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I have 202 stories published in 25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 341298 times and 263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1211 of my 4,036 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1225 votes

Paul

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

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My stories

Another Night On a Bare Mountain

By marandina on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

Night on a Bare Mountain (aka Night on Bald Mountain) is a series of compositions written by composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881). It was only...

Fantasy

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Penalties

By marandina on Tue, 13 Jul 2021

On 11 th July 2021 the England Football team lost on penalties to Italy after a 1-1 draw having played extra time in the Final of the Euro2020...

Opinion

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Steve Mason and the Music Nazi

By marandina on Tue, 13 Jul 2021

This is the third entry in the Steve Mason’s School Days at https://www.abctales.com/collection/steve-masons-school-days Steve “Stevo” Mason just...

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Where The Streets Have No Blame

By marandina on Tue, 06 Jul 2021

I pass you on the desolate streets, huddled under weather-worn blankets, in dimly lit, dank shop doorways, the smell of wandering urine is acidic,...

Opinion

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Estival Solstice

By marandina on Mon, 21 Jun 2021

21 st June 2021 is the day of the Summer Solstice As dawn’s first light skims skies, revealing an incandescent ball of fire, rising beyond a Heel...

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"...whose whims must be

Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2023

"...whose whims must be obeyed."

The reality for many. There's a great rhythm and rhyme to this, Rhiannon. It bounces along and is a lovely read. Nicely done. Paul

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Those English stag parties

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

Those English stag parties get everywhere even if they fizzle out by mid-afternoon. As entertaining as ever and heaving with interesting details nestled amongst the humour. You should write travelogies for a living. Adriotly done. Paul

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