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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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I love the whole concept of
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2023
I love the whole concept of the Green Man, and you've captured it so well here. Lovely piece, Jenny. And while I'm missing your stories, I'll forgive you if you keep producing poems like this!
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of A Green Man
This is great, Paul. And
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023
This is great, Paul. And please write more science fiction. Big fan here, especially of the classics, and PKD is one of my favourites. I look forward to reading more SF from you!
Read full commentPosted in The Edge of Heaven
I'm lucky where I live, the
Posted on Thu, 09 Feb 2023
I'm lucky where I live, the buses are - comparatively - good in the city (our city the size of a town) but they're going to be cut back, and the long range buses, essential now Transpennine trains are a pile of poo, are also going to be cut back...
Read full commentPosted in Our Town
They do indeed live, every
Posted on Thu, 09 Feb 2023
They do indeed live, every day. This captures it all so well, Ewan.
Read full commentPosted in For As Long As
As Mark says, beautiful
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023
As Mark says, beautiful imagery, and this one really packs a punch. A feel of the familiar not being nearly as familiar as we assume.
Read full commentPosted in two paths (may be distressing)
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 28 Jan 2023
Engrossing and thought-provoking, this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Carol M Highsmith, free to use via Wikimedia Commons ...
Read full commentPosted in Gunslinger in a Tutu
Funerals are often the most
Posted on Fri, 27 Jan 2023
Funerals are often the most surreal events going. At my grandmother's the priest forgot her name and started rambling on about someone else entirely. Rather enjoyed the one where we sang The Red Flag.
Yes, this is a defiinite for the next...
Read full commentPosted in end of the pier
Congratulations on your
Posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2023
Congratulations on your sesquicentennial! (Yeah, I looked it up.) I thought that was the wonderful Skye Woofer in the picture. Beautiful to read, Paul. Long may he continue, misdemeanours and all.
Read full commentPosted in Eric the Viking
This was so lovely to read. I
Posted on Sat, 28 Jan 2023
This was so lovely to read. I've had various cats over the years, now down to one, and it's always been a joy to see their different personalities. Obviously the cat I have now has her pick of sleeping spaces, and she usually spends a few days in...
Read full commentPosted in The Mind Of A Cat.
I struggle in January too. I
Posted on Sat, 28 Jan 2023
I struggle in January too. I've been retired for some years, but I still wait hungrily for the day it's still daylight at 5pm, as this to me is a definite sign we're on the way up.
Lovely response to the IP.
Read full commentPosted in Ever Decreasing Circles
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