Kramskoi,in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in More Than We Bargained For
I love that phrase, 'Worse
Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2025
I love that phrase, 'Worse things happen at sea' - it was my grandmother's response to pretty much any calamity, be it petty or catastrophic. I occasionally use it myself, and my kids look at me in complete bewilderment.
A lovely family...
Read full commentPosted in Gaffe!
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