marandina
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I have 232 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 814241 times
and 311 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1498 of my 4,716 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1514 votes
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
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My stories
Another Night On a Bare Mountain
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Penalties
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Steve Mason and the Music Nazi
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Where The Streets Have No Blame
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Estival Solstice
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Nicely done. Very credible
Posted on Sat, 09 Mar 2024
Nicely done. Very credible interaction and, as always, you get inside the thoughts and feelings of your characters so deftly.
Read full commentPosted in Keep the perspective
"...random twinkles
Posted on Sun, 10 Mar 2024
"...random twinkles
imitating firefly's magic.."
I hear that orchestra of nature laughing. A charming, liliting, beguiling poem for the season.
Read full commentPosted in "Good Morning"
"...they will continue to
Posted on Tue, 05 Mar 2024
"...they will continue to grow and march
across raped surfaces until all signs of
humanity’s absurdity are masked forever."
Made me think of the apocalypic series like "The Last of Us" and "Alice in Borderland". Both have...
Read full commentPosted in Blind Faith
"But with hush intent,
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
"But with hush intent,
Stirring drowsy winter's soil."
That's an evocative vignette, Jenny.
So happy to see you writing regularly again. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in Rousing Spring
"We board the ship of fools,
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
"We board the ship of fools,
two-by-two, in borrowed shoes,
cross Gulliver’s wide uncharted seas
and miss Atlantis by 20000 leagues."
So many cultural references. A poem of great skill.
I hope you eventually find...
Read full commentPosted in The Road to Erehwon
"...soon swards that need
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
"...soon swards that need mowing
and flowers galore.."
A lovely tribute to the changing seasons, Rhiannon. Nicely done, of course.
I can't wait for lighter and warmer nights :)
Read full commentPosted in Gentle march of the seasons
A concise, poetical
Posted on Fri, 01 Mar 2024
A concise, poetical explanation for leap years. There's something magical about a 29th February isn't there? Nicely done, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Fixing the calendar
"...is it wisps of mist or
Posted on Thu, 29 Feb 2024
"...is it wisps of mist or smoke rising in the valley below them?
and Madley large satellite-tracking dishes visible."
Another evocative ramble with you, Rhiannon. And what a way to finish. Enjoyed, of course :)
Read full commentPosted in Clehonger to Ruckhall Circular
That's a unique way of
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
That's a unique way of painting a pen picture of a snake using the image of it being stalked by a cat. Your empathy and admiration of the serpent comes through.
"Friendly, pampered python" never thought I'd see those words in the same...
Read full commentPosted in Ophidian at Four O’Clock
That's a wonderful story and
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
That's a wonderful story and so well told through your poem, Jenny. A lovely read, for sure.
Read full commentPosted in The Fish Hawker
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