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I have 254 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1171403 times and 343 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1607 of my 5,008 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1640 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 Body in the Library

By marandina on Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...

Young Writers

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Portal

By marandina on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...

Fantasy

Poem

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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

By marandina on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...

Humour

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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two

By marandina on Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Leads on from: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-two-two The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two I watched as Alice...

Humour

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Carols at Midnight

By marandina on Fri, 27 Dec 2024

Carols at Midnight Light from a votive candle flickers – candescent, smells of incense permeate the pews. Beyond a prayer book stone floor seems...

Spiritual

Poem

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A salutary tale and one of

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2026

A salutary tale and one of optmism and hope.

If only the leaders involved would heed these sentiments.

Well said and nicely done, Rhiannon.

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Posted in Just imagine …

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"..a mysterious formulated

Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026

"..a mysterious formulated vision

of Wonderland"

Full of intrigue and wonder. That's what nature is all about.

Adventure encapsulated in a lovely poem, Jenny.

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Posted in Let's Make Believe

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Harry Hill plays the nose

Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026

Harry Hill plays the nose flute. Who knew?

Individualism captured in so few words but with vivid cultural imagery.

Nicely executed, Ewan.

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Posted in I Go My Own Way

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Ah yes...heady days, I'm sure

Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2026

Ah yes...heady days, I'm sure. Any event that distracts from the vagaries of Trump et al must be good. I'm not far from Glasto these days but if I ever attended the festival I would stay at a B&B somewhere. Far too much inconvenience staying...

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Posted in Glastonbury Festival 26 - 29th June 2025 Provokes Memories Of His Own Attendance In 1987 by Alfred N.Muggins

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