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  • Short Story Sunday: Slaves to the Mushroom

    It’s Sunday again (it seems to come around very quickly!), so it’s time for a Short Story, and I’ve reached Tale Number Two in The Penguin Book of Modern Women’s Short Stories – Slaves to the Mushroom, by Shena MacKay.… Continue reading

  • Short Story Sunday: The Devastating Boys

    Well, we’ve had our ‘Christmas’ already, last weekend, when the Darling Daughters and their Boyfriends came home, and we had a Christmas dinner, and crackers, and presents, and wine, and sang along to Christmas music, and played silly children’s games,… Continue reading

  • The Novel Cure…

    Well, it’s a very long time indeed since I’ve posted anything here – almost a year in fact, and I’m not sure why. I just reached a point where I felt I’d had enough of writing and blogging, and where… Continue reading

  • Short Story Sunday – Telling Tales with STW

    I’m not sure if  a Gainsborough portrait of Arminella Blountin the character actually exists, so here’s his painting ofhis daughters chasing a butterfly. This week a short story much more to my taste – A View of Exmoor, by Sylvia… Continue reading

  • Short Story Sunday: The Lottery

    Oh, this was absolutely horrid and I hated it, hated it, hated it. Shirley Jackson may be highly esteemed by many of you, and she may be an excellent writer, but that doesn’t mean I have to like her. And… Continue reading