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I have 276 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1356398 times and 373 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1727 of my 5,351 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1775 votes

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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 stories

Cherry

A Move to Bleadon Hill

A Move to Bleadon Hill Bleak factories billowing smoke, steel towers industrial sentinels amid seas of concrete and glass; all of this now salient -...
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Cherry

Boris and the Art of the Deal

This is the fifteenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Boris and the Art of the Deal...
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Cherry

The Body in the Library

Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
Cherry

Portal

Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...
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Cherry

The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...

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1727 of my comments have received 1775 Great Feedback votes

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Still engrossed.

Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026

Still engrossed.

Some creative stuff at work here.

Chocolate high.

Will be reading more..

 

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Definitely an all action

Posted on Thu, 04 Jun 2026

Definitely an all action chapter.

The fight scenes are certainly graphic.

Retribution against daddy but sees him in her. So close to patricide.

I'll be reading on..

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That Grant Stayner's a menace

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

That Grant Stayner's a menace. Glad you have picked up where you left off and carried on. I'll be reading more..

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Ah thanks Jenny. It brings

Posted on Fri, 12 Jun 2026

Ah thanks Jenny. It brings the whole thing to life when people show interest. Thanks so much for sticking with it and hoping you are faring well. Take care x

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Wonderfully imaginative and

Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2026

Wonderfully imaginative and rich in colour on so many levels.

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

I have added a pic to promote your work on Social Media. If you prefer to use something else just let me...

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Those last 3 lines sum it up.

Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026

Those last 3 lines sum it up. We should be incredibly grateful for what we have.

Very nicely done, Rhiannon. 

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I liked the description of

Posted on Mon, 01 Jun 2026

I liked the description of the footage - highly visual again. There is a nice contrast in this chapter. Reading on..

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Ah....the truth is revealed.

Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026

Ah....the truth is revealed. There are Muggins Files

I suspected Alfred was a stickler for detail and there it is....the source of his roving reports.

Lots of good points made here, of course. I've lost count of the number...

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The story is highly visual. I

Posted on Sat, 30 May 2026

The story is highly visual. I think the style is akin to a graphic novel. Lots of characters, action and dialogue. It's very entertaining, Ray. I'll read more..

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Succinct and gorgeous.

Posted on Fri, 05 Jun 2026

Succinct and gorgeous.

A small and perfectly formed poem. 

And lovely pics, Rhiannon.

 

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