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The Storyteller -Chapter 13

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 13 The Hidden Ones It was the twilight of a summers evening and he sat in a treehouse that was built...

The Tiger

You should realise the difference between how someone is addressed and what you call him. For example you might speak of someone as “Mr Brown” but...
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Gardens

IP. I don't do these often, you can see why. Image author's own, garden not.
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A hundred moments in autism - Maths

Autists get into trouble. We don’t mean to, but we can be too honest, too abrupt, say the wrong thing, or, all too often for no reason whatever. From...
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Chapter 2: Slade

The next round of interviews tested my patience. Five more candidates, five more failures. A programmer who talked too much, a drifter who barely...
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Chapter 1: The Skeleton Crew

The idea of locating the Leviathan on my own had started out as a thrilling challenge, but reality has a way of sobering even the most stubborn...
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Prologue: The Ultimate Deception

There’s a certain allure to vanishing completely - the idea of stepping out of your life and reemerging as someone untraceable, free. As I sat in the...

The Storyteller - Chapter 12

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 The Time Travellers He awoke with the sound of birds chirping outside the window of the cottage...

The Storyteller - Chapter 11

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 The Songbird He was sitting by the lagoon and the afternoon was fading into a long twilight of the...

The Storyteller - Chapter 10

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Troubled Soul He sat by the crystal pools at Greengate watching water cascading down from the...
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The Burgh

Like some other Scottish places, this town abides, if not dilapidated, then resting like a lean to on its past. The sadness is in shadows that never...

Probably Knot

When something is less likely, there lies spectacle. When there’s a wave of hype, I just lean skeptical. Then, when you look for certainty, that’s...

August 1914

The events of August 1914 predertimined most of the following history, that is still being played out today. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).
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Playful Elven Folk

Precious homeland of leafy green, leave emotions in darkest night, while bright eyed foxes play by moonlight and only the boldest would venture,...
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Beg, I, your pardon

Beg, I, your pardon Time did grant on Leigh hunt poet the great with adorations in spate for his appeal, emotional to make his youth eternal despite...
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A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong gets mistaken for the Messiah

In my first week at university I am standing in a bar at a student night when two young men I’ve never met before walk up to me, prostrate themselves...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 9

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 The Lost Dragon He had been walking through the Mystical Woods looking for a sign . He had a melody...

The Storyteller - Chapter 8

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 The Lighthouse Keepers A gale force nine had arrived like a monster , wreaking havoc wherever it...

The Storyteller - Chapter 7

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 The Fourth Dimension It was a warm summer’s night and all around Heroes Bay was the sound of waves...

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