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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 582264 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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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Clear-eyed about the risks
Posted on Sat, 25 Jun 2016
Clear-eyed about the risks and the fears, and offering encouragement that it can be done. I felt as thought I wanted to know what had been the tipping point for this woman, what finally made her feel she and her child deserved better. A good...
Read full commentPosted in The First Step
I've read both parts of this
Posted on Tue, 21 Jun 2016
I've read both parts of this through a couple of times now, and really enjoyed the lyricism and magic. I did feel that perhaps there was a little too much back story to start off with - possibly you could have established the circumstances...
Read full commentPosted in Fishing Dreams by the Spree- Part 2
Oh dear. I predict a riot.
Posted on Mon, 13 Jun 2016
Oh dear. I predict a riot.
Just one typo - when Chantelle comes to join our two heroes, Josiah briefly turns into Joshua.
Read full commentPosted in Bring Out Your Dead - Part 19
I don't really agree with
Posted on Mon, 06 Jun 2016
I don't really agree with Phineas on this. I thought the acceptance of the existence of vampires was an interesting take on a well-known theme, a bit akin to the way Alien Nation or the recent Aliens TV series postulated a world where aliens...
Read full commentPosted in Sangreville
Explosive ending - oh no, not
Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2016
Explosive ending - oh no, not Marc! You capture the grubbiness and seediness of power play, and the sadness of the individual lives destroyed on all sides. This has been a really gripping and enjoyable story.
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 44
I really enjoyed this. It's
Posted on Sun, 08 May 2016
I really enjoyed this. It's a cliche to say 'we've all been there', and maybe not exactly in that way, but the emotions are so recognisable, and the remedies, with personal variations, are pretty universal. The bit about social media made me...
Read full commentPosted in Tara
The strands all coming
Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2016
The strands all coming together and it is still well controlled - the reader feels confident that you have command of the plot! (Not always the case with thrillers). Marc has a real depth of character - I like the way you present the loving...
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 34
The opening paragraphs of
Posted on Thu, 08 Oct 2015
The opening paragraphs of this chapter are absolutely splendid writing. For me, Marc is the most vivid of all the characters. The bit about the hip being a pestle and mortar is particularly striking.
Also another development in this...
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 22
Hi
Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2015
Hi
I'm rattling through this - enjoying very much. The details you have put in to evoke the period are very effective. I was very struck in a previous chapter how you caught the murk and grime of seventies Britain, and the feel you have...
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 15
One of the things I really
Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016
One of the things I really like about this story is the way you anchor it with precise detail and description - lots of day to day stuff that gives the people and the place solidity and believability, so important when your plot centres on the...
Read full commentPosted in Switchback. Ch14 pt2
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