Rachel Deeming

Joined July 2021

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Storyteller. Poet. Reviewer. Traveller.

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The Heist
"So. Who's got the suits?" Reggie looked around at his gang. They'd come up with a plan. They needed to reach higher, they'd all decided. There was too much poison on the ground - everyone was out to get them - and they were getting slim pickings from their usual haunts right now and so, they were looking up. This was about survival in the dark underworld they inhabited.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rats in Fluffy Suits
I can't like squirrels. I try but I can't. It's just not in me. They meet with my disapproval In everything they do. I dislike their hijacking ways,
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
Rachel Reviews: The Watsons of Tethertown by Mary Moore
The Watsons of Tethertown is a tale about generations of a family and details the highs and lows of their lives from the end of the 19th century into the early 20th.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
The Nugget
Vince was panicking, floundering in the tides of bad luck that life continually sent his way. He just felt like he was getting his head above water and then, here was another tsunami setback: a bill; a roof repair; a bad investment; a divorce.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Week 7 of Write a Story Every Day in 2024
As I'm writing this stacked post for the stories that I've written this week, I have reached 50 stories and I am feeling pretty pleased with myself. Still on course to complete this challenge and I wonder if I am forming a habit for the future, one where I write something every day. It's been good for me, this challenge. I'm stretching my brain every day. I like it.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Writers
The Conman. Content Warning.
I couldn't resist coming to the funeral. Usually, I'd be keeping a low profile, avoiding confrontation while the family licked their wounds and rued their financial loss.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
For those of you not in the know, Bob Mortimer is a well-known British comedian known for his surrealist humour and his tall story telling, which is not always fictional but is always outrageous.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Lady of the Flies. Top Story - February 2024. Content Warning.
Kathy had been cleaning out the space under the sink and had found all sorts of nasty chemicals in aerosols and spray packs. Did these sort of things have a use-by date?
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Disingenuous Inverse Attempt
I can't write inverse poems This I tell myself But I try Willing the words to come To make paradoxical sense When read
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
The Snow Demon. Content Warning.
He had been sat in the tree watching the two girls as they had headed outside into the snow. Snow was such a great enticer for fun, with its sometime companions, mischief and mayhem.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Magpies. Content Warning.
"Go on! Get away from there!" Trisha banged on the kitchen window again and watched with satisfaction as the magpies skittered off, a flash of black and white, retreating over the fence. They'd be back, she knew.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: The Whispering Palms by Annette Leigh
The Whispering Palms is an accomplished read which has pace throughout. It tells the story of Andie Yates who is asked by a woman called Maureen Daniels to look for her daughter, Summer who has disappeared without trace. Andie is an investigator with previous police experience and so you know that you are in the presence of someone who will pursue the truth until it is found.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub