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I have 239 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 894120 times and 321 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1539 of my 4,833 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1557 votes

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I am a Brummie living in North Somerset 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 Body in the Library

Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
Cherry

Portal

Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...
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Cherry

The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two

Leads on from: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-two-two The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two I watched as Alice...
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Cherry

Carols at Midnight

Carols at Midnight Light from a votive candle flickers – candescent, smells of incense permeate the pews. Beyond a prayer book stone floor seems...

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1539 of my comments have received 1557 Great Feedback votes

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I can see Alfred Muggins as

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

I can see Alfred Muggins as the next President. Why not? Literally anything is possible in the USA!

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Posted in Elected!: Alfred Muggins Considers Entering American Politics!

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That's great. Thank you!

Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2025

That's great. Thank you!

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Posted in A Tale Of Four Stones

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A very charming pen-portrait

Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2025

A very charming pen-portrait so adriotly done.

Full of empathy I'm sure Mary would approve. 

The story is built so nicely then pivots on: “Hang on a minute. I haven’t got a teapot.”

[That's a fine teapot of your own there, T...

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Posted in Mary's Missing Teapot

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Such a clever story so well

Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025

Such a clever story so well told. There's someone out there for everyone! 

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Posted in On the verge of awakening

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Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025

Bloodsucker Vladimir Putinpot. Well...yes.

What a pantomime in Alaska. It's staggering to think that Trump is on the cusp of ending sanctions and willing to do business with someone so committed to the destruction of the West and all it...

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Posted in Mrs Muggins Goes On a Mini Tour of Italy, While the Butcher and the Clown Meet in Alaska! by Alfred N.Muggins

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Absorbing dialogue and

Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025

Absorbing dialogue and dynamics between the characters.

All infused with magic.

Keep going, Penny!

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Thanks for following it all,

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025

Thanks for following it all, Penny.

Feedback from accomplished writers like yourself is invaluable to me. 

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Posted in Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)

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It's all highly credible. You

Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2025

It's all highly credible. You have captured the place and time with realism and empathy.

I can connect with the characters and the story line because I remember what places like Castle Vale and Chemsley Wood were like back then. I think...

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Posted in The Vale - Chapter 6

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"Clustering in clouds that

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025

"Clustering in clouds that shade.."

The importance of rain keeps going up as global warming bites. I marvel at the process of rain formation. One of the glories of living on this planet. A succinct and poignant vignette, Rhiannon. Very...

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Posted in That all-important molecule!

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"Nomadic riffs

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2025

"Nomadic riffs

Echoes of Rajasthan

Oh the Roma, Mama

They travelled with the Roma

Horses, camels, caravans

A living metronome..."

What a vivid portrayal. I loved the section above, in particular.

A...

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Posted in Django, Gitáno Gitaristo (Django, Gypsy Guitarist)

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