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I have 135 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 550525 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1059 of my 4,596 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1152 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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Welcome to ABC Tales
Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2021
I'm intrigued by this - I assume, from the intro on your page, that this is part of something longer? If you are open to feedback on the structure of the piece, I'd say maybe start with a bit more action or dialogue, rather than such a long...
Read full commentPosted in Lore
Marvellous poem, and I
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021
Marvellous poem, and I absolutely love that video. I have a dim memory of seeing it before at some time. (I don't think there's any video with David Attenborough in that I haven't seen at some time!)
Read full commentPosted in Lyrebird
I think competitions are a
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
I think competitions are a good way of sharpening your focus and keeping to a word limit. I find it difficult to stop waffling in my stories, so it's a helpful discipline for me. And then when I get nowhere, I can reassure myself I'm only doing...
Read full commentPosted in The Banquet (Competition entry max 1,000 words)
I have no idea how you keep
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2021
I have no idea how you keep coming up with these marvellous pieces, each one enriching and heartbreaking. Wonderful image of the dwarf planets. A beautiful thing.
Read full commentPosted in The Opposite of Love
Very beautiful and, as others
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Very beautiful and, as others have said, complex and rewarding many repeated reads. Such a worthy POD and POW! Your poems are always so enriching.
Read full commentPosted in After the Blizzard
If Boris Johnson isn't
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
If Boris Johnson isn't evidence of a conspiracy by someone somewhere to screw us all over, I don't know what is.
Thanks for reading, celtic!
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 14: The Joy of Jabbing
Magic in so many ways, Rachel
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Magic in so many ways, Rachel.
'I don't know where home is - it is not in the lexicon of those in perpetual motion' - such a wonderful, resonant line.
When are we going to see a new collection from you??
Read full commentPosted in Swallow-tailed Kites
I love that opening line -
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
I love that opening line - 'when stars sing their last song'. That's just so evocative, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in We Are Stars
I don't know how I've missed
Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2021
I don't know how I've missed all the parts of this Di - what a wonderful, magical story! You have really captured essence of cat in that dialogue. Mary is such a captivating young heroine.
Now I've caught up with it all, can't wait to...
Read full commentPosted in part 6
I'm an atheist, and have been
Posted on Fri, 05 Feb 2021
I'm an atheist, and have been since my student days, when I tried to become a Christian. I had a vague, background faith, but felt I really wanted to find the 'real thing'. I read, I listened, I joined a Christian group, I went to places of...
Read full commentPosted in The Theory of Everything (take 2)
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