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I have 202 stories published in 25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 341155 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

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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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at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social

and at Threads https://www.threads.net/@beerummie

 

My stories

Cherry

Cherry Tree

Dedicated to the cherry tree in my front garden. It brings me much joy. Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/cherry-tree-mp3 In the...
Gold cherry

Roy Batty (Tears in Rain)

This is a tribute to Roy Batty played by the late Rutger Hauer from one of my favourite movies - Blade Runner (1982) https://bladerunner.fandom.com/...
Cherry

The Sure Yank Redemption

This is a sequel to: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/most-vial The jet plane roared as it penetrated trans-Atlantic airspace. The ocean rose...
Cherry

The Last Elephant

Forged in bucolic harmonies, an interdependence born of millennia, a symbiosis of flora and fauna, when humanity lived as one, in a world of...
Cherry

Footsteps on Mars

In the dead of an iridescent moonlit night, in an amphitheatre of curious crickets, chirping in the rattling reed bush, I am camped under a haven of...
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1211 of my comments have received 1225 Great Feedback votes

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Ah selfie sticks goany get in

Posted on Fri, 23 Jun 2023

Ah selfie sticks goany get in the way of all that art for sure. Vienna sounds adorable. My daughter lives near Stoke-on-Trent so I have to say there's not that much difference *cough* I am sure you would get a Viennese Whirl there...or maybe an...

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Glad you get a break for a

Posted on Thu, 22 Jun 2023

Glad you get a break for a while, Jean. Sounds like so many ifs and buts still. Definitely enoy your G&T - richly deserved. As always, a brave, honest account that's easy to read despite the subject matter. Take good care of yourself. Paul x

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That's quite an experience

Posted on Wed, 21 Jun 2023

That's quite an experience with those "frisky bullocks (or heifers?". Imagine them being nervous of people. Glad your husband was unscathed. Enjoyed the images and a photo that brings it all to life. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul 

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"At sea, I weave voices from

Posted on Tue, 20 Jun 2023

"At sea, I weave voices from the wind.." 

A mesmerising poem :) 

 

 

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A reunion,to look forward to,

Posted on Tue, 20 Jun 2023

A reunion,to look forward to, Ewan. Can't say that I have been to the Rock. A place with a complicated history. Enjoyed your reminiscence including Fat Albert's antics. Paul 

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An entertaining road trip

Posted on Tue, 20 Jun 2023

An entertaining road trip story. You make the places visited sound so wonderful. Hercule Poirot would have solved the case and Ian Dury would approve, I'm sure. If only you had made the ballet.. 

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There's nothing worse than

Posted on Mon, 19 Jun 2023

There's nothing worse than misplacing keys. You have captured the anguish here with a lovely rhythm. Tension built than release with a happy ending. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul 

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"... blackbird will trill a

Posted on Mon, 19 Jun 2023

"... blackbird will trill a greeting

to guide me on my way."

 

Another enjoyable diary entry, Jenny. The Summer Solstice is a time of magic and peace. You capture that in your poem. Just lovely. Paul :) 

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Posted in Window Of Light

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That sounds like quite an

Posted on Mon, 19 Jun 2023

That sounds like quite an escapade, Luigi. Glad all was well in the end. You must have been worried for a while. Enjoyed your true-life tale [Should that read "..knocked me down with a feather.."? ] Best wishes. Paul 

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Phew - such drama in a

Posted on Sun, 18 Jun 2023

Phew - such drama in a shopping expedition. I hope Alfred's foot is OK and his bank account after paying for everything. I do wonder what Henry VIII would make of all this.. 

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Posted in A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 3

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