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I have 260 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1223065 times and 351 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1631 of my 5,082 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1668 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

Dragon Gate

By marandina on Mon, 17 Jul 2023

Dragon Gate They came during the spring near banks of oriental ochre, an amalgam of golden scales, amassed; mighty Yellow River. A brazen sun called...

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Castell Coch (Red Castle)

By marandina on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Castell Coch (Red Castle) The sun shifted on its summer throne as our guide gathered us like sheep, onwards through park, path and trails, pink-...

Nature

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Ley Lines

By marandina on Tue, 04 Jul 2023

The truth is out there Ley Lines “Alfred Watkins was right, you know.” In hindsight, that’s how it started; my neighbour Joshua Smith and his crazy...

Science fiction

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A Cat, A Leaf and Fresh Fish

By marandina on Fri, 16 Jun 2023

Rewritten story A Cat, A Leaf and Fresh Fish The early hours are invariably punctuated by nocturnal sounds; rodent-like scurrying amongst bins,...

Drama

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Song to the Siren: A Titan Story (Part Three of Three)

By marandina on Mon, 12 Jun 2023

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/song-siren-titan-story-part-one... Part Two at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/song-...

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Thanks for reading insert

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

Thanks for reading insert (and the cherries)

This is the wip I mentioned a while ago. It's my first attempt at a novel so this is the first draft opening. I started this in April 2024. Per Drew's expert advice, I've left it so I...

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A fair analogy. So much irony

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

A fair analogy. So much irony in who the persecuted were in the 40s and who the persecutors are today. Learn the lessons of history. Not everyone does, it seems.

So much angst, so eloquently expressed.

One of your finest, T.

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Posted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table

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Thanks for reading, Jenny.

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Thanks for reading, Jenny. Maybe the poem wouldn't have been written if I had got a pic. Who knows? What I do know is that image of them gambolling up the street together will stay with me always :)

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Posted in The Fox and the Siamese

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