GlosKat
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I have 11 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3250 times
and 9 of my stories have been cherry picked.
20 of my 71 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 22 votes
Kath
Finally got round to posting a picture. It was taken on a walking holiday last year (2024). I think it makes me look a bit like Grace Kelly, you know, the headscarf and sunglasses look. What Grace Kelly would look like standing on Exmoor in the rain with a gale blowing.
I live in a small village on the Wilts/Glos border, just south of Cirencester.
My stories
Pen y ffrwd – Some Thoughts
After I wrote what I thought was just going to be a very short story in the romantasy genre, Pen y ffrwd won't let me alone. First it mushroomed into two more instalments, and now, being of a scientific nature, I keep thinking about the relationship between the two worlds. I like a bit of magic and mystery, but I do like knowing how things work too.
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A Pen y ffrwd Love Story Part Three
This is the third and (possibly) final instalment in the story. I wanted to see if I could write something in the 'romantasy' genre which I understand is all the rage now. But having created these characters I feel somewhat loathe to let them go. Cerian's about to embark on a whole new life and who know where it will take her ? Or maybe it's best if we just let her go and use our own imaginations...
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A Pen y ffrwd Love Story Part Two
My second instalment in the Pen y ffrwd story.
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A Pen y ffrwd Love Story
Sometimes I run up the hill, and sometimes I ride Khyber up there. Now I am sitting on the Pen y ffrwd hillside looking out over the long grass of...
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Missed
My take on the 100 word short story ....
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What's Bulgarian for
Posted on Tue, 08 Jul 2025
What's Bulgarian for 'hilariously funny dry sense of humour' !
I like to try to learn one new thing every day, and today it was that the Bulgarians use the Cyrillac alphabet. As all I've done today is go to yoga at Cricklade Leisure...
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Hi Jane
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
Hi Jane
Any chance of starting a 'The Vale' Collection ? I read this story in isolation and I've only just realized it succeeds / precedes others in the series. (I know the title should have been a clue !)
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I found it hard to get a
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
I found it hard to get a handle on Lori's attitude to Jamie too.
At one point he says :
"She’s not all that pleased to see me anymore"
And then further on :
"She’s staring at me now with adoring eyes"
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Love this Jane, makes me
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
Love this Jane, makes me wonder what else Jamie is hiding. Can't wait for the next instalment.
With my proof reading hat on, could I ask about this line please :
"I stared at Rachel quizzically. ‘And what if I did?’"
Who is...
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part 1 (c)
Thank you again Jenny. My
Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2025
Thank you again Jenny. My own very strongly held belief is that there is no world after this one, but that doesn't stop me speculating about what there might be. If there is another world, not necessarily after this but maybe in parallel with it...
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Yes I did read it several
Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2025
Yes I did read it several times, wondering about the use of 'feint'. I was thinking along the lines of a feint being a subterfuge, like the grass was just pretending to crackle ..
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Loved it ! Mystery, suspense
Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2025
Loved it ! Mystery, suspense, sexual attraction (in a discreet way), descriptions of nature, it's got everything including that ending which is unexpected and should be sad but isn't somehow. Like she's a woman who has obviously previously ...
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She was so scared. We all
Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2025
She was so scared. We all cling to the familiar and are frightened of the unknown, and it was a huge unknown she was facing. People fight to stay alive in even the most awful circumstances. I think of those people who make epic treks to refugee...
Read full commentPosted in A Pen y ffrwd Love Story Part Three
Roman Catholicism is thankfully losing popularity
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
'Roman Catholicism is thankfully losing popularity at a rapid rate' - it certainly is amongst the indigenous population, espcially in the wake of the appalling sexual abuse scandals, but from what I understand its membership has been greatly...
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and me too !
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
I was brought up a Catholic, convent school and all, in England in the 1960's. We didn't have to go to confession every week, but we did go once a month. Looking back, I am appalled at my small self struggling every month to come up with some...
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