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Froggy Came A-Courting (And So Did I)

There’s an old English folk song I half-remember from childhood — “A Froggy Went A-Courting.” It drifts in with its lilting tune and strange courtly...

The 12th Anniversary Of Dad's Death

When Dad got Leukemia, he put up a fight. He took chemo but lost his battle 12 years ago tonight. After months of taking chemotherapy, he died. He...

And Yet I Still Watch

I scroll through YouTube’s endless thumbnails and I am bored. Bored of the screaming, the sensationalism, the world set permanently to crisis pitch...

An Expression Of Celtic Dreaming

An Expression Of Celtic Dreaming By Paul McCann Within our subconsious mind there are these escape hatches on the mystical pathway , That is where we...
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Mother Of Debt

Mother Of Debt By Paul McCann Mother of debt It’s hard to forget the bills that need paid and money we owe . Mother of debt We work hard each day and...

Longing to Belong

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Estrangement, distance, alienation, suspiciousness between each nation; in family, and friendships’ strain:...
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The Flying Brick

I’d been scouring AutoTrader for weeks — every spare moment, even before I passed my full motorcycle test. What I really wanted was one of those...

The Busker’s Fairytale

The Busker’s Fairytale By Paul McCann The crowd walked along through Buskers Lane like a passing parade . I stood there like before them, a man with...

Grabbing on me genes

“She’s grabbing on me genes Dave.” I looked at Tony’s trousers in confusion. “She’s grabbing your jeans?” “No, my genes. My sperm. My superior...

My Gastroschisis Warrior

In the hush before the dawn, A flicker on the screen, A doctor’s voice, softly spoken, Cuts through the in-between. A tiny life still forming, Hands...
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The Daughter-Wife

When she died, The house fell quiet and wide, And he looked at me like I should slide, Right into the space where her shadow stayed, A child in a...

The Weight of Light

At dawn, Lucifer bore a burning torch to light Venus. Loadstar led him into temptation until all trespasses were vanquished. His archangel glory...

LOST!

I was lost, and I knew it. My friend was lost too, and he knew it. My friend was in a worst situation than myself. I was all over the place, but for...

ODDS. Part Two.

If someone was to guess how they thought thy would die, out of ten possibilities, what are the chances of this happening? A young woman age just 25...

ODDS. Part One.

If someone was to guess how they thought they would die, out of ten possibilities, what are the chances of this happening? Two youths age just twenty...

Magic Shampoo III

Cindy flies into the dark, deep blue sky with her red nightgown. The moon lights up her white, skeletal figure. She grabs the blade of the moon and...
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Deadlock

Deadlock By Paul McCann In the town of Killbrainum they were playing a game on the top of Nogoman’s Hills . The snow had fallen down on the old...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 38

The forest vanished into blue shadows as Nash looked at the door. The hut squatted like a waiting animal, and the narrow windows reminded him of...
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Jaws (1988)

I first saw Jaws when I was about eleven, maybe twelve. It was late, a school night, and I couldn’t sleep. I got out of bed, in the bedroom I shared...
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Here I am

“This will be the death of me,” the man says. He stands at the edge, staring at the gaping hole in the plane. He should see the sky. Clouds, sun,...
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