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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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Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 06 May 2021
This beautiful piece of wisdom and tranquility 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 Resting Place
A striking and beautiful poem
Posted on Sat, 01 May 2021
A striking and beautiful poem, and such a lovely remembrance for your daughter. The picture makes a wonderful accompaniment.
Read full commentPosted in Impaired
Lovely tribute. Obviously a
Posted on Sat, 01 May 2021
Lovely tribute. Obviously a very important person in your life, and it's good to have such warm memories.
Read full commentPosted in The Late Burkette Greene
Not sure whether to laugh or
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Not sure whether to laugh or cry at the rude mechanicals at the moment. All that seems to matter is 'will it cut through?' not 'is it f***ing immoral?'.
Those last couple of lines are zingers. Captures the fantasy and the present genuine...
Read full commentPosted in Caper On
It works very well as is, but
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
It works very well as is, but then we're never satisfied with our own stuff, are we? Would be interested to see what alterations you might make to it. I think the recent activity on Mars has rekindled a lot of people's interest in space...
Read full commentPosted in Footsteps on Mars
The tone is just right, gives
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
The tone is just right, gives me an urge to watch the films again. Lovely work.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
I've caught up with all these
Posted on Sun, 25 Apr 2021
I've caught up with all these now - they're wonderful! I'm really looking forward to the next one. Marvellous human and feline characters and such a delight to read. Very skilfully put together, with the different personalities so well delineated...
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 4
Full of life and character -
Posted on Fri, 16 Apr 2021
Full of life and character - it's like watching a film. Use of dialect often divides the crowd, and I'm not always a fan because for the uninitiated it can require a lot of work to get in the rhythm. But I think your stories prove that if the...
Read full commentPosted in Liberties (Part Two)
Beautiful, Paul - struck a
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
Beautiful, Paul - struck a chord with me as with so many others. Lovely to see it as POD.
Read full commentPosted in Setting Sons
There's a lot to be said for
Posted on Thu, 08 Apr 2021
There's a lot to be said for simple, angry and direct. We need more of it.
This just about sums it up for me. Thank you.
Read full commentPosted in Hoist Your Colours
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