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I have 135 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 550830 times and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1063 of my 4,601 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1157 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

Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Eleven)

It hardly mattered in which direction I walked. It was only a matter of time. And there was a figure standing at the end of the street.
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Ten)

The silver dust coated my skin and lips. A haz-bomb. What contaminants was I taking in through my lungs, my skin, the water I drank?
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Nine)

Finally, I could start casting a net for Hamish Mansoorian. But the results were impossible.
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Eight)

I began to shake. The room rippled round me and the options of weeping or going to sleep vied for my attention. Was I a murderer, or just a thief?
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Seven)

I slid into the mob. Their eyes darted instantly to my face, scanning my forehad, seeking any trace of an Irrevocable Tattoo.

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1063 of my comments have received 1157 Great Feedback votes

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It is interesting to see how

Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024

It is interesting to see how relevant your piece is now, a year after it was written.

It saddens me that Brits are no longer taught about our history of dissent. The Peasants' Revolt, the Chartists, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and, of course,...

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Posted in An Easter Message Of Confusion from Alfred N.Muggins Part 2 : France!

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sun, 30 Jun 2024

This is our absolutely splendid Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in A View From the Cab - The Debate 1948

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You can't beat a bit of

Posted on Mon, 01 Jul 2024

You can't beat a bit of Hawkwind to cheer up the soul. And it sounds as though you definitely needed a bit of soul cheering.

You see, that's what I like, a bit of education with my highly enjoyable reading. I never knew wasps and figs...

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Posted in Holiday on Ice

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

This clever and mesmerising poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

Cover image by Li Qun, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...

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Posted in This Rose Garden

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At last, something that makes

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

At last, something that makes sense of the whole damn fiasco! Thank you, Paul.

Each day I think we must have reached the summit of plonkerdom, and each day a new peak appears.

I have to disagree with celtic - after the Biden-Trump...

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Posted in Boris and the Hustings

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Each day is a victory...and a mountain to climb. This brilliant poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share.

Picture by Michael Klajban, copyright free at Wikimedia Commons:...

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Posted in parched

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Yes, we are, we are indeed.

Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2024

Yes, we are, we are indeed. And the worst of us are almost certain to make that leap into the unknown, and all I hope is that when they get wherever they're going they meet the same fate as the human space travellers in 'Don't Look Up'. (If you...

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Posted in Escape Stupidity

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I think we can all sympathise

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

I think we can all sympathise with Alfred's question. Justice and respect seem fairly basic things to desire - as you say, who would think they could be so difficult!

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Posted in Alfred Muggins’ Easter Dream

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Thank you for posting this,

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Thank you for posting this, Di, definitely one from the heart. It is so sad when young people feel a vote is worthless and they have no investment in democracy. It is very true that many people feel the climate crisis is something vague in the...

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Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is

Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is blame the other. I had a conversation with someone the other day who thinks minimum wage is the problem. It's too high, apparently. Destroying businesses. The boats too, of course, destroying everything else, but...

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Posted in Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

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