marandina
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I have 232 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 813128 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
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.
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My stories
The Raven Returned
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Anniversary
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Back In Kansas
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In a Land of Magicians
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An Eternal Debt (The Pied Piper of Hamlin)
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"This temporary existence not
Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024
"This temporary existence not to every
ones taste, yet for me at this time of
crippling pain, has created respite from
life's expectations.
I'm suspended between two worlds;"
You have captured...
Read full commentPosted in Suspended Between Two Worlds
This wonderful evocation of
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
This wonderful evocation of another time and place is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations, Turlough.
Read full commentPosted in Tang Hall Beck
This appears to be going well
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
This appears to be going well. Lots of magic interwoven into a quest. Looking good. Will read some more :)
Read full commentPosted in 'Unwanted Magic" 7
"He stood out because they
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
"He stood out because they all had beers in their hands but he was standing perfectly still, with his arms crossed and a felted wool toadstool on his head."
Spencer looks and sounds like a fish out of water more than ever in this episode...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 30
Well it's nice to hear that
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Well it's nice to hear that Alfred had a break even if it seems to have arisen out of confusion. The company's loss and our gain at reading more of his work.I wonder if he will ever get back to his 'Henry VIII timeswap with Alfred' stories. Maybe...
Read full commentPosted in ‘D Day’ : Leap Into The Unknown! (Community Care!? Actually) by Alfred N. Muggins (current affairs observer, and undercover reporter!)
Nicely done and you should
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Nicely done and you should definitely carry on with this. It reads like ideal fiction for children/young adults with its lilting narrative. Looking forward to the next part
Read full commentPosted in Tom's Secret
"A causeway of slimy stones
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
"A causeway of slimy stones
As green as beer bottles
Shattered and scattered.."
That an evocative poem with pen pictures drawn so distinctly.
Took me to another time and place.
Fine work indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Tang Hall Beck
"A family of bears had a nice
Posted on Sat, 20 Jul 2024
"A family of bears had a nice little cottage,
Mother Bear made them their breakfast porridge.."
That's an inventive take on the classic story.
Very enjoyable, Rhiannon.
And a lovely picture :)
Read full commentPosted in They said, 'Trespassers will …
I always though mum went to
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024
I always thought mum went to Iceland. Hmmm....maybe that was an ad...
That's a very creative poem about Eric/Iceland. It's actually very clever the way you have interwoven the theme of country and store, blending humour with dry...
Read full commentPosted in Eric’s War
Was talking about Putin only
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Was talking about Putin only yesterday. History has a habit of repeating itself so I wondered whether he would be airbrushed from history in the same way Stalin was in Russia after his death. I'm sure they would make good soul brothers if they...
Read full commentPosted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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