Read
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...
- Read more about Carnivals and Gypsy Kings
- Log in to post comments
- 276 reads
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...
- Read more about The Little Lady
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1336 reads
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...
- Read more about We Never Speak of Rose
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 444 reads
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...
- Read more about Too Many Tabs Open
- 12 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2454 reads
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...
- Read more about Using Your Head
- Log in to post comments
- 227 reads
Belfast Afternoons
Belfast Afternoons By Paul McCann Diamond buns and hay-stacks . Coconut macaroons. Baps and scones and currant squares. Belfast afternoons. Beano...
- Read more about Belfast Afternoons
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 365 reads
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...
- Read more about A Stormy Night
- Log in to post comments
- 203 reads
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...
- Read more about The Plan part two
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 459 reads
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...
- Read more about 13.1 Queen of Evidence
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 402 reads
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...
- Read more about Windfall.
- 17 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 4951 reads
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...
- Read more about The Plan part one
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1447 reads
Colourful Chorus!
… exciting explosion: explore!
- Read more about Colourful Chorus!
- 15 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2125 reads
Haibun for existential dread
An attempt at a haibun that went in a completely different direction from what I expected.
- Read more about Haibun for existential dread
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1396 reads
13.2 Queen of Evidence
In June 1939, Marina and her son had to vacate their final residence in Paris, Hotel Innova, 32 Boulevard Pasteur, and returned to Russia unaware of...
- Read more about 13.2 Queen of Evidence
- Log in to post comments
- 252 reads
Timeless
Timeless, Timeless, lost in a moment, as its fragrance eludes between places. Causes attention span to shrink into a vacuum, Under brain waves in...
- Read more about Timeless
- Log in to post comments
- 154 reads
Missed You.
My junkie girlfriend sold her body to feed her habit. ‘I’m no doing any harm,’ she said. ‘I sold myself tae you. Look how that fucking worked oot?’ I...
- Read more about Missed You.
- 8 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1727 reads
"Unwanted Magic" 5
The Mom and Dad peddled the tandem bike over the bridge, pulling the wagon behind them with their son, Joey, and the magical dog inside it. Once they...
- Read more about "Unwanted Magic" 5
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2140 reads
Of drifting and reviving
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] cf Psalm 85 The fundamentals of our faith bring life, delight, and zeal, With time may come complacency,...
- Read more about Of drifting and reviving
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1327 reads
13.1 Queen of Evidence
In the month of July, some visitors arrived on a riverboat cruise. Among them was a lady, fifty-two years old with ice-blue eyes, who received an...
- Read more about 13.1 Queen of Evidence
- Log in to post comments
- 325 reads
A Battle for Turf
A Battle for Turf Living on toxic exhaustion, colored behind a killer’s instinct. From conception to birth; life unfolds over the requiem encounter...
- Read more about A Battle for Turf
- Log in to post comments
- 151 reads