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11 collections on the site.
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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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Thank you, Drew. I wish I
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
Thank you, Drew. I wish I could catch up on my life. It always seems to be disappearing round the next corner ahead of me.
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality
There's a real joy and
Posted on Sun, 26 Sep 2021
There's a real joy and sweetness in this. Very much enjoyed it.
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Dance
Ah, that sodding imposter has
Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021
Ah, that sodding imposter has just agreed to move out of my house for a couple of weeks. You must have been next on the list. Don't worry, she/he will be making the return journey soon. In the meantime, tell him/her to go and do something...
Read full commentPosted in Ghosts (Part Two)
I am so glad to see this is a
Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021
I am so glad to see this is a WIP - there's more! As always, marvellous characters, settings so real you can smell and taste them. A touch of humour, and tension and mystery here too. I am so looking forward to seeing what comes next.
Read full commentPosted in Ghosts (Part Two)
But what's behind the coats,
Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2021
But what's behind the coats, I wonder...
Enjoyed this very much!
Read full commentPosted in Night Time Stalker
Being a happy writer is the
Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2021
Being a happy writer is the thing. And of course, it all depends how you define success. I would say you very much have success, not because you've published (though that's bloody brilliant) but because you like what you write and you bring...
Read full commentPosted in On Giving Up
It was such a pleasure to
Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2021
It was such a pleasure to hear this at the reading, Paul, and lovely to have a chance to read it now. I look forward to hearing it again when it's all on YouTube!
Read full commentPosted in Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)
I read Kim Sengupta's article
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
I read Kim Sengupta's article in the paper, and pathos and horror of it is almost unimaginable. It is both the most complex of situations, and the most simple. Thank you for putting so much into words.
Read full commentPosted in Kabul Airport
Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021
This marvellously evocative poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
Read full commentPosted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza
As others have said, the
Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2021
As others have said, the different views of his life were very interesting. How sad that Maria and the others were excluded from the accounts of his life. There was, I think, a very narrow view of what was 'noteworthy' then, and there is still a...
Read full commentPosted in Maria's Diary 40
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