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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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Absolutely love the take on
Posted on Mon, 11 Apr 2016
Absolutely love the take on the IP, and the concept of the 'it' girl. It's the simple things that often bring most satisfaction
Read full commentPosted in The 'It' Girl
The magic of the not quite
Posted on Thu, 07 Apr 2016
The magic of the not quite everyday. 'Listened to the last rays of the sun' - a wonderful image, and welcoming time as a warm cloak speaks of peace hard won. A beautiful piece, Tina.
Read full commentPosted in Not Quite Fern Hill (Poetry Monthly)
No, sorry, you have to finish
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2016
No, sorry, you have to finish it. Soon as possible. Please.
Read full commentPosted in Crisp
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
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