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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591526 times
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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
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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Did not see that coming!
Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025
Did not see that coming! Lovely story.
Read full commentPosted in So glad you made it
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry wouldn't thank Vanessa for delivering them to the tender mercies of Cedric.
Mind you, his bin cleaning fetish would definitely come in handy at my place.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 55
Thanks for reading, Jane. You
Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025
Thanks for reading, Jane. You're right, it does feel as if we're drowning in all the quicksand out there, and I keep trying to stop myself looking at it all and reading it, but old habits die hard and there is something hideously fascinating...
Read full commentPosted in Retroactive
A truly unsettling poem. Like
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025
A truly unsettling poem. Like you, I've read a few stories about people and their cow encounters. We do tend to forget that cows are very powerful animals and I've read that they're not very keen on humans they don't know. They have my sympathy...
Read full commentPosted in Killed By Cows
Marmite is a great and
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Marmite is a great and wondrous thing. Sadly, I have failed to convey this indisputable fact to my children, one of whom hates the stuff while the other will tolerate it to be polite when visiting a marmite household. It is a necessary part of my...
Read full commentPosted in Love it or hate it … ?
Congratulations on tying it
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Congratulations on tying it all up so well. Looking forward to the next enterprise!
Read full commentPosted in So The Story Goes (Dead Reckoning series - Part 50)
I really enjoy writing to
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
I really enjoy writing to prompts, as you never know where they'll take you. I go to a creative writing group once a month where we do just this, and I particularly enjoy seeing the different ways people interpret the prompts. Similarly, the...
Read full commentPosted in 'I remember ...'
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip does. He could be a sober monster, of course!
Read full commentPosted in Making this world a bettter place
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This beautiful reflection on memory is our Sunday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Pearson Scott Foresman, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: ...
Read full commentPosted in Ruminant
Some much needed reassurance
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
Some much needed reassurance that even these days, if you are true to your dreams, you may just win out over all the flash and smugness out there. Very much enjoyed this!
Read full commentPosted in Having perhaps the better claim
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