Posts about my books
The Godmother Originally published here, The Godmother is now available from these outlets.
The Pond People A revised Pond People is now available from these outlets.
Short stories and other ramblings
In reverse order of publication: most recent first
Windy Christmas – from aWhitlesey Wordsmiths’ Christmas anthology
Where does Santa Spend Christmas – a three-parter that follows on from Christmas Presence (re-posted as an intro).
Proverbial Wisdom – a plethora of proverbs
Bolt-cutter Blunder – discovery in an attic
Trick or Treat? – flash fiction for Halloween
Christmas Presence (a story) – earlier version published in a Following Wind and this version in Witch Way
Goodnight Eileen – first published in Flash Fiction Magazine
Doors Closing – a very short story
Mission – flash fiction
The Unwanted Gift – a very short story
Leaving Us – the death of young Digger
Danny Boy – a story written in 24 hours (or less…)
Roome Bay – on holiday with our dogs
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Verse
This is in order of publication: oldest first (just keeping you on your toes). I like to think it improves as it goes down – feel free to let me know.
Puzzling it Out – a verse about… puzzles
Goblins and Trolls – a verse about abusive feedback
Fred’s Legacy – a verse about Fred’s campervan
A Year Before Christmas – the story of Emmie the Elf. (see link above for updated links to Amazon in ‘About my books‘ )
My Call – outsmarting the bigger guy
A Study in Red – editing
Comma Chorus – rethinking commas
Good Company – also ran
Into Each Life – falling rain
Default Mode – rhyming doggerel
The Humpty Verdict – a cautionary tale
Riding the Waterfall – a poem about mirlings
Hiatus – a villanelle
Pigs and Whistles – Tom’s career choice
Tigger’s Other Song – with aplogies to Disney
Drat! – another villanelle
Someone I Knew – ageing
Evolution – growing life
Now I am Old – with apologies to Jenny Joseph
Broken Blue – poetry challenge from a fellow-blogger
Fearless – new puppy
Boredom – another verse written for https://deadlinesforwriters.com/
But is it Poetry? – another verse on a monthly prompt
Christmas Wrapping – a seasonal verse
A Tale of Two Tails – seasonal schmaltz
Under My Feet (sung to the tune of Under My Thumb from the Rolling Stones)
Stand and Deliver – a comparison of rhyming and free verse (mine)
Diversion – sat-nav misdirection
Ekphrastic – yes, I had to look it up too.
Suburban Forest – A Forest i know well, in Autumn
Posts about The Pond People
Riding the Waterfall – a mirling poem
The Godmother
Links to my writing elsewhere
What is Commaful? (link to Barney)
Mirlings in Winter and Day One (Commaful links: )
Together (Commaful link in blog post)
Postcard from Malta (Commaful link in blog post)
Flash Fiction Magazine story (link to Goodnight Eileen)
Crystal (scroll down past poem for Commaful link)
Read all my illustrated flash contributions at https://commaful.com/play/cathycade/
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I also have stories and verse published in our writing group’s anthologies
Where the Wild Winds Blow and A Following Wind from the Whittlesey Wordsmiths, available from Amazon
Click here for Eva Jordan’s review of Where the Wild Winds Blow
Writing Wrinkles 