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Bodach

Hello. Hello. Wake up. Why won’t she wake up? I glanced around, unease curling in my stomach. The staircase creaked with ominous whispers. No, Joey...

Between Shakey’s And Home

Between Shakey’s And Home By Paul McCann Jake was always a little adventurous and decided one day to go for trip to a place he had never gone before...
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Tinny’s Knock On The Door

Tinny’s Knock On The Door By Paul McCann Tinny was always a lucky kind of guy with things . At ten years of age he asked the local milkman if he...

Cataract

Over the years, I have heard of people having cataracts removed from their eyes. A young friend in her 60's is having hers removed this week. My...
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Walking The Walk

Ian had been putting off taking his walk for a walk. How it had nudged him over and over, pulling at his clothes and spinning around his ankles all...
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Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (ii)

It was a hard decision. But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a...
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Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (i)

As Tom got older, they would sometimes find different things to do in the evenings. Mum might sit him on her lap in the back room, and they'd try to...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 19

Perfidia breezed into the kitchen with a dreamy expression and Daphne giggled. “Looks like the love bug has bitten my cousin; imagine that!” Perfidia...
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A hundred moments in autism - Bathtime for the cuddly toys

It’s bathtime for the cuddly toys. Ingredients: bucket of soapy water, a toothbrush, a sponge, an anteater (Anthony), a stoat (Stoaty), a leopard (...
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A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong goes to the cinema

I am alone. This is not uncommon. I am off to the cinema. I had really gotten into going to the cinema with a small group of friends during my...
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Great Expectations

So I hear, you're going West? Well, it's time you left your mother's breast. And if you want to go, be my guest. There's no need to sneer, fart or...

Project Growth Spurt

Project Growth Spurt By Paul McCann World wars , famines , disease and then a deadly viruses affecting people twenty years and over, had taken most...
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Mind the Gap

Thankfully, the weather changed. Friday was not sunny and thirteen degrees, but windy and freezing cold instead. Exterior paints need minimum ten...

Walking with the Lord

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] So much to distract and dilute our walk with the Lord every day. Remember, give thought to your root – our...

HERE

I remember clearly that my first written word was “here”. I used to hide behind the armchair and secretly write it on a bit of paper. I was very...
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Secrets Of The Deep

Secrets Of The Deep by Paul McCann For over forty years nuclear weapons were being tested underwater in the seas and oceans on the planet ...

My Father

As I pulled into the car park, my stomach tensed. I had been here many times before. My father was here. When he had first become forgetful, everyone...
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"Brighter Than The Noon Day Sun."

I remember when I was going to night class many years ago and it was dark and very foggy. I didn't get very far, when the first bus arrived, the...

A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong's peculiar quirk

It’s morning. I crawl unenthusiastically out of bed, go downstairs to make toast and coffee, catch sight of the sun, which makes me sneeze. I sneeze...

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