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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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Very glad to see you posting
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Very glad to see you posting here again. Totally caught up in this from the first sentence. The rhythm and the structure convey the narrator's state of mind, hopes, despairs, in partnership with the words themselves. Skilfully done, so that...
Read full commentPosted in The Casino Payphone (Part 1)
A beautiful piece of nature
Posted on Sun, 27 Jan 2019
A beautiful piece of nature writing that suggests new ways of thinking about strength. This is our lovely Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Tree Speaks
Now had another read through.
Posted on Tue, 22 Jan 2019
Now had another read through. What comes out very strongly is your passion for and immersion in this world. The reader has no doubt that you are completely familiar with the setting and the characters, and this is a strength - nothing worse...
Read full commentPosted in The Life of Okkun Resteravi - Part One
I don't think anyone saw the
Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019
I don't think anyone saw the current mess coming, however they voted! Your point is very interesting - yes, I wonder what words and ideas will be common currency among us in a few years time. Twenty years ago the only ones who tweeted were birds...
Read full commentPosted in Brexit.
Completely the right thing to
Posted on Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Completely the right thing to do. I do hope the owner is evenutally reunited with their property.
Read full commentPosted in The Training Day.
This poem turns the ordinary
Posted on Mon, 10 Dec 2018
This poem turns the ordinary into the utterly extraordinary, and it's our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Elsewhere
I bloody well wish I'd done
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
I bloody well wish I'd done this to mine before I retired. She's a woman, but I think in her case the ping pong balls are where her heart should be. Either that or a lump of sulphur.
Great stuff.
Read full commentPosted in Autopsy of a Boss
A wonderful piece of wise
Posted on Sat, 03 Nov 2018
A wonderful piece of wise nonsense, and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Rich - sorry but Facebook isn't accepting photos today! It went on alright on Twitter though.
Read full commentPosted in So ManyWords in a Row - Now with Vocals
The influenza epidemic of
Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2018
The flu epidemic of 1918 killed millions of people, far more than the first world war did, so if the powers that be really want to reduce the population, stopping the flu jab would be one of the best ways to do it. The jab is isn't perfect, it...
Read full commentPosted in Is This True?
Ha! A deadly combination of
Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Ha! A deadly combination of Xena Warrior Princess and Mrs Tiggywinkle.
Read full commentPosted in My Name is Jane
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