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I have 135 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 551010 times and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1063 of my 4,601 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1157 votes

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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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1063 of my comments have received 1157 Great Feedback votes

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 04 Jun 2021

This beautifully written piece is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Grizzling

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What a lovely tribute,

Posted on Fri, 04 Jun 2021

What a lovely tribute, Rhiannon, and that's a great photograph. Lots of humour, and love, and a real pleasure to read.

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Posted in My ‘Mamgu’ (c.1880 - 1969)

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One of my favourite SF

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

One of my favourite SF characters. Amazing that Rutger Hauer came up with that wonderful speech, probably the best moment in the film. I was a Blade Runner superfan back in the day - I haven't seen it for a while, but I can imagine I would find...

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Posted in Roy Batty (Tears in Rain)

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Please do keep sharing with

Posted on Sat, 22 May 2021

Please do keep sharing with us. I'm so glad to know that you're moving forwards. Just to complete a novel is a bloody marvellous achievement. No-one who hasn't tried it knows what it takes. Keep going.

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Posted in Schism: The Final Stretch and Freedom from Agrophobia

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Penny, I shall never look at

Posted on Sun, 23 May 2021

Penny, I shall never look at the Amazon delivery man in the same way again. 

I think someone (possibly Jenny?) said in a comment on one of the earlier episodes that they like to save these up to read together, and I'm a bit the same. I...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 9

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Great approach to the IP.

Posted on Mon, 24 May 2021

Great approach to the IP. Sometimes the memories and our imaginations are what get us through.

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Posted in We're not in Kansas anymore!

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You've made something very

Posted on Wed, 19 May 2021

You've made something very beautiful out of what is obviously a sadness for you, Rachel. The fact that you retain a child-like wonder at the the world around you, which you can put in such wonderful poetry, tells you a great deal about the child...

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Posted in Wandering Albatross

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Lovely, carefree days,

Posted on Thu, 20 May 2021

Lovely, carefree days, Rhiannon. You've brightened my afternoon - it is raining the proverbial cats and dogs here, but no lovely squishy mud to jump in!

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Posted in Shiny Brown

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Thank you so much for reading

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

Thank you so much for reading, Jean, and for your kind comment. I hope all is well with you. I've now had my second jab, so the world is now my something or other! Variants allowing of course.

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Posted in Pad Life 14: The Joy of Jabbing

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Sat, 01 May 2021

This wonderful piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in Impaired

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