Rachel Deeming

Joined July 2021

927 stories

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Storyteller. Poet. Reviewer. Traveller.

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Key
He held the key within his hand. He smelt the iron ore And secretions from the palms of those Who'd held the key before.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
Queen
You're perfect, you say But your "subjects" disagree. You weep with the hurt That you inflict, Wondering "Why is this happening to me?"
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
Red
If I could be a colour, I wouldn't be red. Red doesn't know what it wants. Red is psychotic, the shade of extremes. One minute, rage. Next minute, passion.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
In the garden with Erik
The wind stirs the trees, the shrubs, the woody stems and it bids me keep quiet with its soft presence, its susurrations in silky shimmers of movement;
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
The Clock
I watch your face but you say nothing, Just the same old hand signals- No tickle from the stiff hands of Time. You're easy to read.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
Tea
Pour me a cup of storm And I will stir what's there Until it steams its way Into a transforming elixir; A tonic plucked from plush green
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Poets
Rachel Reviews: Dreams from Communism: Satire from the Past, Lessons for the Present by Ian Christoff
I really enjoyed Ian Christoff's book. It gave me an insight into a world that I knew existed but of which I had limited knowledge, and Christoff's series of short tales has gone some way to extending my awareness of the lives of comrades in Bulgaria. It was certainly an entertaining way to learn about what could be seen as a dark episode in that country's history and its emergence from it.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: To End the Night - Julius Caesar's Secret War by Lluew Grey
So. First thing to know is that I love Roman history. There is something that keeps drawing me back to that particular period with its imperial madness and gladiators and innovation and war-mongering. Second thing to know is I love vampires. Probably not as much as I love Romans but still, they have a strangely alluring attraction for me.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Everyday is Like Sunday by John Doe
The fact that Hitler's Nazi Germany looted the art collections of those they subdued is no new tale: to the "winners", the spoils and all that. This story takes that idea and tells of a girl, Lily Braun, her need for revenge and her orchestrating the means to obtain that vengeance through the heist of a piece of art, stolen from her family in circumstances most violent.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Grimmer Revisionist Fairytales, Fables and Nursery Rhymes by Marissa Carter
Traditional tales in whatever form they're found are ripe for retelling, aren't they? But how far are you prepared to go to give them a modern slant?
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Eye Opener: Collection of Short Stories II by Indrajit Garai
I mostly really enjoy Indrajit Garai's books and I am a sucker for a short story. In this collection, there are three stories: The Alignment, The Changing Turf and The Eye Opener.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Exploring. Content Warning.
All Archie wanted was to be an explorer. Space held infinite discoveries in the black star-speckled miles stretching before him.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in Fiction