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I have 242 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1087153 times and 327 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1571 of my 4,935 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1593 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

 

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Cherry

All Hallows Eve

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/all-hallows-eve-mp3 All Hallows Eve A cacophony of clocks striking, mordant midnight memories...
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Gold cherry

Halloween Boris

This is the eleventh entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Halloween Boris Thunder cracked...
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Cherry

The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two)

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/spirit-jenny-jones-part-one-two The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two) “Is that you, Jenny...
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Cherry

The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part One of Two)

The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part One of Two) Jenny Jones believed in things. She believed in fairies and legends; she had faith in magic. With a love...
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Cherry

Hunsbury Hill Country Park

A local haven at Fall Hunsbury Hill Country Park Falling leaves drift; autumnal eddies, amber blankets billow in breezes, dragonflies hover over fans...
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1571 of my comments have received 1593 Great Feedback votes

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I like the way the poem moves

Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024

I like the way the poem moves from grey and brooding to insular and snug.

A season in a nutshell.

Beautifully done, Rhiannon.

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Posted in Where’s your snug?

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I enjoy Alfred digressing. It

Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024

I enjoy Alfred digressing. It's always an interesting read. Definitely don't side with Putin and his cronies. We have the lesser of the evils in the West. Just about.

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Posted in Caring For All The Animals (Including Humans!) and Avoiding World War 3! By Alfred N.Muggins

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Well you certainly brought

Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024

Well you certainly brought that very special bird to life in verse, Jenny.

Adriotly done with vivid imagery.

Lovely stuff :)

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Posted in The Bower Flame Bird

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'dribble' 'drabble' and

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2024

'dribble' 'drabble' and 'trabble'. Who knew? Every day is a school day!

Hope you get your Christmas cards finished :)

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Posted in Doing Days

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"Fading into night, stars

Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024

"Fading into night, stars

intrinsic to space and time

twinkle.."

There's a tale of passion, Jenny. Adriotly crafted and poetically narrated.

I love the imagery, as ever.

Of course...I'm left wondering if it's...

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Posted in Stormy Night Of Passion

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Free markets economics v

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024

Free markets economics v state controlled. Neither works in their purest form. The solution lies in an appropriate mix. In the meantime, we all just try and do the best we can to get through it.

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Posted in Party Election Leaflets : Delivering Economic Stability? By Alfred N.Muggins

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A belated happy birthday.

Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024

A belated happy birthday.

Yes, I enjoyed looking at those photos as I have on Instagram. You have a keen eye for an interesting shot.

Your love of Europe..and Bulgaria shines through (the rain).

Another insightful, accessible...

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Posted in A Tale of Two Balkan Cities

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Read both parts. Really

Posted on Tue, 03 Dec 2024

Read both parts. Really enjoyed. You have left it in a way that it could be added to.

Of course, an important underlying message about the environment but delivered in a way that avoids sledgehammer lack of subtlety. Let the reader absorb...

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Posted in The Road To Ponkerton Village - Part 2

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Gloriously surreal with an

Posted on Sat, 30 Nov 2024

Gloriously surreal with an important underlying message. You write in first person so well. A pleasure to read.

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Posted in The fickleness of new daylight

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A deftly crafted elegy of

Posted on Mon, 02 Dec 2024

A deftly crafted elegy of sorts. I imagine this was a real person?

There's a lot going on between these lines underpinned by your trademark humour. I could touch and feel the conflicting emotions largely driven by religious undertones....

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Posted in Kathleen’s Secret

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