marandina
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I have 255 stories published in
28 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1184514 times
and 344 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1613 of my 5,020 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1647 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
The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)
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The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
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Vernal Equinox
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Black Holes and Revelations
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New Amsterdam
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"For fourteen years I endured
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2024
"For fourteen years I endured schools, but not nuns." Just finished watching Bodkin on Netflix set in Ireland. As ever, nuns gets a strange portrayal. They rarely get a good write-up taken even further by the likes of Father Ted.
Living in...
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That's a clever premise. It
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
That's a clever premise. It works standalone and can be continued. Nicely done, Penny :)
Read full commentPosted in "Book of All Answers"
"He won’t like it, he might
Posted on Fri, 17 May 2024
"He won’t like it, he might pee on Spencer.’" Well, yes...that could happen. That made me laugh.
The drama continues and you work conflicting emotions well.
That's a controversial ending. Hmmm....a slave.
Looking forward to...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you..Part 26
"..the tiniest size
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
"..the tiniest size
and wonky,
misshapen.."
So much drama in so few words, Rhiannon. And a positive finale in let's plant something else instead. The rollercoaster emotions of gardening. Enjoyed :)
Read full commentPosted in The tentative gardener
Wonderful storytelling.
Posted on Sat, 11 May 2024
Wonderful storytelling.
This is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in How inscrutable his ways
“This is my spot
Posted on Wed, 15 May 2024
“This is my spot
the place I’ve got
a space that is not
for the doing
and the toing and froing.."
A special spot is a wondrous thing.
You capture one so evocatively, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Time-out Spot
"...hearing
Posted on Wed, 15 May 2024
"...hearing
white noise drift over craggy
rocks.."
Ah waterfalls....magical creations of nature.
I enjoyed your reminiscence, Jenny :)
Read full commentPosted in Waterfall
Meeting all three of my kids
Posted on Wed, 15 May 2024
Meeting all three of my kids at the airport at noon was altogether magnificent - that must have been emotional after such a long enforced break due to the Pandemic
Listening to Romanian Jazz on Spotify - I think I could so with some Johnny...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - April 2024 - The Sporophyte Stage
"Rumbling sounds of oceans'
Posted on Thu, 09 May 2024
"Rumbling sounds of oceans' surge and flow.."
Gorgeous images, beautiful photos. Felt like I was right there. An evocative, lovely poem, Rhiannon:)
Read full commentPosted in Shores ever changing, new, fresh
Dreams can be wonderful
Posted on Tue, 07 May 2024
Dreams can be wonderful things and spirit us away to another place and time. I really enjoyed this.
It's our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day. Congratulations, Jenny.
I have added a picture of the fabulous Clifton Suspension...
Read full commentPosted in Complex Dream
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