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I have 265 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1263663 times and 357 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1666 of my 5,181 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1703 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

My stories

The Theory of Everything (take 2)

By marandina on Fri, 05 Feb 2021

I originally posted this piece a few days ago. I had this half-arsed notion that I needed to put something up on my birthday and a rare foray to...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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A Secret Forest

By marandina on Thu, 28 Jan 2021

We landed at Marco Polo, Azzurri gateway to the North, clutching passports we passed bleary-eyed through mundane border checks, as luggage rolled...

Travel

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Wootton Village

By marandina on Sat, 23 Jan 2021

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/wootton-village-mp3 Slate-coloured, sombre skies cast vacuous, apocryphal runes. Carrion crows...

Nature

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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

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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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"I sink in wild Rodopi tea

Posted on Wed, 12 Jun 2024

"I sink in wild Rodopi tea

As Zeus strikes nature’s timpani.."

That's a moody, brooding piece. Ominous photo too. Enjoyed!

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Another enjoyable ramble with

Posted on Sat, 08 Jun 2024

Another enjoyable ramble with you, Rhiannon. I have never been to Offa's Dyke. Lovely photos too :)

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"..perfect MUGGINS, servant

Posted on Mon, 10 Jun 2024

"..perfect MUGGINS, servant and provider extraordinaire!" Well yes although he has missed a closed bracket in that paragraph which shows how distracted he must be. The resumption of Alfred's roving reports will suggest all is well with the world...

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