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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 507838 times
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1035 of my 4,571 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1124 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
Flowers (Part One of Two) (IP)
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Castle Pillock 13
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The Girl With Colitis Goes By
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Seven)
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Lustrum (IP) (With apologies to Robert Harris)
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Great response to the IP,
Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024
Great response to the IP, Jenny. It's a special moment when we're allowed up close to another species. There's something reassuring in knowing that they are going about their own lives, and couldn't give a stuff what we're up to or whatever our...
Read full commentPosted in Caught In Charm Of What I See
I love the whole concept of
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I love the whole concept of this. Labels can help us to understand ourselves or others, but they can also just present us with another set of rules and parameters to conform to. Set the rainbow children free indeed. Anyone should be proud of that...
Read full commentPosted in Bleeding Rainbows
We sang the song about the
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024
We sang the song about the Raggle Taggle Gypsies when I was at school, and it always fascinated me. It was one of the first songs I sang to my son when he was a baby.
'For though now older I'll not age in mind...'
Exactly. Always...
Read full commentPosted in Playful Elven Folk
Well done on this, Paul. You
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Well done on this, Paul. You've captured so much of the creeping fear we all have of where the world might be heading. The unholy meeting of minds that was the Musk/Trump face to face would have been funny except for the knowledge that some...
Read full commentPosted in Leviathan
Of course I clicked on the
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Of course I clicked on the link. Ah, Oz. Them were - probably not - the days.
Hope you get your copy of the album ASAP!
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - The Topless photo of Germaine Greer
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I feel like signing up for the next La Tomatina, as I'm sure those battle skills will indeed be useful. By chance, my dishwasher started blinking at me this morning, demanding sustenance. Between the cat and the...
Read full commentPosted in La Tomatino versus The Terminator
Brilliant, Turlough. I could
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Brilliant, Turlough. I could see, hear and smell him. Random conversations are some of the best experiences of life. The other day I was having a chat with the new cleaner for the communal areas of my block of flats, whom I'd never met before,...
Read full commentPosted in Benches & Hedges
Very well said. I do hope the
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Very well said. I do hope the winds will change soon.
Read full commentPosted in Boats
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2024
This searing and beautifully constructed poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day.
Picture by Lorc, copyright free on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons....
Read full commentPosted in BREAK DOWN OF A BREAKDOWN
Yes, do carry on! I really
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Yes, do carry on! I really want to know what's happening.
Read full commentPosted in Tom's Secret
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