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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 591494 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
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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So much enjoying these,
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
So much enjoying these, Turlough. You've made me really want to visit the country again (especially Isfahan) but maybe not at the moment...
Read full commentPosted in The Gaddafi Effect
Poem of the Week
Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2024
Brilliant in its evocation of time and place, and in its urgency, this is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Act! A Poem for Basildon
There's that quote about
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
There's that quote about someone's friends being the best measure of their worth and it sounds as though Mac was proof of that. The memories will survive the sadness.
Read full commentPosted in Cheers
Mine is "You know, Mary What
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
Mine is "You know, Mary What's-her-face, married Bill What's-his-name's brother..." "Ah yes," says my similarly memory challenged interlocuter, with a knowing smile. Although 'London Bridge' has more style!
I do hope most of the people I...
Read full commentPosted in Forgetting something? Just say London Bridge.
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Some very much wanted magic in gloomy January! This enchanting opening to a very promising tale is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in "Unwanted Magic" 1
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
A much needed bit of optimism for the New Year, and it's our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in January Panorama
Wishing you good things and
Posted on Tue, 02 Jan 2024
Wishing you good things and happiness in 2024 and beyond. Lovely to hear you say you are resolved to be your whole self - I do so hope it all works out.
Read full commentPosted in New year's rant
This story is so great, and
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
This story is so great, and after this I shall never approach changing my printer cartridges in quite the same frame of mind. Such a funny and unsettling tale. Lovely writing.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 11
Enjoyed this very much.
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
Enjoyed this very much. Although I am rather with insert on the microwave question. Ditto the actual oven.
Read full commentPosted in New Year's Resolution
Enthralling in the purest
Posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2023
Enthralling in the purest sense - I was absolutely in its thrall from the first line. I love the idea of being a woman of the mist, and there is indeed a fear of grey-haired women. I didn't know about the Long Compton witches, so the poem sent me...
Read full commentPosted in The Witches of Long Compton
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