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A hundred moments in autism - Fashion

Fashion is one of these super neurotypical (NT) skills that are seemingly picked up by magic. Other kids at school always knew what to wear, what was...
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Not just the specks in their eyes*

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Easy to criticize and dig up ancient dirt, enjoy exposing lies, and actions that have hurt, with motive to...

The Gardener's Feet

Our gardener showed me his feet last Tuesday when he'd done mowing the lawn. White they were. As white as fresh snow or a rich American's front teeth...

The Storyteller - Chapter 6

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 Children Of The Castle Keep On the Blarney Road facing north , a strong wind was at his back pushing...

The Storyteller -Chapter 5

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 The Time Keeper Sean Mc Kay was not the kind of man you would meet every day. Some say he had been...

The Storyteller -Chapter 4

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Quite Ones He was walking along the road to Courtstown when he noticed a lady approaching from...

Shame (The Jeremy Kyle Show July 4, 2005, to May 10, 2019).

Sometimes you forgot How odd you were And you smiled at a child She laughed and jumped in her straps She was too wee Had not yet learned how to...
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The Birth

The sun was a rustic orb lowering itself beneath the distant peaks. As if fleeting. Or hiding. Unable to watch from above the horror unfolding across...

The Late Richard Franklin

It was a day that classic Doctor Who fans would certainly hate. We said goodbye to the man who starred as Captain Mike Yates. His death was even more...

Alumni Outstanding

Alumni Outstanding Spouting basil with leaves little casts its captivating spell by its sacredly scented smell foretells its future, sacred and pious...
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A hundred moments in autism - Mini Me

Our autistic friend C lives in Belfast, so we rarely see her and had never met her family. She has one autistic son, indeed like many autists of that...
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Parcel for you..Part 32

‘What on earth is happening over there?’ said Pat. Stu stood up taller on his cuban heels, like little hooves, they gave him an extra inch and a half...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 3

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 The Gentle Giant He woke up from a deep sleep alone . The people who had come to the lagoon to...

The Storyteller - Chapter 2

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 The Gypsy King Sean McKay was a gifted story teller and it was said people who heard him fell into a...

The Storyteller - Chapter 1

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 The Air Raid Shelter The storyteller awoke at sunrise after spending the night inside a cave that...
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Requiem for a bearded reedling

Immediately, I feel something is terribly wrong. And it is the not the first time. But I dare not think about what it can be. Let alone to ask the...

Meat Market

Boys in caps avid at gringo gossip Coked up tropical shirt frat bros Tongues in throats And men far too old (whatever that means) slipping a tenner...

Matter

Accost the old man bring him back to days you were a regular at his pizza joint Re-charm him in Italian like you did before when you had a different...

The Story of Greylizard Webdesign

It all started in 1977, I think. It was certainly the late 70s. I was 7. I was allowed to go to my mum’s work, an accountants where she was a...
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Esther

In the quiet corners of her heart, Esther’s voice, “Please let me be allowed to write about peace,” her pen trembling, sipping the ink of hope from...

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