marandina
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I have 239 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 893997 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
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.
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My stories
The Last Elephant
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Footsteps on Mars
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Most Vial
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Setting Sons
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The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)
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‘I’m not sure it is but I’ll
Posted on Wed, 20 Mar 2024
‘I’m not sure it is but I’ll reserve full judgement until I see you two together and evaluate the dynamics of your relationship and if I think you’re taking advantage of him, I’ll intervene.’
Annie is a force of nature - marriage...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 22
"All I see are double
Posted on Tue, 19 Mar 2024
"All I see are double standards, some animals are more
equal than others..."
Always good to see Orwell quoted.
Yep, the online world can really get inside your head if you let it. You have painted a picture of chaos adriotly...
Read full commentPosted in Too Many Tabs Open
"...grape hyacinth’s blue
Posted on Mon, 18 Mar 2024
"...grape hyacinth’s blue bubbles
burst up from their sleep..."
Such a sweep of colours and celebration. I think it's spring equinox today. Finally...surely....warmer days and lighter nights. I think we are due after all the rain....
Read full commentPosted in Colourful Chorus!
Reading out loud is a big
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Reading out loud is a big deal so well done for navigating the adrenaline-fuelled terror and euphoria that goes with events like that. Yeah...I'd love to listen if you do a recording. I haven't put anything onto SoundCloud for a while but it is a...
Read full commentPosted in More n'24
"He drove her to a quiet
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
"He drove her to a quiet place.
And in the land of guns of course he had one too.
He took it out and in the seamlessness of time.."
That is a tragic tale, Jane. An elegiac tribute that is sad to read but so...
Read full commentPosted in Sparkly Little Paula
Thanks for reading, T. Yes,
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Thanks for reading, T. Yes, that was the factory I was thinking of when I read your poem a while back. It was a bit weird that so many people commented on strange smells from factories in the past in your comments thread (including me). The...
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"..deep caves beneath
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
"..deep caves beneath capacious
gorges pensively wait to be
explored.."
Such rich and evocative imagery. A lovely tribute to Mother nature, Jenny. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Inspired By Mother Nature
"...some sort of cyber spouse
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
"...some sort of cyber spouse kennel.." Made me laugh.
You have captured today's post-university generation in that sharply drawn profile of Annie. As always, lots of understated and clever humour that works so well.
Part 21. Wow!...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 21
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"
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