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I have 226 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 695297 times and 303 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1457 of my 4,612 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1471 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton 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

Haunted

By marandina on Sun, 18 Oct 2020

It had been 18 months. The world had moved on. Life was engulfed by a pandemic; individual tragedies subsumed by a crisis. The searchlight of...
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Our Christmas Animal House

By marandina on Sun, 17 Dec 2006

It was before the Feast of Stephen that I first recall, The copious snow that lay all around my house, T'was that Yuletide warmth that came so tall, When I would throw open my wreath festooned doors to a mouse.
Children's
Poem
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Ashes To Ashes

By marandina on Mon, 03 Apr 2006

It was dark in the beginning; a neutrino sat suspended in a vast array of nothingness. All things of real matter were frozen in an inanimate void of space and time. It was impossible to explain this vacuum -'it simply was
Spiritual
Story
Certificate PG

At the Going Down of The Sun

By marandina on Wed, 15 Feb 2006

A poem about a life
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

Private Heaven

By marandina on Fri, 03 Feb 2006

Memnock had waited for a thousand years. At least, he thought it was a thousand years but it could have been much longer than that; he didn't wear a watch after all.
Humour
Story
Certificate PG

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1457 of my comments have received 1471 Great Feedback votes

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Cleverly done, Rhiannon. A

Posted on Wed, 11 Oct 2023

Cleverly done, Rhiannon. A poem of moving parts that come together to tell an entertaining story. Paul :) 

 

[Think that should say "dinner" in the first line] 

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Posted in 6 (?) to dinner

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"Goblins in Grieg" We should

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2023

"Goblins in Grieg" We should all go to the Hall of the Mountain King given a chance.

As creative a poem as I'll see today. Nicely done, Ewan. Paul

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Posted in Music

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"Facts and experiments tucked

Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023

"Facts and experiments tucked away in memory
for further understanding,
like my attempt at explaining what a shadow is."

You capture the mystery and joy of explaining the world to 4-year-olds. It's what being a parent/...

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Posted in The puzzle of shadows

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"...as I gaze upon

Posted on Sun, 08 Oct 2023

"...as I gaze upon

upper levels of sky

where clouds

have freedom to fly."

 

A beautiful finale to a beautiful poem. I could see those maple-leaf trees, Richard.

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Posted in A Taste of Autumn

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"...Wolf knows secrets...sees

Posted on Mon, 09 Oct 2023

"...Wolf knows secrets...sees ancient

tree spirits communication with

rivulets..."
Evocative and atmospheric. A dramatic poem, for sure. Enjoyed. Paul :)

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Posted in Through Wolf Eyes

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"...we fall from dreamy

Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023

"...we fall from dreamy

waterfall into flowing

inspirational rivers of

thought.."

A lovely anaology and a lingering optimism amongst your words. Nicely done, of course. Paul

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Posted in Curious Magic

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Not sure the Tchaikovsky

Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023

Not sure the Tchaikovsky Group has the same menace about it but I know what you mean. Hopefully Alfred will get his trip to Timbuctou soon. It's a long way, you know.. 

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Posted in Holidays in Timbuctou, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter!)

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"... and was chopped down

Posted on Tue, 03 Oct 2023

"... and was chopped down

but grew and thrived again.."

I hope that's an allegory for the Sycamore Gap tree that was felled. 

 

A lovely poem, so well done, Rhiannon. Paul 

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Posted in We have three little trees …

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It's interesting to read how

Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

It's interesting to read how Alfred tries to make things easier through his power of hindsight. Your knowledge of this period of history is impressive. It makes it an ongoing, enjoyable read. 

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Posted in The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.5 by Alfred Muggins (himself) Part 2 : Wives

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"... before fall of Autumn's

Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

"... before fall of Autumn's swell.."

A sweep through the seasons done so adroitly. Beautiful imagery and sentiments. Nicely done, Jenny. Paul :) 

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Posted in Beneath My Favourite Tree

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