Rachel Deeming

Joined July 2021

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Storyteller. Poet. Reviewer. Traveller.

I love to write. Check me out in the many places where I pop up:

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The Bag
"Excuse me! I think this is your bag!" Jason waved the taupe shoulder bag in the air like a leathery flag, trying to attract the attention of its owner as she headed off along the platform away from the carriage. The back of her head was just visible above the others bobbing on their workaday way to wherever. He took a deep breath to shout when the announcer came over the system and he knew that he could not compete.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
S.P.U.G.
"So, I welcome you to our first meeting of S.P.U.G and I am grateful that so many of you have made it here tonight on what is a beautiful, rainy and moist night."
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Brilliant Shell. Top Story - May 2024. Content Warning.
Please note that this should be May 10th, 131/366 which I've put at the end of this but not at the beginning. My head is not in the game. I blame Rachel Deeming.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
I am guilty of judging a book by its cover, I will admit. And what a cover this book has with its beautiful women and its vintage feel and its art deco lettering, and of course the bright, bright red which ties in with the book's title.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Karma
It was a sadistic way to kill but it brought her much satisfaction. Who knew that a storecupboard ingredient could be so harmful to a creature when it was used by others merely to season their food?
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Plagiariser
It was so easy. All you have to do is cut and paste. He sat at his desk, flexing his fingers before delving into the fathomless resource that was the internet. What would he find today in the treasure trove of others' creativity?
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Normal Service has been interrupted
It's a good job, I'm vain. Because today, I Googled myself, just for the heck of it. There's not a lot of me on Google (read that how you will) despite the amount I publish but I'm okay with that.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Writers
The Earring
Please note that this story is for May 7th, 128/366 in A Story Every Day in 2024. I have put the wrong day on it because I am a muppet.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Tipsy Fingers. Content Warning.
"It's my turn to open the cereal!" "No, it's not!" "It is! You did it last time!" "No, you did!" Louise could feel pressure building listening to her children sniping, and like Mount St. Helens, she felt she was going to explode.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Piano. Content Warning.
The home was full of the noises of people who were in their own world. Steady hums leading to screeching crescendoes. A random shout of a name. Mutterings. Flatulence, released unknowingly. The TV blared; some gaudy game show and a presenter with unfathomably white teeth.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Whale Song. Content Warning.
This story comes with a Dharrsheena warning I hear them coming. It is just the two of us and a vast expanse of deep water. They are powering their way towards us and I am fearful but resolute.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Hardship Generator
I call myself "The Hardship Generator". Good title, eh? It's not your typical hero's name, I'll grant you but then what I do is not your typical hero work. I'm working for the good of humanity but mine's more the long game, not the "swoop in and save them" like your Superman.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction