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I have 224 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 615342 times and 301 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1421 of my 4,537 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1434 votes

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Paul

I am a Brummie living in Northampton 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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at Bluesky @marandina.bsky.social

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

 

My stories

Mr Clean

Eddie Sinclair had loved lockdown. He revelled in the lack of contact, the isolation, the chance to be free from other people’s germs. Microbes were...

Lockdown Walkees

Today was a great day to be alive, it was Tuesday, after all. Not just any Tuesday…well…yes just another Tuesday. Skye woofer was lying in the hall...

The Hotel at the Edge of the World

John and Ali were star-crossed. They had met as teenagers at a night club. John had spotted Ali and Tina looking over a balcony at the dance floor...
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Haunted

It had been 18 months. The world had moved on. Life was engulfed by a pandemic; individual tragedies subsumed by a crisis. The searchlight of...

Our Christmas Animal House

It was before the Feast of Stephen that I first recall, The copious snow that lay all around my house, T'was that Yuletide warmth that came so tall, When I would throw open my wreath festooned doors to a mouse.

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1421 of my comments have received 1434 Great Feedback votes

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Yes, I like the way the plot

Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023

Yes, I like the way the plot strands are coming together. It's definitely gone up a few notches in terms of tension. Looking forward to reading more, Penny. Paul

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"Then I really couldn’t take

Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023

"Then I really couldn’t take no more, ‘cause I’d been spotted by the vicar.."
A timely, Heavenly intervention by the sounds of things. I had this image of you singing this with a guitar in hand. Might be one for the next reading! A very...

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Posted in Hot Cross Bun Blues

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Yes, beautiful photos and a

Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023

Yes, beautiful photos and a wonderful adaptation of a beloved hymn, Rhiannon. I could hear the tune in my head as I read along. The first four lines are gorgeous, in particular. Very nicely done. Paul

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Posted in Wow! and How?

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I don't think Alfred had much

Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023

I don't think Alfred had much option but to leave. Clearly no complaint resolution system as such so frustrated customers would just reappear on the line ever more angry making the call centre operator's job impossible. Onwards to better things,...

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Posted in Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2

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A heart warming story for

Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023

A heart warming story for sure and highlights a genuine issue in society of loneliness. There are many people just looking for someone to talk to but it's something that is stigmatised to a large extent. Good on you for engaging with her. Ah......

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Posted in Nellie the Devilment

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"They too will face

Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023

"They too will face
in due course...."

 

Made me think of all the stuff going on with Donald Trump just now. You would like to think that there is no such thing as a "blank cheque" and that there is a reckoning to face for all...

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Posted in Mis(-chosen)chief

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"...and happy, happier than

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

"...and happy, happier than years ago.."

A reflective poem full of emotion, love and caring, Rhiannon. I agree that those pics are wonderful. That's a remarkable age. Definitely worth a family celebration. May her twilight years be filled...

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Posted in 104!

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That Michael Douglas movie is

Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023

That Michael Douglas movie is "Falling Down". Perhaps just as well that Alfred didn't go off the rails quite like what happens in the movie! Good to see Alfred doing the right thing for him and still thinking of others (giving lifts) even when he...

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Posted in Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1

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"..where

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

"..where

in copse symbol is blessed by

meandering stream..."

 

Another beautiful reverie and accompanying pic. Delightfully done, Jenny. Paul :)

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Posted in Swathed In Nature's Beauty

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Yikes....that is a grim

Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2023

Yikes....that is a grim finale. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder even when it's inflatable. Nicely done, Jane! 

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Posted in His Bit of Fluff

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