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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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Ah, great to hear that from
Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 2022
Ah, great to hear that from the eye doctor. I like to think of you still smiling, Jean, and being strong and even mischievous enough to turn your experiences into such a wonderful journal. Hooray for jelly babies!
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 5
I listen to the shipping
Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022
I listen to the shipping forecast most nights before I go to sleep, I even have my favourite announcers! It will be even more magical for me now, after reading this. Beautiful poem.
Read full commentPosted in The Witch’s Daughter
Absolutely noodling fantastic
Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 2022
Absolutely noodling fantastic. Bring the next couple of parts through that wormhole quick. I always knew, I always knew, that pasta was up to something.
Read full commentPosted in The Wayward Noodle 2
Lovely first part, Paul.
Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022
Lovely first part, Paul. Please don't make us wait too long for Part Two!
Oddly enough, I have just been watching the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman'. A number of fluttering wings in that and I was thinking, it's a bit of...
Read full commentPosted in Charmed (Part One of Two)
It's always so lovely when
Posted on Tue, 09 Aug 2022
It's always so lovely when one person's work inspires another. This is magical, Jenny - and it took me back, too! Oh those days when, as you say, a fiver would last you for days. I haven't been to Cornwall since I was a child, but your poem has...
Read full commentPosted in Along Cornish Coast
Always the 'cancelled' making
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2022
Always the 'cancelled' making the most noise. I'm glad you warned me about the possibility of finding Piers Morgan on three channels at once. I might have had PTSD for a very long time if I had come across him three times by accident.
Read full commentPosted in Someone has taken offence
Thank you, Drew. My current
Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022
Thank you, Drew. My current project is to cut out my usual waffle!
Read full commentPosted in Lock
Another of life's mysteries.
Posted on Fri, 05 Aug 2022
Another of life's mysteries. Here stuff gets draped over lamposts. So the shedder of clothing not only has to decide to go home without it, they have to climb up a lampost. I think our god of mischief is extremely demanding.
Read full commentPosted in The Forest of Discarded Raiment
I do love a bit of dystopia,
Posted on Fri, 05 Aug 2022
I do love a bit of dystopia, and this is an intriguing idea. And it honestly doesn't seem that far-fetched.
I'd be interested to know what happened to the survivors (if any) at the end. Is this a one-off or will you follow up the narrator...
Read full commentPosted in Welcome My Friends to The Race That Never Ends!
It's a great question. I too
Posted on Fri, 05 Aug 2022
It's a great question. I too do it because it 'takes me out of my head' - you've got that exactly right. I can go where I want to go (and sometimes places I don't really want to go) whenever I want. The blank page does scare me a bit, but I've...
Read full commentPosted in Why do you write?
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