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I have 275 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1334520 times
and 371 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1715 of my 5,315 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1759 votes
I am a Brummie living in North Somerset who loves to write but gets distracted with other things. I enjoy horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought.
My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft.
Everyone should read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four .
I have work published by AlienBuddha Press, Loft Books, BlackBough Poems, DarkWinter Literary Magazine and Paragraph Planet.
You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685
on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeeRummie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beerummie/
at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social
and at Threads https://www.threads.net/@beerummie
My collections
My stories
Letters to the Universe
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- 55 reads
All Quiet on the Eastern Front
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- 175 reads
A Better World
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- 24 comments
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- 947 reads
Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (30)
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (29)
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- 518 reads
Both parts read and enjoyed.
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
Both parts read and enjoyed.
With the temporary suspension of rule 14b(i) and all that extra work as a result, I think you deserve today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in The Dumplings of Count Tiškevičius
In a tumultuous week in an
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
In a tumultuous week in an extended period of global turbulence that is unsettling for so many of us, sometimes it only takes a few words to capture the essence of what’s going on.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of...
Read full commentPosted in Tanka
Cheers, T. I wouldn't want to
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Cheers, T. I wouldn't want to spoil this for anyone reading all the way through to the end...
....but....just between me and you:
[It was the butler with the candlestick in the billiard room]
[Just don't tell anyone else]
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story Part 6
Something that’s bothered me
Posted on Sun, 14 Dec 2025
Something that’s bothered me for years. Ah...a long running mystery finally solved.
This hilarious piece is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
I have added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let...
Read full commentPosted in Taking a Dalek up the stairs
I know nothing at all about
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
I loved the sense of time and
Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2026
I loved the sense of time and place as well as the cracking dialogue in this piece.
That's why it's today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in The Tea Break
Another intoxicating mix of
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
Another intoxicating mix of horticulture, cuisine, local tradition and travelogue. It takes a great deal of skill to weave amongst so many different aspects when penning these diary entries. Thoroughly engaging, educational and an alluring read...
Read full commentPosted in The Dumplings of Count Tiškevičius
Thanks for your support with
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
Thanks for your support with this, insert. It's genuinely appreciated.
Writing something novel length is something I have always wanted to do. And now I have!
It would have been so difficult to do without the interest and support...
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (30)
Beautifully written, as
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Beautifully written, as always.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
I have added a pic to promote your work on social media. Please let me know if you prefer to use something else...
Read full commentPosted in Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 8.
"..the sacred checks and
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2026
"..the sacred checks and balances which were so necessary to a functioning democracy." Yes to this. Hard to imagine what the situation will be in 4 years time. I can't see Trumpenstein still being in power. I think he's been told he can't run for...
Read full commentPosted in What Will The World (or America!) Be like In Another 4 Years? by Alfred N.Muggins
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