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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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That's fascinating - I love
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
That's fascinating - I love finding out about how language develops. I've learned something today!
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
Very intriguing - I had a
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
Very intriguing - I had a very vivid picture of the proceedings, and there is real sense of foreboding at the end. Enjoyed reading it.
In the first line - broom stails? Should this be brooms' tails, or what is a broom stail?
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
Exactly. Those social media
Posted on Mon, 12 Jul 2021
Exactly. Those social media morons shatter far more dreams than any footballer ever could.
Read full commentPosted in Bubbles
This is beautiful, Jenny.
Posted on Wed, 07 Jul 2021
This is beautiful, Jenny. Your poetry just gets better and better. I particularly loved the line 'I could dream all day growing a sense of who I am'. Really inspiring.
Read full commentPosted in Daydreamer
This is lovely, and that last
Posted on Thu, 08 Jul 2021
This is lovely, and that last line is particularly wonderful. A great blend of vulnerability, wry humour, love and gentle acceptance. I felt better for reading this.
Read full commentPosted in DIY
I'm a newcomer to this - not
Posted on Sat, 03 Jul 2021
I'm a newcomer to this - not quite sure why I haven't picked it up before! Thoroughly intrigued by this episode, going to go back and read from the beginning now!
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 28
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021
This beautiful 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 Timeless Wonder
That last verse is
Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021
That last verse is particularly wonderful, Jenny, but the rest of it does such a brilliant job of conveying the sight and feel of the landscape, and its timelessness. It's so fascinating to think about whose footsteps we might be walking in....
Read full commentPosted in Timeless Wonder
I would have paid a good
Posted on Fri, 02 Jul 2021
I would have paid a good number of English pounds to see Jake do 'Copacabana'. Lovely audio, by the way. Delighted to hear your woofles is named after the Kinks song. Treasured memories of being unadvisably in the front row of one of their gigs...
Read full commentPosted in Builder's Plaster
Absorbing history, Jean. I
Posted on Fri, 02 Jul 2021
Absorbing history, Jean. I had no idea of the origin of 'pidgin' English. When I was reading the first part particularly I was thinking 'Somerset Maugham territory', with his tales of people on boats in the Far East. I don't think he's read much...
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