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I have 277 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1415529 times and 375 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1751 of my 5,403 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1802 votes

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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

 

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Another Night On a Bare Mountain

Night on a Bare Mountain (aka Night on Bald Mountain) is a series of compositions written by composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881). It was only...
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Penalties

On 11 th July 2021 the England Football team lost on penalties to Italy after a 1-1 draw having played extra time in the Final of the Euro2020...
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Steve Mason and the Music Nazi

This is the third entry in the Steve Mason’s School Days at https://www.abctales.com/collection/steve-masons-school-days Steve “Stevo” Mason just...
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Where The Streets Have No Blame

I pass you on the desolate streets, huddled under weather-worn blankets, in dimly lit, dank shop doorways, the smell of wandering urine is acidic,...
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Estival Solstice

21 st June 2021 is the day of the Summer Solstice As dawn’s first light skims skies, revealing an incandescent ball of fire, rising beyond a Heel...

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1751 of my comments have received 1802 Great Feedback votes

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Does it rain more in Ireland?

Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024

Does it rain more in Ireland?

We've all chased rainbows at some point. I'm sure Alfred will find his pot of gold one day. We want to read his novels.

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Posted in Chasing Rainbows by Alfred N.Muggins

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Gorgeous pics.

Posted on Tue, 01 Oct 2024

Gorgeous pics.

A sweeping vignette that shows again how connected you are to nature and the seasons, Rhiannon.

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Posted in Seasons’ Round

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"...and on the top of the

Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2024

"...and on the top of the little ridge
view eastward to Clee Hill
and south to the Malverns."

Another wonderfully visual ramble with you, Rhiannon. I was right there with you. Lovely pics, as usual :)

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Posted in Above CravenArms 29/9/24

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That's a wonderful poem as

Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2024

That's a wonderful poem as the introduction.

As always, a beautifully crafted travelogue laced with humour. You bring the sites, sights and sounds to life so evocatively.

I stayed at Hersonissus years ago and loved Crete. It's a...

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Posted in The Old Man and the Libyan Sea

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Another wonderful nature poem

Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024

Another wonderful nature poem, Jenny. Almost Gothic (which I love).

The last stanza is ethereal and...well...perfect.

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Posted in Visions Carried On The Wind

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Nicely done, Ed. You capture

Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024

Nicely done, Ed. You capture the mythology of Egypt adeptly and vividly. Enjoyed this.

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Posted in KHEPRI

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Vanessa entering her daughter

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Vanessa entering her daughter's bedroom resonated with me. I wandered about like a lost lamb in a similar fashion when my little girl went to Uni. I like the half-hearted attempt to make the room look neater.

Spencer's literal...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 35

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"...the foamy pond of their

Posted on Thu, 19 Sep 2024

"...the foamy pond of their comrades.

Their tumid insides screaming..." 

That's a deep introspection of how little boys are. Some wonderful lines, imagery and metaphor. Perhaps the most depraved is a wolf. Just maybe.

Enjoyed...

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Posted in How boys play

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Thank you for referencing one

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Thank you for referencing one of my favourites authors. I read quite a bit of RLS when I was younger.

There's a beautiful flow to this matching the theme with interesting questions asked that we often think but rarely articulate.

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Posted in Visible signs of the invisible

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"..delicious blackberry and

Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024

"..delicious blackberry and apple crumble
for Sunday lunch!"

From tree to plate - a journey documented so well and so elegantly. My mouth was watering by the end and those photos are yummy.

Adriotly penned, Rhiannon :)

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Posted in Delicious harvest

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