marandina
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I have 240 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 981133 times
and 323 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1550 of my 4,867 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1569 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
It's (Still) a Wonderful Life
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Radio Times
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Empire State (Part Five) - The House in the Woods
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Empire State (Part Four): The Initiate
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Empire State (Part Three) - The Devil in Tintagel
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Well I've read all 3 parts
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Well I've read all 3 parts now. Your lilting style and wry humour makes it an effortless reading journey. You make the point that we make assumptions about people and places (almost certainly based on the images we see in the media). My lad...
Read full commentPosted in Lovely Palace, Must Fly
"Step into the forest
Posted on Sun, 14 Jan 2024
"Step into the forest
Contemplate the lake.."
Wise words, Penny. There's a whole industry in forest-bathing devoted to encouraging just that. Maybe we need to break the bonds of slavery to our electronic devices. They are...
Read full commentPosted in "Turn Down the Noise"
"So glad they weren’t out on
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024
"So glad they weren’t out on the windy hill
with buffeted lamp and wintry chill."
A highly visual poem. I like the rhythm and rhyming aspects. It's a scene to be played out a lot soon with lambing season coming. I know farmers...
Read full commentPosted in Night Help
Parking at hospitals is such
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Parking at hospitals is such a mess. I avoid it if I can. Whenever I go to Northampton General, I use a council car park nearby. It's easier than the expensive bunfight at the hospital. Ditto when I take my lad to an appointment at Kettering...
Read full commentPosted in The Tickets, One Too Many!
There's that subversive
Posted on Tue, 16 Jan 2024
There's that subversive humour again with only going on Facebook to keep an eye on her daughter. Wry and oils the story line making it relatable in a warm way. Dark developments on the www. It's a jungle out there. Keep going, Jane!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 13
I like the way her friend
Posted on Thu, 11 Jan 2024
I like the way her friend keeps getting the name wrong. It's all about me!
Eesh...progrock. We're not travelling back to the early 70s are we? :)
As ever, the pace is right and the small details light up the story.
Keep going...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You ...Part 12
"It is a dark night
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2024
"It is a dark night
in Berlin in 1938."
You capture a sense of foreboding in one of the grimmest periods of history. This is a night of the utmost infamy. Your poem captures it so well,Luigi. Keep well. Paul
Read full commentPosted in One Night, in Berlin
I could see those gulls and
Posted on Fri, 12 Jan 2024
I could see those gulls and massive walls of rolling water. Such a visual, evocative poem. Just lovely, Richard. I hope you are keeping well. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Sun - Shines
The dialogue is credible and
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
The dialogue is credible and the pacing is good. I like the world of espionage and intrigue that you have built here. Looking forward to the next instalment :)
Read full commentPosted in The Coffee House Spy" 13
Such a deeply personal piece.
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
Such a deeply personal piece. The authenticy shines through which is why I imagine so many people have connected with it. It takes a great deal of skill to pull off writing something from a child's POV and the result being credible. That's...
Read full commentPosted in Children of the Absolution
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