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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
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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Story of the Week
Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025
This is our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Wobbling between this and that.
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.
Read full commentPosted in Mysterious Veil On All Hallows Night
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.
Read full commentPosted in Early Lateness
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)
Read full commentPosted in Finding Fionnuala
Poem of the Week
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025
This is our wonderful, and heartbreaking, Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)
Story of the Week
Posted on Tue, 02 Sep 2025
This is our brilliant - and disturbing - Story of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Funny billies
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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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.
Read full commentPosted in Mary's Missing Teapot
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...
Read full commentPosted in Mary's Missing Teapot
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.
Read full commentPosted in 106!!
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