marandina
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I have 275 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1353002 times
and 372 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1725 of my 5,338 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1773 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
When November Comes (with audio)
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A Lorry Load of Sleaze
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The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)
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The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 2 of 3)
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The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 1 of 3)
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'All of them I said..." Well,
Posted on Sat, 09 Nov 2024
'All of them I said..." Well, yes!
That's a wonderfully beguiling poem
[Should there be just one 'her' in the line....."the sun pixelating her her hair"?]
Read full commentPosted in A different way to measure time
Ach...Alfred will always come
Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2024
Ach...Alfred will always come out on top regardless. He's a talented fella and can't be put down for long.
Read full commentPosted in On the Shelf Again, so to speak! By Alfred N.Muggins
Not sure I've ever been to
Posted on Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Not sure I've ever been to Sheffield. It sounds like most cities. When I go back to Birmingham the centre has changed again with a never ending 'road improvement scheme'.
Maybe Di's right....a metaphor for life :)
Read full commentPosted in Running the Gauntlet : Paranoid and Harrassed In The City Of His Birth! By Alfred N.Muggins
"What began it, or what
Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024
"What began it, or what atavistic
thing we are atoning for forever, unknown."
I had to look up 'atavistic'.
Love this poem. So evocative with sound echoes from history.
Read full commentPosted in East Coast Scotland (Reflection)
This flows better than the
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024
This flows better than the version posted last year (I've just re-read it) so well done on this revision. Your poem captures the essense of this time of year including its religious connotations and associations.
I enjoyed this.
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Read full commentPosted in Al Hallows Eve
I feel like I need to see Bow
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024
I feel like I need to see Bow-Fiddle Rock now.
That's a charming tale well told with its Hallowe’en trickster-dixstering.
Really enjoyed this.
Happy Halloween!
Read full commentPosted in Bus Pass on a Secret Trail
I like the pervasiveness of
Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2024
I like the pervasiveness of magic throughout and how its significance is offset against the importance of human emotions and feelings. Magic isn't all-encompassing and the plot emphasises that through the interaction of your characters. It's a...
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 21
"Dark days, wet days, grey
Posted on Fri, 25 Oct 2024
"Dark days, wet days, grey days,
downpour-drenching.."
I like the juxtaposition of dark days and bright days. This poem is awash with colour and sound. Fitting for that most wonderful of seasons - autumn!
Lovely stuff,...
Read full commentPosted in Tumultuous Autumn
Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024
That's a powerful last line. Foreboding. Let's hope sanity prevails. Eventually.
Read full commentPosted in If Netanyahu and the Israelis should invade Britain? (Don’t panic! It’s only History repeating itself!) by Alfred N.Muggins
That's writing discipline
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
That's writing discipline right there...12 months and 36,600 words later. Congratulations on a genuine achievement (I'm not sure what a non-genuine achievement is but it seemed to scan).
You have a definite talent for writing travelogue....
Read full commentPosted in Ex Crete
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