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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 621039 times
and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1092 of my 4,653 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1192 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
Castle Pillock 4
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All You Need Is...?
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The Almsbury Ritual Part 2
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The Almsbury Ritual Part 1
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Pillock's Castle (3)
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My grief-stricken son is
Posted on Sun, 09 Jun 2024
My grief-stricken son is crying into his Leeds Utd shirt again. I think every Leeds Utd shirt he's ever had has ended up tear-stained. Except that one year (2020?) when they went up instead of down.
I do hope Snezhinka will recover....
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - May 2024 - Three Dart Finish
Completely splendid. Joan is
Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Completely splendid. Joan is nothing like my ex mother-in-law but a lot like my old granny's neighbour. And toad-in-the-hole flavoured condoms - oh yes please! (Not for personal use, you understand, just for the sheer exhilaration of knowing they...
Read full commentPosted in The Spice of Life
Here I am, all caught up with
Posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Here I am, all caught up with this, and greatly enjoying. Although I am holding you responsible for the earworm.
Read full commentPosted in 7 Cod Dickensian Crap
Delightful, Turlough. Ah, the
Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024
Delightful, Turlough. Ah, the joys of 1970s cuisine. And being able to get into a gig for a quid! And those gig regrets. I'll never forget a friend who, at age 16, hitch-hiked/blagged his way all the way from Liverpool to the Isle of Wight...
Read full commentPosted in Bill or Bob?
Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024
This beautiful poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture free to use from Wikimedia Commons: https://...
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One of my favourite things is
Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024
One of my favourite things is watching a summer evening turn to dusk. This is so beautiful and will be a lovely thing to turn to when, as today, the summer evening is one of belting rain and clouds!
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This is such an emotionally
Posted on Sat, 25 May 2024
This is such an emotionally charged but also very sweet story. This is my first reading of it but I know I will return to it. Great response to the IP.
Read full commentPosted in Being rather silly
Ha! I'm a Silver Surfer,
Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024
Ha! I'm a Silver Surfer, apparently. I mean, not Jason Connery, obviously - nice bloke but couldn't act for toffees. I'm not sure Michael Praed could act either but who the hell cared?
Although chronologically I should be Senior Citizen,...
Read full commentPosted in Who Is Your Robin Hood?
Absolutely love this. It's a
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
Absolutely love this. It's a completely engrossing stand-alone, and part of me really wants you to develop it, while part of me just likes the way it ends there, with all those possibilities for each reader to imagine for themselves. A really...
Read full commentPosted in "Book of All Answers"
It was depressing hearing
Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024
It was depressing hearing Starmer on the radio this morning, today's lesson in obfuscation starteth here. I'll still vote for them though, partly because my local Labour MP is a good constituency MP, and partly because...yes, Get The Bastards Out...
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