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I have 246 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1117019 times and 333 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1584 of my 4,973 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1609 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

Resolution

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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Cherry

In-between Days

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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Cherry

The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)

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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Cherry

The Last Christmas (Part One of Two)

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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Mid-Winter

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/mid-winter-mp3 Mid-Winter Constellations whisper in aphonic skies, a myriad of stars on dark...
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1584 of my comments have received 1609 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, Di. It's based on a

Posted on Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Thanks, Di. It's based on a ghost walk I did in York a few years ago. So mostly real events.

 

[Left you a message on FB Messenger a little while ago. So sorry to hear about your mum]

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I like the change in tone. It

Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025

I like the change in tone. It's gone from humour to mystery/suspense in just a few paragraphs.

The truth is out there/Spencer is out there.

What will happen?

Read on and we all will!

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These characters feel like

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

These characters feel like old friends having read the book. You weave the complexity of relationships with the wonder of magic so adeptly.

I guess that can be the beauty of writing - a world we can escape to for a while.

Keep going...

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More drama so deftly done.

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

More drama so deftly done. You build the tension so well whilst at the same time keeping the humour going.

I hope you get to the end and publish. I can see the final product having a broad appeal so potentially a big audience.

 ...

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Hi Maxine

Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2025

Hi Maxine

 

I use Wiki images - loads of free stuff on there. Dunno if that helps

 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images

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Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

So sorry for your loss, JoAnne. Life doesn't come much harder than the loss of a beloved partner. The pain is replaced my memories, in time. Take good care of yourself x

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Nah. Not on holiday. Very

Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025

Nah. Not on holiday. Very much in the freezing UK. That profile pic update is from a past holiday. Crete, I think.

Get yerself a VPN. You can access stuff from around the world then! 

The Ben Fogle, Bulgaria thing was fascinating....

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Posted in Eleven Thousand Silent Playmates

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Interesting modern take on

Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025

Interesting modern take on the Three Wise Men story. New curve ball will be the Orange One's take on it all when he takes over the presidency in the US. Continued volatility, I imagine..especially given his latest views re Greenland. The man's...

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Middlesborough has a tough

Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025

Middlesborough has a tough rep. Even now, I think it remains one of the most deprived places in the UK. I did drive through it a few years ago as part of an ancestry trip re my OH. She has family history that way. I don't suppose we consider...

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There's that rat- -tat-tat

Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2025

There's that rat-a-tat-tat all-action style.

Always fascinating to be included in your world through your writing.

Yes...nicely done, Kris!

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