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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

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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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The Raven Returned

An homage to my favourite poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/the-raven-returned-mp3 The Raven...
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Anniversary

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/anniversary-mp3 When we promise to remember Anniversary Time slipping away like sands, ground...
Gold cherry

Back In Kansas

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/back-in-kansas-mp3 Back in Kansas Lightening zags across a cobalt horizon, splintered,...
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Cherry

In a Land of Magicians

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/in-a-land-of-magicians-mp3 If you believe in something enough, can it become real? In a Land...
Cherry

An Eternal Debt (The Pied Piper of Hamlin)

This is an adaptation of the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin which is also a Grimm’s fairy tale Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-...
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1498 of my comments have received 1514 Great Feedback votes

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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...

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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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.

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Posted in Tang Hall Beck

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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 :)

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Posted in 'Unwanted Magic" 7

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"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...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 30

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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...

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Posted in ‘D Day’ : Leap Into The Unknown! (Community Care!? Actually) by Alfred N. Muggins (current affairs observer, and undercover reporter!)

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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

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Posted in Tom's Secret

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"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.

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Posted in Tang Hall Beck

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"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 :)

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Posted in They said, 'Trespassers will …

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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...

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Posted in Eric’s War

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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...

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Posted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3

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