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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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This is a really interesting
Posted on Thu, 24 Mar 2016
This is a really interesting read - I love the mix of fact and personal reminiscence. I've never read 'A Kid For Two Farthings' but I remember seeing the film on telly years ago. As far as I recall Diana Dors was in it - which sounds unlikely...
Read full commentPosted in Unseen Britain - Whitechapel, Wolf Mankowitz, George Bernard Shaw
I like the fact that there is
Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2016
I like the fact that there is no compromise in this - it is a genuine shock when there is no rescue for Dawn. The crows convey so well the sense of a primeval power at work, and I felt the story was at its best in the passages describing that...
Read full commentPosted in A gathering of crows part 2
Reads much smoother and if
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2016
Reads much smoother and if anything even creepier! Absorbing and disturbing.
Read full commentPosted in On this wild October Evening
I really like this - very
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2016
I really like this - very descriptive and I like the circular construction. Genuine feeling of malice and the pacing works really well.
I think it needs a bit of proof reading - there are some bits I had to read over a couple of times to...
Read full commentPosted in On this wild October Evening
Hi, welcome to ABC Tales.
Posted on Sat, 12 Mar 2016
Hi, welcome to ABC Tales.
Interesting opening and lots of potential for moving forward. I think it would benefit from some proof-reading - there's a mix of tenses in the beginning which is confusing for the reader, and in your penultimate...
Read full commentPosted in Searching for Change ch.1
I've been watching the recent
Posted on Sat, 05 Mar 2016
I watched the recent TV series on the Inca - they had a similar idea of different layers or types of time co-existing for each individual. Fascinating.
Read full commentPosted in Pacha
Arrival of the Conquistadors?
Posted on Sat, 05 Mar 2016
Arrival of the Conquistadors? Or, as celtic says, a particularly hot night in Ibiza?
Read full commentPosted in Pacha
I am always so envious of the
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2016
I am always so envious of the way poets such as yourself can create wholly believable characters and situations by the skillful placing of relatively few words, and by the rhythm you create. This was very moving, and that last stanza will stay...
Read full commentPosted in Too Cold for Snow...
Enjoyed this - fun and great
Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2016
Enjoyed this - fun and great imaginative use of the names. I thought the beginning was strong and you kept the pace up well. It seemed to lose a little of the life when we got to the section where the apes appear - I got the impression you...
Read full commentPosted in Raztan of the Grapes. (A parody.)
This is beautiful, a lovely
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2016
This is beautiful, a lovely tribute to a special friend. They become so much part of our lives. I hope writing this has helped a little, and thank you for sharing it.
Read full commentPosted in Buster
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