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I have 135 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591484 times and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1077 of my 4,624 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1175 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

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Pt 3)

Kati formulates a plan. An ending. Possibly not THE ending. Still needs a lot of work.
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Cherry

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part Two)

Part Two. Still don't know the ending.
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Cherry
Story of the week

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part One)

I am really struggling with this one. I've got two thirds of the way through and I now have about three endings, all entirely different, and I can't decide. I don't even know what genre to put it in. Depends on the ending...
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A Pillock's Castle (2)

Some day my plumber will come.
Cherry

A Pillock's Castle

First find your stopcock

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1077 of my comments have received 1175 Great Feedback votes

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Dear Jean, your warmth,

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

Dear Jean, your warmth, humour, humanity and lovely writing are at the very heart of our community. They, and you, always will be. Thank you so much for all you have given us.

Jane x

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Posted in The End - part 2

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Beautifully done, Paul. I so

Posted on Fri, 08 Mar 2024

Beautifully done, Paul. I so enjoyed this. Well done.

I don't think the Ghost Walk bloke is meant to be Jack the Ripper - I think he's more just a generic Victorian. I've never asked him, though.

I've been told that the Golden...

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)

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Brilliantly done, Ewan, and

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Brilliantly done, Ewan, and every word true. But I do miss the days when I believed that the sunlit uplands were out there somewhere.

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Posted in The Road to Erehwon

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Definitely seen and SO

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Definitely seen and SO relished. My daughter works at The Potions Cauldron! The Golden Fleece is one of our regular 'haunts' and my son used to do a Saturday night residency there in his early busking days. I have had many conversations with that...

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)

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Wonderful piece of flash

Posted on Sat, 10 Feb 2024

Wonderful piece of flash fiction. A very absorbing read.

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Posted in Just like starting over

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Lovely, Rhiannon, very

Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Lovely, Rhiannon, very relatable! I identify with this particularly - if I have to get up in the night I often don't put the light on because I don't want to wake myself up any more than necessary and thus have a problem getting back to sleep. My...

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Posted in Feeling to find it

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sun, 11 Feb 2024

A wonderful bit of writing, and it's our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Portrush Flyer

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Story of the Week

Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024

A brilliant series, and this final part is our Story of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in Cherries and Dahlia Petals

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It's a bit grim and murky

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

It's a bit grim and murky here (it tried to snow yesterday but gave up and retreated to rain) but there are the odd signs of new life. A couple of days ago I marked the momentous day in my diary - it was still proper daylight at 5pm! When I...

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Posted in Progress!

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Very beautiful. "The sun of

Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024

Very beautiful. "The sun of his smile..." Brought back memories for me.

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Posted in We Watched from the Shore

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