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Victorian vernacular: come and ‘ave a pickle

It's not you, it's me - the words I couldn't love

Finding my place

Wild

What a place to find yourself. Hunkered in a boulder field above a mountain pass, just below the clouds, with night sliding away down the...

Christmas Eve at the Old Pear Tree

It was Christmas Eve at the Old Pear Tree Inn, which was the best night of the year. Mister Leaping was serving his famous hot flip, made...

Perfect

‘Why have I called you both downstairs?’ Col hadn’t the foggiest. He could tell Trine didn’t know because she was grinning at him like...

Moon carol

I’ve been trying to pretend the moon dust is snow, the way you showed me to pretend, with one eye closed and lucky socks on. It’s still...

The Christmas Machine

Most people still called it the Christmas Machine. Becca called it a faffing nuisance, but turned up on her appointed day to get a...

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Reading, writing and smiling

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I live in Sussex by the sea, writing odd little fictions, poems, and speculative novels. I post about everyday magic, happy writing and curious words.

You can find my work in WestWord, Ghost Light Lit (Of Myths and Monsters), The Ilanot Review, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, the Amazon bestselling Wounds I Healed, the NonBinary Review, Write Like You're Alive, True Tales from the Old Hill , Hysteria 6, Everyday Epics, Stories for Homes, and Every Day Fiction.

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