Read
The Vale - Part 1 (d)
I lie in bed staring at the patterns on the ceiling, the trees twitching in the wind casting shadows of branches like veins inside a lung, pulsing...
- Read more about The Vale - Part 1 (d)
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 825 reads
Driving With Dad In The Car
Driving With Dad In The Car By Paul McCann Well Dad I said , see I’ve got a fast car and I know that’ its going to take me far He said , come on son...
- Read more about Driving With Dad In The Car
- Log in to post comments
- 196 reads
Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (4)

Part three at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-3 To the east of Brean Down, dawn brings an orange ball of candescent...
- Read more about Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (4)
- 19 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2691 reads
In The Company Of Fairies
In The Company Of Fairies by Paul McCann I got up out of bed to have a cup of tea as I couldn’t sleep . My body was sore from the hard work I did...
- Read more about In The Company Of Fairies
- Log in to post comments
- 198 reads
Waiting On Tables
Waiting On Tables By Paul McCann The usual crowd all sat there around the pub ordering their usual drinks . The two usual Thursday night musicians...
- Read more about Waiting On Tables
- Log in to post comments
- 183 reads
Xion Island Zero: Chapter 42

If he could keep him talking, maybe he could buy some time. Even now, Travis’ ego was overwhelming, and he needed him to see that Nash hadn’t given...
- Read more about Xion Island Zero: Chapter 42
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 479 reads
The Trip To Spain
I never knew my dad. He left Mum and me when I was just a year old. Mum never spoke of him, and so neither did I. A mate of mine once asked me, “Don’...
- Read more about The Trip To Spain
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1232 reads
"Art of Trouble" 2
24 hours earlier Jade was critiquing her outfit choice in her mirror, not sure if it did anything for her, and was about to change when her cell...
- Read more about "Art of Trouble" 2
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 838 reads
Xion Island Zero Chapter 40 and 41

Chapter 40 I am filled with hatred. I am done! Chapter 41 The room pulsed with heat, making Nash’s head spin. He was drowning in the stink of sweat...
- Read more about Xion Island Zero Chapter 40 and 41
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 606 reads
Escape To Yonder Valley's
Escape To Yonder Valley's By Paul McCann The young man and his daughter riding the road on an iron horse cutting the breeze. They were getting away...
- Read more about Escape To Yonder Valley's
- Log in to post comments
- 174 reads
Away With The Fairies

Away With The Fairies By Paul McCann I’ve been away for about twenty years with the fairies and luckily during that time I’ve never aged . Each day I...
- Read more about Away With The Fairies
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 349 reads
The Pigeon-toed People of the Western World
The Pigeon-toed People of the Western World Many studies have been made of the way in which the development of the dexter ous human hand has hastened...
- Read more about The Pigeon-toed People of the Western World
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 506 reads
On The Path To A Place Long Gone

On The Path To A Place Long Gone by Paul McCann She was one of the invited few who had been given clues about the secret places that no one even knew...
- Read more about On The Path To A Place Long Gone
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 311 reads
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
He was 54 years old but that was still too young to go. He starred as Theodore Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show'. He was asphyxiated and he drowned. It's...
- Read more about Malcolm-Jamal Warner
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 288 reads
Homage
Homage … a warm velvet morning, over silver spun sand, the seashore in sight… The lighthouse blinks a warm welcome and the foghorn booms out a salute...
- Read more about Homage
- 15 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2912 reads
Eloquence
Perusing the culture section In the public library Boy is gonna get wise It's a big world out there and he wants to open his eyes He read about...
- Read more about Eloquence
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 237 reads
Purchase Requisition
The cost of democracy is going through the roof It's getting harder to combine A politiciian amd the truth There's a catwalk wit a queue Full of...
- Read more about Purchase Requisition
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 240 reads
Butterfly in a Storm
The wind stripped the petals of dandelions The rain poured from a burst cloud The branches on trees were wrestling each other Leaves were flying to...
- Read more about Butterfly in a Storm
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 262 reads
When I searched for you

When I searched for you If I used the forbidden eye to bring back the old wooden bridge over the slow streaming brook, the gnarled carvings of names...
- Read more about When I searched for you
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1077 reads
Night In An Asylum

Night In An Asylum By Paul McCann As a young single man with no wife or children Bobby was working hard running a petrol station . He worked seven...
- Read more about Night In An Asylum
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 328 reads


