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I have 202 stories published in 25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 341010 times and 263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1211 of my 4,036 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1225 votes

Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton 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

Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?

By marandina on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

Some believe that love can transcend time Why does it always rain in graveyards? Why does it always rain in graveyards? Of course, the reality is...

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Resolution

By marandina on Wed, 04 Jan 2023

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/resolution-mp3 (re-recorded inadvertently with a clock ticking in the background. Decided to...

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In-between Days

By marandina on Thu, 29 Dec 2022

In-between Days Those days between Christmas and New Year are lost somewhere in the mists of time. Endless, with no apparent rhyme or reason, people...

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The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)

By marandina on Tue, 20 Dec 2022

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/last-christmas-part-one-two The Last Christmas - Part Two of Two It had just turned midnight...

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The Last Christmas (Part One of Two)

By marandina on Mon, 19 Dec 2022

The Last Christmas (Part One of Two) Ali sat stoically in his Toyota Prius, the engine ticking over as he waited. He would take a cigarette break at...

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"Kite swoops

Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023

"Kite swoops

briefly in

murky sky.."

Sentiments of the season captured so well. Dreamy and very lovely. Merry Christmas, Jenny. Paul

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Posted in Charms Of The Season

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The clamour for a ceasefire

Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023

The clamour for a ceasefire intensifies. The US wants a change of leadership in Isreal. Isreal says no to the concept of a "two state" solution. Well...there's a lot of water still to run under this bridge. I hope you and Alfred (and Mrs Muggins...

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Posted in Dreams or Nightmares? (A Fictional Account Of Alternative Possibilities In Palestine)

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Adroitly done, Mark. And a

Posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2023

Adroitly done, Mark. And a poignant image.

My last story on here was an attempt to highlight the homelessness issue. I think I heard on the radio that a school in London has something like 81% of students classed as homeless at the moment...

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Posted in 6:26am Train

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I can touch and feel the

Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023

I can touch and feel the transition from robot to human, at least in the shift in feeling towards Spencer. intrigued as to where you take that. Happy or sad. Keep going, Jane...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 10

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