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I have 242 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1088079 times and 327 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1574 of my 4,935 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1598 votes

Paul

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

The Existential Fate of Original Thought

By marandina on Wed, 20 Jan 2021

Every day had been the same for so long now. Epicurus sat in his leather backed chair, cradling a glass of scotch, ruminating about life and the arts...

Surreal

Story

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The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh

By marandina on Thu, 14 Jan 2021

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/the-haunted-fort-of-bhangahr The Haunted Fort of Bhangahr I stare out of the tinted window for...

Drama

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The Dead Cat

By marandina on Fri, 08 Jan 2021

Steve “Stevo” Mason never did like school. At 14 years of age, the rest of his life looked a very long way away. Particularly bright at junior level...

Drama

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Eleanor Cross

By marandina on Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Eleanor, highborn of Castile, favoured daughter of Ferdinand, beloved, revered Queen to Albion’s powerhouse: The Longshanks. Noble monarch, woman of...

Other Non-fiction

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Memento

By marandina on Mon, 04 Jan 2021

I should delete these texts A permanence of darkness, where light no longer creeps, where memories fade, of bygone times. I can hardly see them now,...

Spiritual

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"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...

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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

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"...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!...

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