Merl Fluin | Performance Storyteller
@merlfluin.bsky.social
Vivid, dynamic, and live alive-o, telling stories that spark in the dark. Isle of Wight, UK. She/her
SOLD OUT—waiting list for returns. Tyrants, hide yourselves. #LiveStorytelling
When the dark gets darker, the stories burn brighter. Take hope and heart from TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS, a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
January 30, 2026 at 10:52 AM
SOLD OUT—waiting list for returns. Tyrants, hide yourselves. #LiveStorytelling
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
A poem by Renee Nicole Good
When the dark gets darker, the stories burn brighter. Take hope and heart from TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS, a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
When the dark gets darker, the stories burn brighter. Take hope and heart from TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS, a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
Spotted on yesterday's walk. A Grimm tale in progress, apparently. But which one? #FolkTales #IsleOfWight
December 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Spotted on yesterday's walk. A Grimm tale in progress, apparently. But which one? #FolkTales #IsleOfWight
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🎄🐐🎉 For people who’ve left toxic family (or who want to!) Escapegoats Anonymous: No-Contact Affirming Zoom Christmas Party - sharing, silly games & prizes.
Dress-up welcome but optional.
🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...
🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
Dress-up welcome but optional.
🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...
🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🎄🐐🎉 For people who’ve left toxic family (or who want to!) Escapegoats Anonymous: No-Contact Affirming Zoom Christmas Party - sharing, silly games & prizes.
Dress-up welcome but optional.
🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...
🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
Dress-up welcome but optional.
🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...
🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
Today's to-do list: registered my show for next year's Ventnor Fringe Festival #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today's to-do list: registered my show for next year's Ventnor Fringe Festival #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
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Wishing you more this Yuletide xxxx
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Wishing you more this Yuletide xxxx
Today’s to-do list.
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today’s to-do list.
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This year because of you, an amazing £6,000 has been raised through club nights, comedy nights, marathon runs, birthday fundraisers, artwork sales, and so many other creative acts of generosity! Thank you!!
If you're interested in being a Community Fundraiser, get in touch 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
If you're interested in being a Community Fundraiser, get in touch 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This year because of you, an amazing £6,000 has been raised through club nights, comedy nights, marathon runs, birthday fundraisers, artwork sales, and so many other creative acts of generosity! Thank you!!
If you're interested in being a Community Fundraiser, get in touch 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
If you're interested in being a Community Fundraiser, get in touch 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
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💥 Seventy thousand women have now signed our letter. Seventy thousand women saying clearly that exclusion is not in our name and that trans people deserve dignity, safety and belonging.
🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💥 Seventy thousand women have now signed our letter. Seventy thousand women saying clearly that exclusion is not in our name and that trans people deserve dignity, safety and belonging.
🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Current obsession: MacPhee’s Black Dog. A traditional Highland tale with rhizomatic roots in Scots fairy lore and Irish mythology. It’s a magnificent epic, but condensed into 15 minutes. And it’s started keeping me awake nights.
I’m gonna tell it very soon.
#LiveStorytelling #FolkTales #Folklore
I’m gonna tell it very soon.
#LiveStorytelling #FolkTales #Folklore
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Current obsession: MacPhee’s Black Dog. A traditional Highland tale with rhizomatic roots in Scots fairy lore and Irish mythology. It’s a magnificent epic, but condensed into 15 minutes. And it’s started keeping me awake nights.
I’m gonna tell it very soon.
#LiveStorytelling #FolkTales #Folklore
I’m gonna tell it very soon.
#LiveStorytelling #FolkTales #Folklore
Tonight’s supermoon above my little hometown. Always remember there is beauty in the world. #IsleOfWight
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tonight’s supermoon above my little hometown. Always remember there is beauty in the world. #IsleOfWight
Today's story research involves finding out all about mountain huts in the alpine areas of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is definitely VERY SERIOUS RESEARCH and not just looking at lovely photos and daydreaming, oh no. #LiveStorytelling
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today's story research involves finding out all about mountain huts in the alpine areas of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is definitely VERY SERIOUS RESEARCH and not just looking at lovely photos and daydreaming, oh no. #LiveStorytelling
Back from my Suffolk retreat.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Back from my Suffolk retreat.
Tomorrow I head off on solitary retreat for a week. Yes, in an actual hut. With no phone and no internet. But possibly with a beard by the time I'm done. I'll reply to any messages when I get back. Be good to each other, people, it's cold out there.
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tomorrow I head off on solitary retreat for a week. Yes, in an actual hut. With no phone and no internet. But possibly with a beard by the time I'm done. I'll reply to any messages when I get back. Be good to each other, people, it's cold out there.
Very sorry to say that tonight's Story Club is cancelled due to illness ☹️
Hope to see you at our December meeting instead – Thursday 11 December, 7pm at Sandown Library.
Hope to see you at our December meeting instead – Thursday 11 December, 7pm at Sandown Library.
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Very sorry to say that tonight's Story Club is cancelled due to illness ☹️
Hope to see you at our December meeting instead – Thursday 11 December, 7pm at Sandown Library.
Hope to see you at our December meeting instead – Thursday 11 December, 7pm at Sandown Library.
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
TONIGHT. If you’re lucky you might be able to scoop up a pair of ticket returns, but you’ll have to be quick! #IsleOfWight
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
TONIGHT. If you’re lucky you might be able to scoop up a pair of ticket returns, but you’ll have to be quick! #IsleOfWight
Step in from the December cold and enjoy the fine tradition of ghost stories for the festive season. @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and I take you on a journey to the places where wraiths walk at night.
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Step in from the December cold and enjoy the fine tradition of ghost stories for the festive season. @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and I take you on a journey to the places where wraiths walk at night.
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
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A last-minute cancellation means a couple of tickets have become available for this previously sold-out #storytelling gig by the two best tellers on #IoW. So if you tried to get a ticket and couldn't, you've got another chance! Highly recommended.
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A last-minute cancellation means a couple of tickets have become available for this previously sold-out #storytelling gig by the two best tellers on #IoW. So if you tried to get a ticket and couldn't, you've got another chance! Highly recommended.
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
No, not the sun. Tonight's moon. #IsleOfWight
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
No, not the sun. Tonight's moon. #IsleOfWight
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your brew, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 16 Oct, 11am, Newport Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
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Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
Get our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your brew, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 16 Oct, 11am, Newport Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
Get our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
Get our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...