marandina
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I have 187 stories published in
23 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 284892 times
and 241 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1091 of my 3,715 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1103 votes

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 (The Alien Buddha Gets Rejected) and @blackboughpoems (Winter-Christmas Anthology 2023).
I have new stories published in 2023 by @darkwinterlit and @thealienbuddha (Halloween anthology and ABZ55 at ABP) along with appearing in an anthology by @LoftPublishing (Anthology Vol V).
You can find me on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685
on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeeRummie
at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social
and at Threads https://www.threads.net/@beerummie
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.
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods
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.
Read full commentPosted in My Body Belongs to the Earth
Still following, still
Posted on Sat, 02 Oct 2021
Still following, still enjoying :)
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 19
Such precision in so few
Posted on Mon, 04 Oct 2021
Such precision in so few words. Nailed it again, Rhiannon. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in To know but be unknown
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 :)
Read full commentPosted in Fool To Cry by Mr Alfred Muggins
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.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 42
Beautifully done.
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
Beautifully done. Congratulations on a thoroughly deserved POTW!
Read full commentPosted in Stone Loach
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!
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 41
Nicely done. Many of the most
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
Nicely done. Many of the most important things are also the smallest.
Read full commentPosted in I, Caddis
Abstract and skilfully done.
Posted on Mon, 27 Sep 2021
Abstract and skilfully done. Very Ewanian. Yes...I think so...
Read full commentPosted in these are the lines
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