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I have 232 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 813129 times and 311 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1498 of my 4,716 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1514 votes

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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

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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Six of Six)

Parts One to Five at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Six of Six) The danger was visceral,...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six)

Parts One to Four at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six) Grandpa Rhys was waiting...
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Cherry

In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Four of Six)

Parts One to Three at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Four of Six) Billy had woken...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Three of Six)

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/vale-shadow-king-part-one-six Part Two at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/vale-shadow...
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Cherry

In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six)

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/vale-shadow-king-part-one-six In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six) Standing in...
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1498 of my comments have received 1514 Great Feedback votes

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Eesh..I've seen images of MRI

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Eesh..I've seen images of MRI scans on the telly. Everyone seems intimidated by them and some folks can't make it all the way through the session. I can only imagine how scary the loud sounds must be. So glad your health issue has been narrowed...

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Posted in Can Life Get Better?

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"Do they engage in wistful

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

"Do they engage in wistful reverie as I do.."

You have captured quite a complicated avian picture there, Jenny. The hierarchy of birds. Word pictures skilfully assembled in your poem.

Personally, I rather like corvids. There's...

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Posted in Contemplating Crows

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"..and boilers get busy

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

"..and boilers get busy
to make our homes cosy."

You capture the mood of the changing season so reflectively, Rhiannon. Some lovely imagery in here.

Personally, I don't mind the end of summer at all. I adore autumn and winter...

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Posted in The earth moves on …

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Thanks for reading, Di. I

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Thanks for reading, Di. I think a lot more needs to more researched on this particular innovation before anyone can pontificate. In the meantime ...we speculate instead :)

[Hope all is well in your beautiful part of the world]

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Posted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)

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"The summer imperceptibly is

Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024

"The summer imperceptibly is ending,
our path towards an end is wending..."

That's a thoughtful sweep through the seasons, Rhiannon.

Let's hope the last stanza comes true.

Very nicely done, as always.

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Posted in The Seasonal Years …

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"Beneath this canopy of

Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024

"Beneath this canopy of oppression

Suppression, her self-hating cousin"

You have a penchant for using metaphor within nature, Jane. And you do it very well.

Layers within the lines and leaving the reader to arrive at their...

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Posted in Forest in the Brain

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I am one of those who listen

Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024

I am one of those who listen to Alfred N.Muggins. He makes a lot of sense.

I see there's a General Strike in Israel now with more calls for a ceasefire with Hamas. I guess there's only so much pain people will endure.

Keep up the...

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Posted in The Man Who Almost Saved The World by Alfred N.Muggins

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Consummate prose, Sean. And

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024

Consummate prose, Sean. And very funny indeed.

That's why it's today's Bank Holiday Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations and keep going!

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Posted in A Savage Poindexter

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It's nice to be re-united

Posted on Sun, 25 Aug 2024

It's nice to be re-united with a similar texture and feeling to "Willow's Tail".

Coming along nicely.

Keep going! :)

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 16

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The meek shall inherit the

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024

The meek shall inherit the earth via the lens of mobile phone cameras.

Adriotly done, as always. Great story, great ending. 

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Posted in The meek shall inherit the earth

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