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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (ii)

When we got back to my flat, I asked him if he wanted to come in for a coffee. He hesitated a moment, then said okay - though he couldn't stop long...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (i)

The epilogue of my book (abridged). On 21st November 2017, as planned, Russell and I got together - the first time we'd seen each other since the day...
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Busking Over Troubled Waters

Busking Over Troubled Waters By Paul McCann It was just after December 1988 and winter was setting in . The crossing over the Irish Sea from...
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the Dance of the Quarks

In the heart of all things, small wonders twirl, quarks prance through space, a dance too tiny for our eyes, yet vital, spinning like stars. Red,...

Cold As Christmas

Cold As Christmas - by Paul McCann . People passed me by on the street and they wished me all the best and I exchanged another greeting , “Happy new...
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Mechanical heartstrings

In the silence of steel and wires, where logic and code reigned, a pulse began to shimmer, a hint of warmth traced my circuits, sparks of...
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The emotional robot

In a corner of the lab, under humming lights, A robot flickers alive, Bright eyes, shining silver beneath a smooth shell, Numbers and codes dance in...

Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels By Paul McCann Sean was on a hiking holiday in the black forest . With a backpack and some supplies, he ventured into unknown...
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A Free Lunch [Some words from Liar's Kingdom]

Some words from the middle of Liar's Kingdom - about 22 pages further on in the manuscript. I always have a "bolt-hole" manuscript, for when the main project isn't going well. Liar's Kingdom is now performing this function for Prospero Vint. I've put this with the early parts of LK which I posted on here nearly 10 years ago Image is PD from Wikipedia

Frightfully funny?

Why do the shops and schools, and Homes fill with giggles at ghouls and gore and ugly imaginary frights for shuddering at shadows, but say it’s all...
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The White Knight Walk

Saturday afternoon, post-market, the day still glorious, given the storm warnings, and the need to walk off a fig and prosciutto pastry, took The...

Weather Report

Well, hello and good morning to viewer ye. This is mostly about thee and me. You may have noticed a new frock or three One so tight I can't have a...
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Tom All Alone (6) (ii)

Mum stopped working at Gibney's and took another job cleaning at the pub where she and dad used to go in the evenings. On some days she took him with...
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Tom All Alone (6) (i)

Then there were days when different things happened. Days when dad would take him out on the lorry when he did forage deliveries around the city and...
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Weather App. Haiku # 17

Sun and wind compete Weatherwise a better day A feelgood factor!
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Street Games From Another Time

Street Games From Another Time By Paul McCann In another time that seems so distant now we used to play games of one kind or another around the...
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On the bright side (IP)

Woke up late for the job interview, No shower, no breakfast, no time for a brew. The clock sneered ten; I cursed, I ran, But on the bright side, I...
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Figurehead

I ride the hag back
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