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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 hope so. Despite today's
Posted on Mon, 05 Sep 2022
I hope so. Despite today's news.
Read full commentPosted in Winning Through
Such wonderful imagery in
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022
Such wonderful imagery in this one, Jenny. You capture a real sense of foreboding. The feathered ghost is a marvellous concept. How strange that you first wrote it as Covid was creeping towards us. Because I'm behind with my ABC reading, I've...
Read full commentPosted in View Beyond
Oh Jean, these pieces always
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022
Oh Jean, these pieces always make me giggle, very inappropriately. It's good to know that Effie is, eventually, grateful for your ministrations. As always, your humour and strength are inspirational.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 7
Thanks Ewan. As well as this
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022
Thanks Ewan. As well as this year's autumn crop of spiders coming early, I now have shapes on the blinds to think about as I go to sleep. I don't buy that explanation of the chimney stack at all
Read full commentPosted in Daytime Ghost
My parents loved Scrabble,
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
My parents loved Scrabble, and I was brought up playing it. We had a family league, and one of my proudest moments was when I came out on top! Happy memories of sitting at the kitchen table, with the dictionary to hand. Thank you for posting this...
Read full commentPosted in Where's the Z?
A beautiful poem, Paul. I am
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
A beautiful poem, Paul. I am so sorry you've lost someone. Being with someone as they pass from 'is' to 'was' is a privilege, I think, as well as profoundly sad. I don't myself believe in an after life, but like an earlier commenter, I would like...
Read full commentPosted in Does it Rain in Heaven?
I love my walks with you,
Posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2022
I love these walks with you, Jenny. They bring me sights and sounds and scents, and a real feeling of being refreshed. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in What I Love
Ah, this is lovely, Luigi,
Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2022
Ah, this is lovely, Luigi, great twist at the end.
Read full commentPosted in Best Friend
I looked him up, too. This is
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
I looked him up, too. This is a marvellous poem that really conveys the strength of his work. His paintings of trees particularly struck me - there's one called The Ghost Tree which I can't quite get out of my mind. Great work Di!
Read full commentPosted in RJC
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
Read full commentPosted in Painted Poem. By MarciaMarcia
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