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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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My stories
Just Put Me In The Fridge
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Pad Life 8: Protect Our Way Of Life
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Pad Life 7: A Submission and Three Falls
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Scream
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Pad Life 6: The Elephant In The Room
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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)
You have so cleverly created
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
You have so cleverly created an atmosphere where their nerves are jangling, and everyone they come across might be an enemy. And then it's a relief when someone is kind to them, but the reader is still on edge because it might not last. The...
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Still utterly gripped by this
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Still utterly gripped by this, but not totally convinced by Piru's 'voice'. I understand the formality of her English, because of the way she was taught, but whereas every word Emmet and Abigail speak strengthens the character portrayal, and I...
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Just read all the parts of
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020
Just read all the parts of this straight through, and most disappointed that there's not a link to another one! I remember the first draft of this, which I really enjoyed, but this is another level entirely. Utterly engrossing. The characters...
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Agree so much with your words
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
Agree so much with your words about 'tolerance'. Tolerance of others is a privilege for the powerful.
I'm going to be coming back to this one, because there's so much in there to think about.
Read full commentPosted in Outsiders, and the clubhouse door
There have been times when I
Posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2020
There have been times when I've felt just like that. It's a bit like when there's an eclipse of the sun, and you know it's going to come back, but then it takes longer than you thought and somewhere deep inside you a little prehistoric creature...
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I hope your kind narrator
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020
I hope your kind narrator bought shares in Andrex. Really enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in The Stranger In The Pub
Completely echo Drew's
Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2020
Completely echo Drew's comment. I love hearing writers read their work, it always brings an extra dimension to it. And no ashtrays heard here, either!
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I did like your list of
Posted on Thu, 05 Mar 2020
I did like your list of apocalypse threats that we have all survived! As you say, we shall get through this one too. As far as I understand it, it isn't that this virus is hyper-deadly, it's just that it's new so no-one has had a chance to...
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