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Its All Fair In The End Game

Its All Fair In The End Game By Paul McCann I first met Firbog on a Belfast back street during a riot in 1968. The British Army had rounded up about...

The Bad Notes

The Bad Notes By Paul McCann Aidan and I had a duo . We called ourselves the Bad Notes . After a week in London we managed to get a gig one night in...

Princil's Magic : Ch.10 : Festival At Bricas (Part 1: Section 1)

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Valdark, the Great Sorceror, calls Sorceror Aribor back to work. He is sent on a mission with other Black Sorcerors to bring terror to Bricas in Shalirion. He goes into the city in disguise to assess ways of causing distress. He merges with crowds and finds himself at a festival of the Goddess, learning much about the ways of Shalirion. This is Section 1 of this Part.

Kit Handsome and the Mysterious Strangers 2

They drove straight back to Toplers Street. “Wait here,” Kit said to Harkaway, “I won’t be long.” Kit was not a team player, and hated the...
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Bathtub

I don’t have any pretty metaphors left tonight. No flowery language to dull the ache in my bones.

A Precious Gift

Autumn is a serenade of calico as gushing water creates a mini-falls over outcroppings of shale. Splashing in hilarious moments of pleasure is a dare...
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Kit Handsome and the mysterious strangers 1

Kit had spent the weekend on the mainland with Sally. It had been fantastic, the best weekend of his life. They’d barely left the bedroom – she had a...

Getting Out Of The Gunfire

Getting Out Of The Gunfire A short story by Paul McCann It was a warm summer evening in 1969 . Belfast was burning . A blanket of thick black smoke...

Getting Out Of The Gunfire

Getting Out Of The Gunfire A short story by Paul McCann It was a warm summer evening in 1969 . Belfast was burning . A blanket of thick black smoke...

Holy Joe’s

Holy Joe's Short Story by Paul McCann . It was in 1967 when the riots first started . At first rocks and petrol bombs were thrown from both sides of...

Do You Know Who I Am? Part Three.

Children were raped and abused by up to 100 members of a Manchester grooming gang sixteen years ago - but despite police and social workers knowing...

Hang On Enjoy The Ride

Ken was the bus driver for Autumn Hall , the most affordable retirement village in Caterville . Apart from driving the bus it was Ken’s job to find a...

Will Peace be Betrayed

by the lamentations in this body once sure and spry now tired and dry parched in spirit and ability to overcome? Yes within this dullard a wisp of...
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In Hate

I am in hate. I used to be in love. But I’m done with that now. It started out so good, too. You wouldn’t believe how good; I mean he was so perfect...

Voices [Play extract]

Frosted breath of cold but much needed words. Uncomfortable, undermining words that stab into the air. Harsh and unyielding, tampering with the...

Clouded Aura

A reflection on mental illness

Chapter 2

“Miss Windlor, here is the scroll you requested.” A pale and skinny with long nails reached and seized the scroll. She untied the ribbon holding the secret inside the ancient and beat up looking scroll. The woman read out loud what the scroll said as everyone perked up and stopped what they were doing.
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Upon Visiting Rembrandthaus

What an honour it feels to sit in your living room, gazing upon oil paintings that came from your hand, at etchings where you impressed your mark on...
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Island Hideaway 51 - Everything changes​

A shot rang out. The gunman fell to the ground. From nowhere the Boatman emerged, brandishing a rifle.​ ​"Sorry to leave it so late," he said. "I...

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