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New Directions (18)
It was almost midnight when I arrived home. Chucking my clothes in a bloodstained heap near the toilet bowl I climbed into bed naked and dirty too...
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The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood Living in the beehive like density of our urban neighborhoods in South Buffalo, New York, we had the custom of literally calling on...
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False Friendship
Eee by gum, Here he do cum. Bull's balls and cow's bum. Face hideous and brain numb. Drooping moobs and bulbous tum. No dad and an ogress mum. So let...
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Short Stories Part Four.
When I was age three, we lived in a small bedsit, the building was three story high. One day there was a fire. We lived on the second floor. On the...
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Sean Happens 4
Sean hugged himself in the back of his Uncle’s van. He squatted,shuggling sideways, breathing through his nose the musty smells. Human debris withthe...
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The Day I Lost My Appendix
The Day I Lost My Appendix By Paul McCann We walked my sisters to their nursery school down Cambria Street with a baby in the pram . Underneath Mammy...
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A Little bit of Happy
A Little Bit of Happy. At a neighbor’s urging, we sought out a rather unique eatery in Estero. Florida. F…K your Diet (Foster Kids) It is a simple...
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Quirky Letter Tweaks (1)
[I had some fun with these awhile ago when wakeful at night, so I don't know whether they are fun to others or just a bit stupid!] Come on camel! – … you’ll become …
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Breakthrough
About a year ago, I developed a searing instantly-there-instantly-gone breathtaking pain in my right-midback. It felt like the ghost of Bruce Lee was...
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Reflections on Light
I was hoping to spend so much time outside this winter to combat the general lethargy I feel at this time of year. I’ve just left my 9-5 job and felt...
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In Their Company
In Their Company By Paul McCann i took a wee dander up to the Star sat down with Gerry and I had a jar I heard some music and laughter in there and a...
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In The Zone
In The Zone Here, a calm unwinding unfolds against the crystal field of a continuum. Welcome to the quietest place; becoming a serene soul at ease,...
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Catatouille
Discovering that meat isn’t necessarily murder.
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Short Stories Part Three.
Many years ago, when I thought I could not have children, I bought a dog. It was Paul who chose the dog and the breed. He knows a lot about animals...
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Short Stories Part Two.
I remember when I was young, my school uniform was gray. When I was 19, I loved the colour gray SO much I wore only that colour for one whole year! I...
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Sean Happens 3
Dad was sitting dozing outside the kitchen on a hard wooden seat. His balding head and ear were scarlet, and the sun had taken a blowtorch to his...
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Short Stories Part One.
I had a phone call yesterday; it was from a friend who I used to work with for many years. Julia had left work for another job, over a year ago...
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These Are The Signs
These are the signs of the cross. A half empied bottle of screw top wine in the bus shelter by the blighted terminus, child's new shoes wildly...
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I Have Shamed Myself
Several Christmases ago, I received a DeLonghi Icona Vintage Espresso Machine. Well, truer to say that I received Christmas money and bought one, in...
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Do Not Come to My Funeral
Another fallen comrade younger than I. Image created at canva.com from pd elements.
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