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I have 264 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1254257 times and 356 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1658 of my 5,164 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1695 votes

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Paul

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

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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (8)

Part 7 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-7 The transition from routine ramble in familiar settings to alien...
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Gold cherry

The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube

The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube The Grand Marine Hotel stands imperiously looking out over the Bristol Channel as it has done for many dust-coated...
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Cherry

Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (7)

Part 6 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-6 Billy watched snake-eyed as a shape ghosted through the fog. Appearing...
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Gold cherry

Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)

Part 5 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-5 Sunday morning brought with it a thick enveloping mist rolling inland...
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Cherry

Borealis

This is a poem posted this week at a weekly challenge on X/Twitter by the account @TopTweetTuesday. Whilst your first love should always be ABCTales...
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1658 of my comments have received 1695 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, Ray. Your skills are

Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2026

Thanks, Ray. Your skills are certainly NOT meagre. We all learn from each other on this site. That's its greatest strength. 

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I think the risque aspect is

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2026

I think the risque aspect is done pretty coyly. I like the way the characters are being developed. If an emotional connection can me made that comes across as credible then that adds a lot of depth. You are doing it here.  

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It's a breathless sequence.

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2026

It's a breathless sequence. The pacing is good, the reader engaged and wanting to know what happens next. On to chapter 10..

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One (9)

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Eesh...that's a tense chapter

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026

Eesh...that's a tense chapter. Again, very imaginative. I need to read on to find out what happens next..

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One 7

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Congratulations! This is Poem

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026

Congratulations! This is Poem of the Week!

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Posted in Stay

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I’m a sucker for anything

Posted on Fri, 22 May 2026

I’m a sucker for anything with witches in it and this has seven! It’s also consummately written prose.  

That's why this is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

Congratulations.

I have added a pic to...

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I agree with Jenny.

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2026

I agree with Jenny. Imagination in spades here. It's a gripping read. 

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One 6

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Mable's a ball-breaker. Harsh

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026

Mable's a ball-breaker. Harsh. Rooting for a way out for Chase. 

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One 5

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There's some great

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026

There's some great description in here. Very vivid and quintissential sci-fi. Nicely done, ray.  

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One 4

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You have set the story up

Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026

You have set the story up well. It reels the reader in. 

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Posted in Banished To Earth Book One (2)

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