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I have 176 stories published in 22 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 243836 times and 227 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1012 of my 3,489 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1024 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton. I love to write but get 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.

I think that everyone should read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four .

I have short stories published in a horror anthology by @thealienbuddha, anthology Vol.IV by @LoftPublishing and flash fiction at @paragraphplanet.

Poems of mine have been published by @thealienbuddha.

I have new stories being published in 2023 by @darkwinterlit along with appearing in anthologies by @thealienbuddha and @LoftPublishing (Both the Halloween anthology and ABZ55 at ABP and Anthology Vol V at Loft).

You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685

on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeeRummie

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

 

1012 of my comments have received 1024 Great Feedback votes

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That's what we need - an

Posted on Wed, 13 Oct 2021

That's what we need - an episode full of cats and so many famous names from the Victorian era - Gladstone, Disraeli and, of course, Queen Victoria herself. Keep 'em coming, Jean.

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 8

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I like the way you have woven

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

I like the way you have woven the beauty of nature with the implied supernatural. Some great lines, of course. "... formidable land survive". A super poem.

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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There's that trademark

Posted on Sun, 10 Oct 2021

There's that trademark affinity with the stark face of nature. Beautifully crafted, thoughtful piece about existence, our denouement and how it all sits with life, death and renewal.

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Posted in My Body Belongs to the Earth

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Still following, still

Posted on Sat, 02 Oct 2021

Still following, still enjoying :)

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 19

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Such precision in so few

Posted on Mon, 04 Oct 2021

Such precision in so few words. Nailed it again, Rhiannon. Paul :)

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Posted in To know but be unknown

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Mild depression for Muggins?

Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021

Mild depression for Muggins? I hope not as I enjoy reading his take on history :)

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Posted in Fool To Cry by Mr Alfred Muggins

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Should that be "When the

Posted on Wed, 06 Oct 2021

Should that be "When the living wish to cross?"

Nicely done with the tension still cranked up and a neat finish to keep the reader wanting to read on.

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Posted in Disenchantment 42

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Beautifully done.

Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021

Beautifully done. Congratulations on a thoroughly deserved POTW!

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Posted in Stone Loach

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This chapter could almost be

Posted on Sun, 03 Oct 2021

This chapter could almost be from a graphic novel. I like the imagery and, as ever, the dialogue. The mythology that winds through the story arc is compelling. Keep going!

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Posted in Disenchantment 41

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Nicely done. Many of the most

Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021

Nicely done. Many of the most important things are also the smallest.

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Posted in I, Caddis

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