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The Mirror of Me
They only ever bumped into one another when they were alone; she always seemed to find them then. Neither resented their arrangement, just the...
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Eyes on the East
She purposefully strode and shook - a tempestuous gale. All the world did see, watching, but she felt she was alone to receive answers. Intrigue and...
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Labyrinthine Apparition
I find myself in a building that resists definition—part university, part manor house, a place with too many corridors and too much history. The air...
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Reconnecting Reasons To Live
Reconnecting Reasons To Live By Paul McCann After the children had all left and got married , Don and Joan lived in the family home that was a lot...
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So I never did
We met - as is so often the case - through friends; or friends of friends. In the c l u t t e r of parties, and their polite remarks: ‘This is- He’s...
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T H E S E T H I N G S
THESE THINGS TAKE THI - THESE THINGS TAKE TIME. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO RHYME, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON'T.
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The Book: Chapter 36
Alice’s world had shrunk to the size of the book. She stared at the blue glow of her laptop screen, the light making her throbbing headache worse...
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In a moment …
“I just bumped into a wall. I knew it was there and thought …
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Wind from the sea
Inspired by the painting by Andrew Wyeth
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The Keeper Ch.2/2
George turned back inside, grabbed the door and began to push it shut with all his might. But a creature, once a man, its arm torn and broken, its...
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The Keeper. Ch.1/2
They would come for him as soon as he closed his eyes. They always did. So the answer was as simple as it was impossible: don't close your eyes. And...
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The Book: Chapter 35
Alice and Mick arrived in London on Tuesday morning. The city rose above them with so many tall buildings when they were used to open spaces and...
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Buttershaw
Buttershaw Upon our hilltops – the horizon preludes a taut silkscreen over a city groan. Fairweather intentions morning made suffocate trashed long...
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When circumstances are difficult and puzzling
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Called out of darkness, freed and released … Darkness of troubles – ignorant of ‘Why?’ … So we can trust on in the dark days … Gone is the greater blindness of soul …
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The Grass Is Much Greener Down Under These Days
The Grass Is Much Greener Down Under These Days By Paul McCann The water in Waterford is bottled in Cork , and sold as Poteen in Australian and New...
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A hundred moments in autism - Buying a sofa
I needed a sofa, so went down the sofa store, pointed to the sofa I wanted and asked the assistant if I could have one. The salesman then went into...
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A hundred moments in autism - Hiding my work away
I am working in a policy and public affairs role for a London based charity. I have done next week’s work, a detailed policy briefing needed for a...
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Il "Ponte Rotto"
More reminiscences.
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The Controllers Of A Greater Reality
The Controllers Of A Greater Reality By Paul McCann There were always some crazy people out there at night with death wishes and some of those are...
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The Book: Chapter 34
Alice dragged herself into the hospital, running on fumes and caffeine. She ached from the overnight drive back from London and barely had time to...
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