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I have 232 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 807876 times and 311 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1493 of my 4,715 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1509 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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A Final Message From Moscow

A Final Message from Moscow When Putin’s tanks rolled into Ukraine on 24 th February 2022. I was inundated with messages concerned about the welfare...
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Dreams of Solitude

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/dreams-of-solitude-mp3 Dreams of Solitude In dreams I seek solace from the tyranny of days,...
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Pointless Boris (Part Two of two)

This is the ninth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Part 1 at: https://www.abctales.com...
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Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)

This is the eighth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Pointless Boris (Part One) Things...
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Life Through a Prism

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/life-through-a-prism-mp3 Life Through a Prism Life’s journey viewed through a backlit prism of...
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1493 of my comments have received 1509 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks for those links, Di.

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Thanks for those links, Di.

I guess the shopping list of issues to be resolved will always be weighty. Human beings are a deeply flawed species. On the upside, young people seem to be more aware and in touch with things like environmental...

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Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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I really like this poem. I

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2024

I really like this poem. I have read it a few times to get between the layers. My literal interpretation is of a statue that's neglected but I imagine there are metaphors at work here.

 

Either way, it's beautifully done.

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Posted in The Broken Lady

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"..but the roots are odd and

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

"..but the roots are odd and strong
and they want to stay, belong.."

One of my least favourite things - visiting the dentist.

You have my sympathies and hopefully you are on the mend and fully recovered, Rhiannon. Yes,...

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"I will devour each day and

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

"I will devour each day and stay

steadfast, unfettered...holding

onto my desires and dreams"

This comes across as reflective, Jenny. Maybe you have crossed the border to a new phase of your life.

Your talent for...

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Posted in Holding Onto My Desires And Dreams

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"A brambletoad, turbid with

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

"A brambletoad, turbid with siltblood,

now I dreambeetle by moon's waters.."

Wonderful use of language, of course. And soaked in lore and magic.

"I promise

nothing"

...but your poem delivers everything :)

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Posted in Natterjack

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I should clearly be listening

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

I should clearly be listening to Radio 4 so much more.

Labour are talking about using "grey belt" land to build some of the 1.5m new houses over the next 5 years. So land like disused former petrol stations that have gone to seed. The...

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Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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Thanks, Ewan. This came about

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Thanks, Ewan. This came about from a writing prompt re the offline group I'm in. I saw the story on the news and followed the reaction on SM. Needless to say, there was a lot of vitriol. JSO went on to do the same thing to Taylor Swift's private...

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Posted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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This poignant and thought

Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024

This poignant and thought provoking tale is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations, Itane!

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Posted in Why do bad people good things?

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"Only polishing it with his

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

"Only polishing it with his beer-stained apron, he was, and holding it up to the light to check for greasy fingerprints and smudges of lipstick."

Some great pen pictures in this Turlough.

And one of my favourite phrases "Rough as a...

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Posted in My Döner and Chide

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Funnily enough...I watched

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

Funnily enough...I watched the original "Resident Evil" movie again only last night. AI aka "the Red Queen" goes rogue killing everybody. Well it is a Wes Anderson film.

Thankfully your story is a more well-considered albeit along the same...

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