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I have 259 stories published in 28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1210724 times and 349 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1625 of my 5,061 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1661 votes

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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

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beerummie/

at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social

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

 

My stories

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The Last Elephant

Forged in bucolic harmonies, an interdependence born of millennia, a symbiosis of flora and fauna, when humanity lived as one, in a world of...
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Footsteps on Mars

In the dead of an iridescent moonlit night, in an amphitheatre of curious crickets, chirping in the rattling reed bush, I am camped under a haven of...
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Most Vial

This is a sequel to “Invisible” at https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/invisible The walls looked as dull today as they had yesterday. Paint...
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Poem of the week

Setting Sons

I have seen the spectral darkness, quiescent corridors where emotions quietly dissipate. I have been in the unlit, silent void, a vale of tears where...
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The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)

This week marks the 50 th anniversary of the death of Igor Stravinsky (17 th June 1882 – 6 th April 1971) Audio version at Soundcloud https://...

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1625 of my comments have received 1661 Great Feedback votes

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Another enjoyable ramble with

Posted on Sat, 08 Jun 2024

Another enjoyable ramble with you, Rhiannon. I have never been to Offa's Dyke. Lovely photos too :)

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Posted in More Offa’s Dyke views and Nosey young cattle @ Knighton

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"..perfect MUGGINS, servant

Posted on Mon, 10 Jun 2024

"..perfect MUGGINS, servant and provider extraordinaire!" Well yes although he has missed a closed bracket in that paragraph which shows how distracted he must be. The resumption of Alfred's roving reports will suggest all is well with the world...

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"Velvety, soft petal, sepal,

Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024

"Velvety, soft petal, sepal, tepal.."

 

You bring the colour to life so vividly in your poem and photos, Rhiannon. Just gorgeous.

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Posted in Breathatking Beauty and design

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Sounds like Alfred is overrun

Posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2024

Sounds like Alfred is overrun. I hope he finds time for his roving reports. The world needs to hear what he has to say!

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Posted in Alfred Muggins’ Easter Holiday by Alfred N.Muggins

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This intriguing instalment is

Posted on Mon, 03 Jun 2024

This intriguing instalment is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations, Ewan!

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Posted in 6 "You'll Hear My Voice, On the Wind, 'Cross the Sand"

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"The cruel busybody of a

Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024

"The cruel busybody of a neighbour thought it a great joke to say she’d been a victim of shelling.. " Dark, yet funny.

I remember those boil-in-the-bag curries. They tasted alright.

Dear old Joan certainly had a meandering mind. So...

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Posted in The Spice of Life

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This rueful reminiscense is a

Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024

This rueful reminiscense is a case of no Marley no cry and is our Facebook and Twitter/X Pick of the Day.

Congratulations!

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Posted in Bill or Bob?

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"Along to the incongruous

Posted on Tue, 28 May 2024

"Along to the incongruous
plantation of nine monkey puzzle trees.."

Another sumptuous hike. Enjoyed as always, Rhiannon. Beautiful photos too.

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Posted in On top of the world again!

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"The girl with the softest

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

"The girl with the softest edges

Who summons the stars.."

The personification of "dusk".

So many inspired, beautiful lines in this like:

"Her sermon is always of endings"

Just gorgeous.

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"Sea mist over the sea and

Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024

"Sea mist over the sea and distant cliffs,
walk the cliff path awhile.
Down into a cove, see a couple of oyster catchers with their red legs
near the surf.."

That sounds like an amazing walk full of wonderful sights. I...

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Posted in East from Cwm-yr-Eglwys

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