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I have 230 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 800733 times and 308 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1488 of my 4,690 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1504 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

Gold cherry

Does it Rain in Heaven?

Watching someone close to you leave Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/does-it-rain-in-heaven-mp3 Does it rain in Heaven? Night...
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Cherry

Charmed (Part Two of Two)

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/charmed-part-two Part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/charmed-part-one-two...
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Gold cherry

Charmed (Part One of Two)

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/charmed-part-one Charmed (Part One of Two) The sun doesn’t shine in the London Underground; a...
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Cherry

Night Whispers

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/night-whispers-mp3 Night Whispers Clouds file across stoic skies, constellations watch aeons...
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Cherry

Boris and the Curious Case of Brexit

This is the tenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Boris and the Curious Case of...
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1488 of my comments have received 1504 Great Feedback votes

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"Sandstone capricious as

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024

"Sandstone capricious as crimson

rowans, honeyed as bell heather.."

Such a quiet, haunting lament.

Some gorgeous phrases, especially towards the end.

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Posted in The Burgh

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The cat on your lap is more

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024

The cat on your lap is more how I imagine you rather than reprimanding apple trees, Luigi. But I am sure you are a man of many layers like the rest of us.

Some bucolic imagery conjured in your short piece and very pleasant to read and...

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Posted in Musings Among Flowering Bushes

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"..a special place,

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024

"..a special place,
a treasured space
for young or old
or ancient."

Beautifully done, Rhiannon.

Generations pass in time via our gardens.

I know I love mine and it's so important for people's spirits. Not...

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Posted in A garden is …

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This latest wonderful

Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2024

This latest wonderful instalment of cyber-husband Spencer's continuing adventures is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations.

I've added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let me know if you...

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Posted in Parcel for you..Part 32

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"For though now older I'll

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024

"For though now older I'll not age in

mind, believing in hundred year old

tales.."

 

Some whimsical imagery in this one, Jenny.

Flights of fancy and imagination is what we all need at times.

Stanton Park...

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Posted in Playful Elven Folk

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"...a semi-naked man sitting

Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2024

"...a semi-naked man sitting on a beer crate playing an acoustic guitar and singing, Froggy Went a Courtin. The scene took on a nightmarish quality.."

Your keen eye for observational humour remains undiminished :)

Hoping you are...

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Posted in Parcel for you..Part 32

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All we are left with in the

Posted on Fri, 09 Aug 2024

All we are left with in the end is memories. I imagine that is amplified when related to someone in these circumstances. These victims, people, stories, recollections stand the test of time and stand as an important reminder of where...

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Posted in Esther

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"..like the skilled

Posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2024

"..like the skilled

artistry of writers with their nimble

fingers.."

One of my great pleasures in life is watching bees doing their dance of pollination especially amongst the lavender bushes in my front and back gardens. I...

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Posted in Bee Muse

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"He felt like an honourary

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

"He felt like an honourary Frenchman, having eaten two Croissants for breakfast with jam and marmalade respectively, and a banana."

I haven't watched much of the Olympics but Alfred had brought the opening ceremony to life with his vivid...

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Posted in Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics!

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"With a book in my hand and

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

"With a book in my hand and demonic android device in my bin, that’ll be the day that I die" Amen to that.

"..dancing ourselves dizzy in vests and pants whilst calling each other ‘you crazy ho’." Good Lord..

"But Crado didn’t come...

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Posted in Crado Come Home

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