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I have 135 stories published in 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

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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

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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1056 of my comments have received 1147 Great Feedback votes

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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!

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Posted in "Mr. Nothingsworth"

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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.

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Posted in Death by Selfie

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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:...

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Posted in 10 Life Lessons. Number 3.

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Didn't see the twist coming!

Posted on Sat, 10 May 2025

Didn't see the twist coming! Lovely story.

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Posted in Your child will remember this day forever

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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.

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Posted in On Godrevy Beach

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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!

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)

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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.

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Posted in That's Dream Pop

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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.

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Posted in The Ghost in the Machine

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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:...

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Posted in More Than We Bargained For

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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...

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Posted in Gaffe!

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