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I have 176 stories published in 22 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 243902 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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Abstract and skilfully done.

Posted on Mon, 27 Sep 2021

Abstract and skilfully done. Very Ewanian. Yes...I think so...

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Posted in these are the lines

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I was right there with you

Posted on Sun, 26 Sep 2021

I was right there with you with all those wonderful images from nature. Perfect.

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Posted in River Of Awareness

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Why wait when you can

Posted on Sat, 25 Sep 2021

Why wait when you can everything by weight of armed forces? That's often politics boiled down to just using an army to win the argument. As Alfred says...we'll have to wait and see what unfolds now.

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Posted in Stone Age Taliban Biscuits, From Before The Age Of Sugar! by Alfred N.Muggins

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Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul

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Posted in Autumn Leaves

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Tension built nicely and

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Tension built nicely and strong dialogue, of course. Cliffhanger finish!

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Posted in Disenchantment 40

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I think every school had a

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

I think every school had a Jimmy Blue. My school had quite a few of them. Spookily, I wanted to be a journo when I was at school. I failed miserably to get anywhere near the straight As needed to get onto a relevant degree course. Oh well...as I...

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Posted in Move Away, Jimmy Blue

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Carefully crafted and a

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

Carefully crafted and a lovely rhythm. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul :)

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Posted in The Wind in the Willows

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A fascinating family history.

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

A fascinating family history. [Few typos: "...example of anti-Catholism.." "... his wife was brought.." "he was one of the best men..."]

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 5

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There's definitely a fairy

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

There's definitely a fairy tale feel to this with a clear, underlying environmental warning. Nicely done. Paul :)

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Posted in Out in the Fields

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Some beautiful imagery in

Posted on Tue, 21 Sep 2021

Some beautiful imagery in here and a haunting story. As always, some wonderful lines. This also made a great short story in prose form. So many aspects and a touching, intriguing series of events. You could actually add to the story, quite easily...

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Posted in Beneath An Autumn Moon The Poem

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