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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 555314 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1065 of my 4,609 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1159 votes
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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My stories
Pad Life 11: I Can't Find anything Funny To Say About This
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Doll
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Pad Life 10: Monstrosities
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Pad Life 9: Fluffy Bunnies
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Whispers
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you found it as moving as I did.
Read full commentPosted in Kabul Airport
Marvellous, Drew. Shan't be
Posted on Sat, 03 Jul 2021
Marvellous, Drew. Shan't be forking out to take my double vaccinated self to a writers' retreat in Corfu any time soon then.
'In the interest of intellectual freedom and expression for two weeks you try writing in the nude. You are thrown...
Read full commentPosted in You
Well done with this, Penny -
Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021
Well done with this, Penny - still loving it! I particularly enjoy the way you blend the modern - ordering online and the car - with something very very much older. And all the lovely details which really bring the characters and the setting to...
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 12
It is such a complicated
Posted on Wed, 12 May 2021
It is such a complicated issue, and pushing further and further into the habitats of other species is not the answer to any of our problems. In fact it may make them worse - it facilitates the 'jumping' of diseases to humans from other animals...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Elephant
I love these - they take me
Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021
I love these - they take me right out of my ordinary day and give me a bit of magic and laughter.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 6
I have to say that if I ever
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
I have to say that if I ever do see the sunrise these days, it tends to be at the end of my day rather than the start! I'm another one who doesn't really do early mornings, but reading your lovely poem makes me think maybe I should give it a go...
Read full commentPosted in Sunrise
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 25 Apr 2021
This delightful slice of fantasy is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too, and don't forget to check out the previous chapters.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 4
Yes, please let's have some
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Yes, please let's have some more! These are such good characters, and such a promising scenario.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail"
Brought back so many memories
Posted on Tue, 15 Dec 2020
Brought back so many memories! The feeling of pleasure when you've found something they like doing and that will keep them occupied. The feeling of hysteria when they like it so much you're doing it or reading that story for the 240th time! ...
Read full commentPosted in A new achievement @16 months
I thought it was a bit more
Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2020
I thought it was a bit more ambiguous than a prank, just from the scale of the thing. I was assuming that Mr Hain had a very special hotel and was able to produce effects that owed more than a little to 'special powers'. However, did think it...
Read full commentPosted in Empire State (Part Two)
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