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I have 135 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 599059 times and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1081 of my 4,630 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1180 votes

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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

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Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks

Little Cat and I are back, having totally failed in our mission. Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
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Pad Life 17: So Here It Is

Season's Greetings from the Pad. Picture copyright free from Pixabay
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Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality

The talking cat tells me to ignore the Rock of Reality. So we go to Leeds. Picture: Copyright free on Pixabay.
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Pad Life 15: Princess and the Crone

Once upon a time, in a reality far, far away, there lived a young woman. Let’s call her…oh…I don’t know…Princess. Why not? (A totally fictional story in a totally fictional reality with totally fictional people.) Purple Day logo used with permission of Purple Day UK.
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Horror In The Smallest Room

I am a novelist. I do not exorcise bathrooms. Your're offering how much? Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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1081 of my comments have received 1180 Great Feedback votes

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024

This is also our Poem of the Week - congratulations!

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Posted in Conditions That Please or Displease Flowers

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024

This beautiful piece is our Friday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in Conditions That Please or Displease Flowers

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Story of the Week

Posted on Tue, 16 Jul 2024

This latest episode of a brilliant series is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 29

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I willingly concede bragging

Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024

I willingly concede bragging rights on the deranged politician front, Rich. Also, while no-one outside of these shores actually gives a flying banana about what happens here, what happens on your side of the pond will affect us all. We will...

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Posted in Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

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Hooray for Bus Pass! Glad it

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Hooray for Bus Pass! Glad it was a lovely day.

We had a Søstrene Grene open here in York a few months ago, and it's always packed. I'm also a Scandiphile, but my son's partner, who's Swedish, frowns at me whenever I talk about Søstrene...

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Posted in Bus Pass Has a Birthday Treat

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Lovely writing, devilishly

Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Lovely writing, devilishly enjoyable. I'm glad to know they're all computerised down there. I'm wondering if the wi-fi is better there than in the other place, because that could make all the difference to the choices I make for my soul.

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Posted in Peter's Soul

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The exact same question

Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024

The exact same question occurred to me. Then I was thinking, we should have an ABC Tales app. No idea what for, apart from making our users face an annoying pop-up: DOWNLOAD OUR APP HERE AND BUGGER UP YOUR PHONE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

On...

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Posted in 11 "I Just Don't Like Hastings"

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Story of the Week

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

This is also our Story of the Week.

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Posted in The End - part 2

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Congratulations on the golden

Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024

Congratulations on the golden cherries. This really is a wonderful poem. I worked in Adult Services for a while, and saw families going through this dilemma. There are no easy answers and you're right, it does take courage to make that decision...

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Posted in The Home

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This whole series has been

Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024

This whole series has been such a joy to read, Turlough. You brought the place and the people to life. I am greatly looking forward to the promised Part 13 and the prequel.

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Posted in Cherries and Dahlia Petals

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