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I have 97 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85053 times
and 125 of my stories have been cherry picked.
295 of my 2,482 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 302 votes
Short stories published in these anthologies:
Cold Iron: 21st Century Ghost Stories (The Iron Press) http://www.ironpress.co.uk/books/coldiron.html (as Jane Ayrie);
Science Fiction for Survival (Valley Press) https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/119/science_fiction_for_survival (as Jane Roberts)
My stories
Castle Pillock 7
Radio Gaga: The Dowager has a birthday, God moves in mysterious ways, and we remember Blueberry Hill.
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Back When Elvis Came To Town
Imagine the time before recorded sound. Before wax cylinders and piano rolls and music boxes. When all you had was the singer. Back when Elvis came to town.
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Song For The Girl With The Corn Coloured Hair
Originally intended for the 'Result' IP but life intervened and I didn't get it done in time.
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Castle Pillock 6
The Journal has had a fruity week...
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Castle Pillock 5
The Princess is taking her genes on holiday...
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Fascinating, Jean. I was
Posted on Tue, 18 Jul 2017
Fascinating, Jean. I was watching the Proms the other night, Daniel Barenboim conducting a programme of English music, and they played both 'Nimrod' (always reduces me to tears) and 'Pomp and Circumstance'. The detail in this is wonderful -...
Read full commentPosted in Beth Tree and the Elgars 7
What a lovely story! Glad
Posted on Sun, 16 Jul 2017
What a lovely story! Glad that it all worked out in the end. I love the idea of having that chant as a ring tone. Currently I have The Beatles' 'Don't Bother Me', which has always seemed appropriate, but you've given me something to think...
Read full commentPosted in The Kindness of Kevin
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales.
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2017
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales. I enjoyed reading this. The way you follow the year through is very effective, and I very much liked the last three lines. I agree with Ewan that the word Ivy sits a little oddly at the end. Although I'd have got...
Read full commentPosted in a sort of green
And it's also our Story of
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
And it's also our Story of the Week - Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
Brilliantly funny, painfully
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Brilliantly funny, painfully realistic - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
Picture Credit: http://tinyurl.com/y8kce54x
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Very funny - and the
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Very funny - and the awkwardness is tangible. Really enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
I loved that last line.
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2017
I loved that last line. Sometimes there is simply no other way to put it!
I really like the rhythm of your writing - I see that you're a lyricist and the musicality definitely comes through.
Read full commentPosted in Um, Um, Um, Yummy
This is a lovely piece. We
Posted on Sat, 03 Jun 2017
This is a lovely piece. We have been reminded recently of how powerful poetry can be at times of national grief. I like the way this reads as a declaration of (all kinds of) faith, a credo for getting through terrible times. Really touches the...
Read full commentPosted in Hearts Connect Us
Loved this. Poor old Very.
Posted on Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Loved this. Poor old Very. I have this terrible dream, sometimes, where I'm confronted by the population of the future gabbling 'So jus' lit'rally very kinda like y'know' as they drive skewers into my ears.
Read full commentPosted in Adverb Angst
Wonderful use of the words -
Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2017
Wonderful use of the words - read aloud, the sounds really evoke both the storm and the calm afterwards.
Read full commentPosted in Ocean
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