marandina
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I have 245 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1109249 times
and 331 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1579 of my 4,957 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1603 votes
I am a Brummie living in North Somerset 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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My stories
Falling
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The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)
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The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)
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After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
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After the Snow
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I'm wrapped up in it too.
Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2025
I'm wrapped up in it too. Looking forward to more!
Read full commentPosted in "Art of Trouble" 3
Read both parts.
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
Read both parts.
I see what you mean about 'salty sea dog'. It was pure coicidence on my part. Honest!
More consummate travelogue. I read about your part of the world and I yearn to visit. It sounds like a place of many wonders...
Read full commentPosted in Fire and Rain
Trumpenstein is an idiot.
Posted on Fri, 01 Aug 2025
Trumpenstein is an idiot.
The concept of trade barriers has been discredited numerous times over the years. And yet he uses them as a sort of electric cattle prod. The man is staggeringly incompetent in his understanding of economics. To...
Read full commentPosted in After the Goldrush and Before the Hurricanes (and the Floods, Fires and Aircraft Disasters!) by Alfred N.Muggins
'..will he be nudged
Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2025
'..will he be nudged
or safe on his ledge til fully fledged?'
That's an evoactive, highly visual poem.
I have been watching a nest with baby seagulls in it for a while. Two birds eventually fledged. Sadly, I understand that...
Read full commentPosted in Life on the ledge
'...which
Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025
'...which
brings respite clear and sonorous..'
I love any lore connected with corvids. Raven, crows, rooks. The lot.
A graceful, eloquent poem right there.
Read full commentPosted in A Poet's Greek Mythology
'Gulls seem noble here,
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
'Gulls seem noble here, hermits
not beggars all must be living with us; even were the sea
empty and their searching faith only, this place is better..'
Took me right there. Sounds like a stunning place. Beautifully evoked....
Read full commentPosted in before Floris
Thanks for reading it, Di.
Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025
Thanks for reading it, Di.
[I'm on book 2 in the 'Dark is Rising' series. Very much enjoying.]
Read full commentPosted in The Last Temptation of Kieran Murphy
Thanks for reading it, T.
Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025
Thanks for reading it, T.
Yeah...5 months in now. One of the locals.
[Big day Sat 16th Aug - Aston Villa v Newcastle live on Sky 12.30pm ko then a wander down to The Optima to watch WSM v Chelmsford @ 3pm. Footie is back, baby!]
Read full commentPosted in The Last Temptation of Kieran Murphy
Wonderfully surreal and with
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
Wonderfully surreal and with your trademark humour, Drew.
Hopefully, life isn't enough and you keep going!
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in You are surprised as a published writer…
Convincing dialogue and
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
Convincing dialogue and engaging characters. There's your trademark philosophical musings made vicariously throughout the storyline.
A great read, Jane.
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part 3
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