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I have 135 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 543675 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1056 of my 4,586 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1147 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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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023
Beautiful, inventive, and with a very particular sort of magic. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Jacques in the Box
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 08 Oct 2023
The capture of a moment glimpsed, half-forgotten, but lingering. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in 1990: The Water Ladies
I so enjoyed this. The whole
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
I so enjoyed this. The whole thing totally lived up to the promise of the first part, and although the ending is still ambiguous it is satisfying for the reader in a way that the original ending wasn't, because there was so much more to know...
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)
Yes! More of this. I'm so
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
Yes! More of this. I'm so glad you continued it. The story is coming along brilliantly.
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)
As a friend recently remarked
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
As a friend recently remarked to me, there's a book in pretty much anything. I think you'd need to look at this couple's story before and after the stag night, make this part of a longer time frame. I'm mainly a short story writer and so far from...
Read full commentPosted in the knot
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
A beautifully judged poem about the end of things, and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Nisi
I really felt for you, Jenny.
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
I really felt for you, Jenny. I think nose piercings can look really good, but I would never have the courage to try it. Obviously the chap who did yours should never have been allowed anywhere near anyone's nose!
Read full commentPosted in Misguided In The Early 90s
Good advice - never have your
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
Good advice - never have your stag do the night before the wedding! This was a giggle to read, I'm glad it turned out (more or less) all right for the happy couple.
Read full commentPosted in the knot
Story of the Week
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2023
Charming, funny and insightful as ever - Hudson's latest is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in The Bothers
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2023
This is a beautiful insight into the primeval fears and memories evoked by a thunderstorm, and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Tempestuous Stirrings
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