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Emergency Exit

. Paul F. McCann EMERGENCY EXIT In a hospital tent where the injured are sent There’s never enough hours in the day. There’s no rest for the wicked...

Who Benefits From It All

Paul F. McCann WHO BENEFITS FROM IT ALL? Who benefits from an armies presence and new laws on the street? Who benefits in an unfair fight when they...

No Foes Shall Stay Her Might! - Episode 11

In which Gwladys points out a few things and Aefelthrith takes umbrage.

The Bottle Has Stopped

It has been six months now since we last met And I no longer think of you as I once did. To play together, to hide together, to dream together are...

The Crossroads

The Crossroads When your lost on a path down the darkest of highways When you don’t have a light to lead down the byways When the roads all converge...
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Night Time

Before you could say, “Peanut butter sandwich,” evening clouds changed into a stack of black and blue pillow-piles. Colin shivered. Good thing he had...
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The Campaign for Terrence Oblong - Monty Python and the Porter Ale

My favourite tipple (in case you're buying) is a pint of porter beer. Porter beer is dark, usually strong, rich with the aromas of coffee, chocolate...

Gospel – Good News from God

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] I’m not ashamed of the gospel , the gospel of Christ, the Lord: … Righteousness by faith alone!

Galactic Girl Grace Chapter 2

I watched on in horror as Dave walked closer and closer towards me. I closed my eyes, wincing in anticipation and opened them to find... Dave talking...

Galactic Girl Grace Chapter 1

Think Buffy the vampire meets Sailor Moon with a 90's punk aesthetic. 19 year old punk Grace Hoopers humdrum University existence is forever changed when she is plunged into a plot involving galactic warfare, talking space dogs and a decent heaping of teen angst. Drugs, sex and galactic warfare.
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part 7

W hen she woke up, Mary did not feel tired anymore. Ever since she had had to stay at Jake’s house, it had taken ages to go to sleep. Night time was...
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Broken wings still fly

Keys jangle in her hand as she stands indecisive before the front door, nothing there, nothing worth the effort of turning the key, she backs away...
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Fork (after Robert Frost)

Five years and I’m back in the middle of this. The lipstick, cocaine traces and cheap tequila are the weapons of her dislocation. She beckons me from...

A Smile And A Shillelagh

Paul F. McCann A SMILE AND A SHILLELAGH I have an Irish temper that is as wild as wild can be. So don’t come near me when I’ve got the hands on my...

War Games - Spin The Barrel

Paul F. McCann WAR GAMES – SPIN THE BARREL Captured and held prisoner by those with no names. In time they began to play one of their war games; Your...
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Carpe Diem

Rumour has it that he’s goat a bent copper oan his payroll, McNulty. Gets the heids up whenever the trail starts tae lead tae his door an takes the...

The Soul Cut

. The Soul Cut - By Paul McCann When I go out I carry my scissors about So everything I see I don't like I can cut them away . I sharpen my scissors...
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Just Another Minute

We’re up the Castle Street end ay the Royal Infirmary; a crumblin Victorian relic ay a hoaspital. The stuff ay nightmares, the place; encrusted as it...

Has The Bottle Stopped?

I have missed you I will not lie, I do think about you, I will not deny, To dance one night together in the middle of the ballroom, To stop my brain...

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