marandina
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I have 187 stories published in
23 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 284897 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 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.
Read full commentPosted in River Of Awareness
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.
Read full commentPosted in Stone Age Taliban Biscuits, From Before The Age Of Sugar! by Alfred N.Muggins
Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul
Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021
Beautifully done, Luigi. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Autumn Leaves
Tension built nicely and
Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021
Tension built nicely and strong dialogue, of course. Cliffhanger finish!
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 40
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...
Read full commentPosted in Move Away, Jimmy Blue
Carefully crafted and a
Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021
Carefully crafted and a lovely rhythm. Nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in The Wind in the Willows
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..."]
Read full commentPosted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 5
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 :)
Read full commentPosted in Out in the Fields
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...
Read full commentPosted in Beneath An Autumn Moon The Poem
What a wonderful story.
Posted on Tue, 21 Sep 2021
What a wonderful story. Really enjoyed this. I read the poem first and wished I had done it the other way round!Paul
Read full commentPosted in Beneath An Autumn Moon - The Story
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