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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 553384 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1064 of my 4,608 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1158 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
Halloween
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Postcard from Upstairs (IP)
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The Game of the Name
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Why Does The Cat Plonk Her A**e On My Mouse?
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A Letter To Remember
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
This joyous piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in "Dug"
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's
Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's have some more. Your protagonist could always take on the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra. I've never forgiven Watson for not writing that one up.
Sorry, great though the old films are, Jeremy Brett is the...
Read full commentPosted in The Body in the Library
Feeling hope in beauty is an
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Feeling hope in beauty is an important handhold. The next one will come.
A lovely piece of writing, Penny.
Read full commentPosted in "Fragile"
Hello! Thanks for dropping by
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Hello! Thanks for dropping by. No beer glasses here, I promise.
What inclines me to think Musk knew exactly what he was doing is his support for right wing extremists like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) and the fact that a few days...
Read full commentPosted in Ye Mighty
Trump assumes that should a
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
Trump assumes that should a contradiction arise, he can just bellow at it until it somehow miraculously disappears. Rather like the trans people who, at the stroke of a pen, will simply cease to exist. It's moronic and horrific all at the same...
Read full commentPosted in Trump’s Inauguration Hot Air Balloon! By Alfred N.Muggins
Very enjoyable read, with a
Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Very enjoyable read, with a sting in the message. I still haven't recovered from seeing a thing about albatross killing their own chicks by unknowingly feeding them plastic. This young albatross is lucky to have a streetwise Dad!
Read full commentPosted in A story by Albert Ross
Keeping on, doing our best,
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Keeping on, doing our best, is an achievement. Even when it feels like barely, barely keeping head above water. Just keep fucking going indeed.
Thanks for writing this.
Read full commentPosted in 3am
I see he's leapt straight on
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2025
I see he's leapt straight on the subject of the Washington plane crash, saying it's all the fault of diversity hiring. No sympathy, empathy or compassion at all.
Read full commentPosted in Ye Mighty
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025
This is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day. Please do share.
Picture by DeFacto, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: https://...
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The question of why people
Posted on Wed, 29 Jan 2025
The question of why people voted for him is fascinating. From a distance it looks like turkeys and Christmas, but obviously it's far more complex than that. I tend to go with the idea that at times of uncertainty and fear, people just want...
Read full commentPosted in The Great Pretender! By Alfred N Muggins
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