marandina
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I have 243 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1095372 times
and 328 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1576 of my 4,944 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1600 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
Enoshima (Part One of Two)
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January Panorama
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Abyss
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The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris
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By the Candelight of Saints
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Put me in mind of "North by
Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025
Put me in mind of North by NorthWest with Cary Grant et al. An Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Looking forward to the next instalment.
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"A childhood traded for all
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025
"A childhood traded for all that was lost.." So poignant and sad.
That's a powerful poem and an important social comment.
Child carers must have the weight of the world on their shoulders and deserve so much more support and...
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'It was fun looking down at
Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025
'It was fun looking down at the wriggley Wye
from the top of the drop – we were way up high..'
A highly visual poem and skilfully done as you have referenced the walk from the child's point of view. We easily forget the mismatch...
Read full commentPosted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?
Wonderfully surreal and
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Wonderfully surreal and suitably wicked.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
I've added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let me know of you prefer to use something else.
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Read full commentPosted in The Irritating Gentleman (part two)
Intriguing stuff.
Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2025
Intriguing stuff.
There are so many places you could do with this story.
Looking forward to reading more!
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Time to start your own book
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Time to start your own book podcast, Di :)
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (3)
I'll have a look, Di.
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
I'll have a look, Di.
"It was fine mum.." is a reply to "How was the trip?"
I've now italicised semi-wilderness as a signpost so the reference is clearer.
The cottage is based on a real property on Brean Beach which...
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (3)
"Can you die inside a dream?
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
"Can you die inside a dream?
And will you be found
inside the layers of a tiger’s bite?"
Supposedly you can. Best not to test the theory.
That's a miasma of thoughts and feelings captured within the lines of this poem...
Read full commentPosted in I Dreamt of Tigers
It's best not to let
Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2025
It's best not to let Trumpenstein get to you/Alfred. He's a clown masqerading as the US President. He's now threatening Putin with tariffs if no peace deal is reached with Ukraine within 50 days. Of course, the Ruskies just laugh at DT's rhetoric...
Read full commentPosted in The Queen of Canada Takes Alfred Muggins’ Mind Away From Trumpenstein’s Coup by Alfred Muggins
"...a yearning leaves upon
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
"...a yearning leaves upon your face
to be out there by weather tossed."
What a beautiful poem and very much written in a classical way.
So skilfully done, Rhiannon. I enjoyed this one, in particular.
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