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I have 201 stories published in 25 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 329408 times and 262 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1198 of my 4,008 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1212 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton 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

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at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social

and at Threads https://www.threads.net/@beerummie

 

1198 of my comments have received 1212 Great Feedback votes

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"I remember asking to shave

Posted on Sun, 08 May 2022

"I remember asking to shave my legs

in hospital, the bath sat, as if staged,

in the centre of the room, a nurse perched

in the doorway, on watch."

I love the way the poem weaves between different realities/themes. It...

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Posted in Yew

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"Dim hidden copses

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

"Dim hidden copses
pooled with bluebells,
each frail but of deep hue"

Wonderful wild bells - so beautifully captured in your words. Paul :)

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Posted in The wonderful wild bells!

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"all insect life

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

"all insect life reverberating, sends

me into spellbound trance; watching

dandelion pollen sailing,"

Lovely photo and another beautiful reverie, Jenny. Paul x

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Posted in Maple Tree Den

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Thanks Ewan and for those

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

Thanks Ewan and for those very interesting thoughts re your experiences in the forces. Yep, off out for a celebration meal shortly. "Decompress" is about right for all involved! Thanks again. Paul

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Posted in A Final Message From Moscow

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It's a wonderful piece of

Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022

It's a wonderful piece of writing, Sean! 

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Posted in The Eerie Nerve

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Ooh one of my very favourite

Posted on Thu, 05 May 2022

Ooh one of my very favourite birds. Wolves, ravens and graves. All beautifully Poe-esque. What more can I say?! ::) 

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Posted in Hræfn

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I can see the billows of

Posted on Mon, 02 May 2022

I can see the billows of smoke coming from the jazz joints of old. A very visual poem that entwines the sights and sounds of the subject matter so well. Paul :)

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Posted in Trail Of Thought

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Would love to listen to an

Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Would love to listen to an audio version of this, Ewan. You are the man of a thousand voices! Congrats on the well deserved POTD Paul :)

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Posted in Sticky Wullie

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"truants of moonlight soft as

Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2022

"truants of moonlight soft as forgetting wings...."

Such a beautiful meditation, Di. Paul :)

 

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Posted in butterfly moment

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Yes, Knotty Ash and the land

Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Yes, Knotty Ash and the land of Ken Dodd is real enough. That got quite tense with the traffic jam etc. An interesting tale from the "...strange City of concrete and massive buildings."

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Posted in Magical Mystery Tour Part 3 : Back in The USSR of Liverpoool by Alfred N.Muggins

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