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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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The way you use both the
Posted on Wed, 07 Mar 2018
The way you use both the words and the flowers as signifiers, and then indicate that it was language that finished the relationship, is very effective. Memory is preserved in all sorts of vessels, in all sorts of ways. I enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in Flowers From a Book
Time does heal the wounds,
Posted on Tue, 06 Mar 2018
Time does heal the wounds, but we still miss those we loved. I'm sure your mother would be proud to know you are still thinking of her.
Read full commentPosted in Rest In Peace, Mom - Part III
I'm afraid not, Richard - you
Posted on Mon, 05 Mar 2018
I'm afraid not, Richard - you'll have to post it in sections, but you can include a link to the next part at the beginning or end of each bit of text.
Read full commentPosted in The Lad from Pointe de Bute (a short outline)
I'm participating in a study
Posted on Fri, 02 Mar 2018
I'm participating in a study run by King's College, looking at mental capacity in older people (not being funny, I honestly can't remember what age you have to be to start participating ...
Read full commentPosted in Lethe
You and me both, Elsie. We
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2018
You and me both, Elsie. We are of that same generation. I was a Rape Crisis counsellor twenty odd years ago, and an 'activist' for some years before that, and I get sick of the 'great and the good' saying now that 'no-one knew' about systematic...
Read full commentPosted in Why Feminism - Me too?
An intriguing story. Are you
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2018
An intriguing story. Are you planning to develop it further? I would very much like to know the outcome of this encounter!
Read full commentPosted in The Intruder
Lovely to have you posting
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2018
Lovely to have you posting again, Alan! This was really interesting. Some great physical observation and then those astute observations about the anonymity of hotels, the possibilities of unknown rooms and the stories they might hold. A rich...
Read full commentPosted in Checking In
Those anniversaries always
Posted on Tue, 30 Jan 2018
Those anniversaries always lodge in our hearts. I have a similar one myself coming up in a couple of weeks. It sounds as though you are at peace with your lovely memories, however hard it has been.
Read full commentPosted in The Anniversary(ies)
A thoughtful story, with some
Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2018
A thoughtful story, with some really nice touches. There's a build up of tension, especially when she finds the front door open, and the reader knows then that there is something not quite right. The idea of the ghost child being lost is very...
Read full commentPosted in Homeward
I'm not vegan, or even
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2018
I'm not vegan, or even vegetarian, but I've never understood people who say others shouldn't be vegan because it's not 'natural'. It's not 'natural' for human animals to have flush toilets or central heating, but no-one seems to have a problem...
Read full commentPosted in .14 why am I 'vegan'?
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