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harmers 2

She dabbed the scab at her wrist shaped like a keyhole. Picking at it. Although she knew she shouldn’t. Dr Malik was on the phone. Always on the...
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wonkness test

Mussolini, Mein Kampf and our British Empire’s ideology Our struggle, not only on land and sea Our struggle to define ‘we’ Was never wonk work...

The Turd Age of Humankind

Oh my word! The unrelenting turd. Any watching god would give us the bird. Positive proof of a glorified herd. Buried alive in our own foul curd. A...
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Worst Case Scenario - Being Peter To Save Paul (Part One)

“Thing is mate, you do your day's work and get $80-100 dollars easy - that covers yeh sack and grub, the rest goes on yeh piss, know what I mean? ”...

The Tree That Walks

The Tree That Walks by Paul McCann In another world we cannot see that lives within our own there is a place where the energy of innocence dwells...

Lets Hear It For The Sad Guys

It must be awful to go through life as a pessimist, an Eeyore or a Marvin the Paranoid Android, always looking on the black side, mustn’t it ? Wouldn...

Be Prepared!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Though it isn’t the norm, prepare for the storm … (Jesus gave a pertinent allegory/parable/metaphor)
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The Fox and the Elm Tree

For Julia and Robert. And for Coral and Sarah.
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The Cart Shed

In Sissinghurst, where gardens dream, Cranbrook’s lanes and gentle stream, There rests a place both quaint and rare, A gatehouse old with country air...
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Holidays in Time 1

Some very strange things had been going on outside my neighbour's house. All sorts of unfamliar vehicles were pulling up in his designated parking...
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Merman

Fishhooks in your pocket jangle as you wade away to the fog-pressed pier. You use a knife to descale fish, split bone. The kettle screams, I flinch—...
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Season of Mists

We walk through the park, holding hands, out of habit. Together, apart. The November air has that kind of stillness you only get in autumn. Not just...
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I HATE YOU!!!

I am loyal, through the good times and the bad, the highs and the lows. I am the same with my car insurance, I would just stick with what I know. So...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 39

The smell hit Nash. It made his throat close. His eyes watered. Then it twisted, punching him in the throat. It was acrid and human. The stench raged...
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After the Geese

After the Geese The last of the geese have flown, migratory release, a summer sown, snows due soon, polar winds biting, phases of the moon, new year...
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Dazzle us with simplicity

The moment the musician steps from the wings onto the stage, he knows something is profoundly wrong. Where he usually strides with ease and...
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The Old Blue Chair

The Old Blue Chair By Paul McCann Nazareem Deanby was a very wealthy young man who had made his fortune by taking advantage of people down on their...
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Lausanne Epilogue

Some mornings I wake before the alarm. The dog lifts her head, watches me for a second, then exhales and settles back into herself. I sit there in...
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