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I have 240 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 970341 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

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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

Cherry

Empire State (Part One)

Halloween, Hallowe’en or All Hallows’ Eve is an important date in the Christian calendar. Probably based on Pagan tradition, it a time of remembrance...

Mr Clean

Eddie Sinclair had loved lockdown. He revelled in the lack of contact, the isolation, the chance to be free from other people’s germs. Microbes were...

Lockdown Walkees

Today was a great day to be alive, it was Tuesday, after all. Not just any Tuesday…well…yes just another Tuesday. Skye woofer was lying in the hall...

The Hotel at the Edge of the World

John and Ali were star-crossed. They had met as teenagers at a night club. John had spotted Ali and Tina looking over a balcony at the dance floor...
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Haunted

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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1550 of my comments have received 1569 Great Feedback votes

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"Blow away the lies, the

Posted on Fri, 22 Dec 2023

"Blow away the lies, the hatred,
hasty accusations, malice."

 

Vivid and evocative. Lovely work, Rhiannon. Paul

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Posted in Even Father Christmas blown over …!

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"...guilty of hitting his

Posted on Sun, 24 Dec 2023

"...guilty of hitting his partner,
and said yes to the aardvark."

Nicely done, Luigi. A poem full of colour and imaginative story-telling. Happy New Year, to you. Paul

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Posted in Noah's Ark

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Stunning poem, Doug.

Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023

Stunning poem, Doug. Evocative and euphoric. Paul 

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Posted in Rain in Kalgoorlie

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I like the duality of the

Posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2023

I like the duality of the underlying message. Both parties apologising acknowledging that none of us are perfect. We should all say sorry more often. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul

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Posted in Sorry?

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Thanks insert. And for all

Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023

Thanks insert. And for all the hard work you do behind the scenes to make the site work. It's unseen by most but appreciated by many.

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Posted in By the Candelight of Saints

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"Kite swoops

Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023

"Kite swoops

briefly in

murky sky.."

 

Sentiments of the season captured so well. Dreamy and very lovely. Merry Christmas, Jenny. Paul

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Posted in Charms Of The Season

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The clamour for a ceasefire

Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023

The clamour for a ceasefire intensifies. The US wants a change of leadership in Isreal. Isreal says no to the concept of a "two state" solution. Well...there's a lot of water still to run under this bridge. I hope you and Alfred (and Mrs Muggins...

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Posted in Dreams or Nightmares? (A Fictional Account Of Alternative Possibilities In Palestine)

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I can touch and feel the

Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023

I can touch and feel the transition from robot to human, at least in the shift in feeling towards Spencer. intrigued as to where you take that. Happy or sad. Keep going, Jane...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 10

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A lovely story, so well told.

Posted on Sun, 10 Dec 2023

A lovely story, so well told. Perfect for Christmas. Paul :)

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Posted in "Starlight And Miracles" (A Christmas tale)

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"And that little ship is

Posted on Sun, 10 Dec 2023

"And that little ship is ourselves,
entire, enfolding all that’s gone.."

What a beautiful poem and the sentiments resonate with me completely.

I get it.

Just gorgeous. Paul

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Posted in All Souls Shall Arise

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