marandina
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I have 246 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1115291 times
and 333 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1583 of my 4,971 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1608 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.
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My stories
The Devil’s Bridge
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Why does it always rain in graveyards?
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (8)
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The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (7)
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"Contentment is precious, at
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
"Contentment is precious, at peace, with ‘enough’"
We live in a capitalist society where advertisments everywhere are designed to make you feel inadequate. It takes a long time to work out what's important. 'Having enough' is a great place...
Read full commentPosted in Never Enough?
I was wondering where you
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
"We say, smugly, the Younger generation, our children, they will fix it."
For sure, all that will be left is stones but I would question the JSO shenanigans at Stonehenge. Of all the places to protest, the spiritual capital of the country...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
"...an acknowledged war hero
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
"...an acknowledged war hero and a humble witness all over the world, to the Saviour..."
A fine tribute to somebody I wasn't familiar with it until I read your poem. I looked up her details via the power of Google. It made very interesting...
Read full commentPosted in Remembering Corrie ten Boom
"A billion trillion raindrops
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
"A billion trillion raindrops cling, shimmering to dark grey tracery of beech twigs, each tipped in a fine fawn point, holding the plans for a furl of zingy green to emerge in April and set the woods afizz."
I was right there with you in...
Read full commentPosted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024
That's another evocative read
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
That's another evocative read. You capture the splendor and history of the sites you visited adroitly. I would say it's unusual for a group to bond so well like that. The tour I went on in India with about 30 or so other people was marred by many...
Read full commentPosted in The Gaddafi Effect
"Is it too late
Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2022
"Is it too late
to find a purpose …
even now?"
Enjoyed the juxtaposition of photos taken years apart. The question asked in the poem is one many ask themselves. Often the answer is no. A thought provoking piece, for sure. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Two Photographs, 30 years apart…
Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff
Posted on Fri, 23 Sep 2022
Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff. The first moves of the new chancellor does seem to scream "trickle down economics" which, as we already know, doesn't/don't work. We are all party to a huge casino-style gamble with the country's finances. Strap...
Read full commentPosted in The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)
Nicely done, Rhiannon. That
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
Nicely done, Rhiannon. That must have taken a lot of thought with the immaculate rhyming and rhythm. I certainly enjoyed reading it. You are a highly skilled poet. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Any Hard Task
Yes, congratulations on
Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2022
Yes, congratulations on completing a novel-length story. Beautifully crafted throughout. Whimsy and drama. You could definitely edit and publish this if you chose to. Paul
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 32 ( Conclusions Part 2-- the ending)
Chains of daisies as an
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
Chains of daisies as an analogy of unity, strength yet peace. The world needs more of this thinking. Nicely done and enjoyed your poem. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in Daisy Chain
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