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Small Freedoms
Last week in the job interview, they said if I was successful, I’d get a phone call, if not, the council ‘Not on this occasion’ email. Immediately...
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Around May 1941
Around May 1941 By Paul McCann If only we had a time machine , wouldn’t it be great to travel back through time or even into the future . Looking...
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An Everyday Week At Holy Cross
An Everyday Week At Holy Cross By Paul McCann The bells rang out on Sunday, it was time to come to mass, There's was also weekday masses if anyone...
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Cat’s Crying In The Night
Cat’s Crying In The Night By Paul McCann When I was a wee boy I used to lie in bed on winters nights with the sounds of cats crying in my head ,.The...
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All Things are useful, and Needful.
All Things are useful, and Needful Every artist was first an amateur: Ralph Waldo Emerson Stringing together, this unique ensemble: with only a...
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A Place To Remember
A Place To Remember Where once we call our own; A brief hello, a moment. Became a connection so divine. This sanctuary escaped beyond space and time...
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Netherworld
Netherworld Drink in the sea of the Serengeti and savor its lasting breath, asphyxiated and strangulation: crystal and fantasy caves; scuba, snorkels...
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SHOES
SHOES it was one day back in autumn when i needed shoes and bought 'em and it felt so good as they caressed my feet now, its been another autumn...
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Short Stories. Part Five.
Today outside my local Tesco, a man sat outside, and begged. He said to everyone as they and I walked past him, “Can I have 50p?” He said this as he...
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Sean Happens 9
Mr Martin gave Sean a little nudge on the back of his shoulder. ‘Go on then,’ he said. Mum stepped out to meet him. ‘So this is yer little friends,’...
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Fifteen Years.
It came up on my mobile phone early this morning that there was a serious incident in London. I did pause for a moment to think what would make it a...
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Scotch Measure (Part One)
Old men, see, when I was young, were different men. Carved like figureheads of fright, creatures of night, worse than the dead, some of them. Auld...
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The Reditrix Responds
The next day , Damien received this personal message. Ah, Damien, you've stumbled into my domain like a naive fly drawn to the shimmering threads of...
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Columbine
… drooping bells to charm not chime in the wild; multilayered flowers self seed in our yard stand erect to display their treasure …
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The Women In His Life
I already knew the answer. I saw it in his eyes. The intensity of their friendship was unusual given they’d once been strangers. Now it was as if she...
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Pyromania
PYROMANIA Winter was upon us, the secondary windows were in place. In a small room all the furs, mufflers, boots and shawls were hanging at the ready...
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Big Data
Until recently, I wasn’t a big ‘App’ user on my mobile phone. I didn’t see the point of them, other than Mah Jong or Scrabble. Plus, more often than...
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Sean Happens 8
'He dropped me off around the corner from my house. I stood holding open the car door to prolong the moment, but I couldn’t think of anything good...
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