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Story of the week

Sean Happens.

‘Yer little friends are no so little noo,’ said Auntie Evie. She was skinny, dark haired and exhausted looking, but not as exhausted look as my mum...
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Parcel for you...Part 22

The air in the car was filled with the familiar scent of Annie, a stuffy mix of patchouli and clothing which had been put away slightly damp. Despite...
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Poem of the week

The Moon Maiden

This poem is based on a Japanese folktale about a childless couple – a bamboo cutter and his wife – who are given an infant by the Moon Maiden. It is...
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14.1 Journey of Ascension

In the height of the short summer, potatoes did bring no bloom, berries and mushrooms were not ripe. It was cold and the stove kept them warm...

Teething Time -

Teething Time - By Paul McCann My little teeth are coming through I don't know what to do My Mum gave me a teething ring to sit all day and chew ...

Dreams Beyond The Milly Dam

Dreams Beyond The Milly Dam By Paul McCann There once were two swans in the Milly dam with two big flapping feet.. Sometimes you’d see them walk from...

Carnivals and Gypsy Kings

Carnivals and Gypsy Kings by Paul McCann With no home of their own except for a caravan they would frequently arrive on the spare ground fringes...
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The Little Lady

I think I deserved a little whisky and water to help me through the interviews. We’d agency doing the cleaning, but I’d told my wife it would be...
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We Never Speak of Rose

We do not speak of Rose, who was deposed from middle management, who went or was made to go, who knows? We will not mention Rose, who was with us for...
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Too Many Tabs Open

I’ve got too many tabs open in my head. Even at night I don’t close them just in case they disappear forever. A classmate I admired, the name of a...
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THE GLOBAL VILLAGE

'The Universal Wavelength.'
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Using Your Head

Using Your Head By Paul McCann I said to the teacher , I am a poor creature , spare me the time to think . I should have done my sums , with my...

Belfast Afternoons

Belfast Afternoons By Paul McCann Diamond buns and hay-stacks . Coconut macaroons. Baps and scones and currant squares. Belfast afternoons. Beano...
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A Stormy Night

A Stormy Night By Paul McCann Tonight will be a stormy night , And to the town I have to go . I’ll ride my bike on this rainy night , As the wind may...
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The Plan part two

At the airport he is met by precisely no one. He doesn’t exit the car till he’s at the foot of some stairs leading up to a large unmarked aero plan e...
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13.1 Queen of Evidence

Ariadna learnt about the tragedy that took place in Yelabuga many years later. Samuel Gurevich, or Mulia as called in the family, wished to calm her...
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Windfall.

We had a great interest in ghosts, prompted by a fear of being called a shitebag for turning down a dare when we were younger. In a less than spooky...
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The Plan part one

A basement room, five empty cans of Kronenbourg on an office table , two very basic chairs, as devoid of life as Hitler’s bunker. A man paces across...
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Colourful Chorus!

… exciting explosion: explore!
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