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I have 240 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 972196 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

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
Certificate U

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
Cherry

Chinese Whispers

By marandina on Sun, 22 Jan 2006

I guess there was no way of knowing that things would turn out like this. As I stood and stared out across the moonlit, mountain vista, I reflected back on what had led up to this moment. When you're a mile high in the sky the air seems so much clearer and your thoughts become crystallised like a moth caught in an arctic freeze.
Spiritual
Story
Certificate U

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1550 of my comments have received 1569 Great Feedback votes

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"..Or I choke on foetid

Posted on Mon, 11 Dec 2023

"..Or I choke on foetid brumal dank

Give me daylight or I’ll scream!"

That's an evocative, powerful piece (the pic is quite terrifying).

Well deserved accolades, Turlough. Paul

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"...past the munching sheep..

Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023

"...past the munching sheep.."

Another enjoyable ramble with you, Rhiannon. Felt like I was there. Paul :)

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A beautiful poem. Life

Posted on Thu, 14 Dec 2023

A beautiful poem. Life affirming. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas, Jean. Keep the updates coming, of course. Take care. Paul x

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"... weaving flutes and

Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023

"... weaving flutes and whispering December breezes..."

 

I like the contrast between the madness on the roads and the serenity you seek. Some nice expressions in here. Very lovely, Jenny :) 

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Posted in Treasures Of The Subconscious

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"A dropped twig,

Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023

"A dropped twig,

beautifully clothed with

light grey lichen - "

Such an evocative opening and some lovely imagery. I could see the leaf carpet. Beautiful vignette, Rhiannon. Paul

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Spencer's fear of mum made me

Posted on Fri, 08 Dec 2023

Spencer's fear of mum made me laugh. All internal threat indicators going off. (That used to happen to me with my mother-in-law. Escape was impossible)

Keep going with this Jane. It's building into something special :)

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Posted in Parcel for you ......Part 9

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"I’m not sure now, where you

Posted on Wed, 06 Dec 2023

"I’m not sure now, where you begin and end"

That's a philosophical introspection full of poetic musings. Certainly evocative conjuring interesting images. Maybe our home isn't always a metaphorical castle when you wonder what's going on...

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Posted in In Your House

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A dreamy sequence in touch

Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023

A dreamy sequence in touch with nature and a delicately told tale in poem. Just lovely, Jenny. Paul :) 

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Posted in Hope Of The Skylark

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"... gingery bracken slopes..

Posted on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

"... gingery bracken slopes.."

Another enjoyable walk with you, Rhiannon. You bring the whole thing to life with your words. Very lovely. Paul :) 

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Posted in Up to the Hoar Frost

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"Give me three goats for my

Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

"Give me three goats for my sister

How can you resist her?"

Well, yes.

Croatians aren't to be trusted.

I may try tripe soup one day.

As imaginitive as ever. Those treadmills of your mind are whirring in the...

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Posted in Reasons to Be Bulgarian… Naz-dra-vee!

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