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I have 153 stories published in 20 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 193296 times and 191 of my stories have been cherry picked.
796 of my 2,964 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 808 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton. I love to write but get 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.

I think that everyone should read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four .

I have short stories published in a horror anthology by @thealienbuddha and anthology Vol.IV by @LoftPublishing.

You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685

on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeeRummie

and at Mastodon @BeeRummie@mastodonapp.uk

My stories

At the Going Down of The Sun

By marandina on Wed, 15 Feb 2006

A poem about a life
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

Private Heaven

By marandina on Fri, 03 Feb 2006

Memnock had waited for a thousand years. At least, he thought it was a thousand years but it could have been much longer than that; he didn't wear a watch after all.
Humour
Story
Certificate PG
Cherry

Chinese Whispers

By marandina on Sun, 22 Jan 2006

I guess there was no way of knowing that things would turn out like this. As I stood and stared out across the moonlit, mountain vista, I reflected back on what had led up to this moment. When you're a mile high in the sky the air seems so much clearer and your thoughts become crystallised like a moth caught in an arctic freeze.
Spiritual
Story
Certificate U
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A Working Complaint

By marandina on Sun, 15 Jan 2006

It's been a hard day's night, And I've been working like a dog,
Other Fiction
Poem
Certificate U

Just Another War

By marandina on Tue, 03 Jan 2006

How can we possibly imagine? ---------------------------------------- I look out of the window to see a sun shine, My children in a library, a million books define, An accumulation of knowledge, an acknowledgement to men,
Other Fiction
Certificate PG

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796 of my comments have received 808 Great Feedback votes

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Eesh...those last two lines.

Posted on Tue, 10 May 2022

Eesh...those last two lines. Keep us posted, Jean! Paul x

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Lots of trademark Mark in

Posted on Tue, 10 May 2022

Lots of trademark Mark in here. Council estate setting, punchy dialogue and a nicely crafted tale. As always, a great read. Paul

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Posted in Goodnight, Elvis

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"I remember asking to shave

Posted on Sun, 08 May 2022

"I remember asking to shave my legs

in hospital, the bath sat, as if staged,

in the centre of the room, a nurse perched

in the doorway, on watch."

I love the way the poem weaves between different realities/themes. It...

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Posted in Yew

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"Dim hidden copses

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

"Dim hidden copses
pooled with bluebells,
each frail but of deep hue"

Wonderful wild bells - so beautifully captured in your words. Paul :)

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Posted in The wonderful wild bells!

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"all insect life

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

"all insect life reverberating, sends

me into spellbound trance; watching

dandelion pollen sailing,"

Lovely photo and another beautiful reverie, Jenny. Paul x

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Posted in Maple Tree Den

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Thanks Ewan and for those

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

Thanks Ewan and for those very interesting thoughts re your experiences in the forces. Yep, off out for a celebration meal shortly. "Decompress" is about right for all involved! Thanks again. Paul

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Posted in A Final Message From Moscow

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Ooh one of my very favourite

Posted on Thu, 05 May 2022

Ooh one of my very favourite birds. Wolves, ravens and graves. All beautifully Poe-esque. What more can I say?! ::) 

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Posted in Hræfn

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I can see the billows of

Posted on Mon, 02 May 2022

I can see the billows of smoke coming from the jazz joints of old. A very visual poem that entwines the sights and sounds of the subject matter so well. Paul :)

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Posted in Trail Of Thought

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Would love to listen to an

Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Would love to listen to an audio version of this, Ewan. You are the man of a thousand voices! Congrats on the well deserved POTD Paul :)

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"truants of moonlight soft as

Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2022

"truants of moonlight soft as forgetting wings...."

Such a beautiful meditation, Di. Paul :)

 

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Posted in butterfly moment

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