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One Hundred.

Meghan and I were talking about a man I knew who had a minor stroke and was in hospital, and now in a rehab, to help him get better. The man is...

The Letter. Part Two.

Having wrote my friend yesterday, I planned to post it today, first class registered post. I post everything registered post because it is 100%...

SUV

I have a BIG car. I like to drive my BIG car. I drive it everywhere, my BIG car, so that everyone can see how BIG my car is. I drive my kids to their...
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Corridors

Where do I begin... In these silent corridors The sadness screamed off The cold and distant walls Must I feel anger ... Or allow the sadness in me To...

The Storyteller - Chapter 24

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 24 The Living Legacy He sat there by the lagoon in the cottage that was built for him by the local...

The Storyteller - Chapter 23

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 23 Wombscape The storyteller lying half-awake in bed and looking out the window at the new moon in the...

The Storyteller - Chapter 22

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 22 The Mermaids Crown In the silent refection on the hill by Edensgrove he thought about his life and...
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Lambs

An awful cry from the field. The sound trapped in the morning fog as if the wail itself had become lost in the low haze. It sent the crows batting...

No Place to Hide

NO PLACE TO HIDE They were crouching behind a brick wall, the night air so cold that their breaths came out in smoke. "There he is," Lucas Clark said...
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A hundred moments in autism - My own personal dress down Tuesday

An autist’s relationship with societal rules is complex. We don’t innately understand them the way a neurotypical does. Many autists learn to follow...

Saint Turmeric.

We have six cats. Just like people they are all different. Their names are:- Nanny, the oldest and the boss, she is not allowed now outside, yes, she...
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Benches & Hedges

If you turn off your mind, relax and float downstream you might just find there’s a lot more than botany to discover in a garden, especially in Leeds.
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Conditions That Please or Displease Flowers

In the heart of a clean room, where sunlight spills, A window frames the world, a clear portal to dreams, Here, flowers blossom, nurtured by tender...
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The Letter.

A friend, she has no internet, no smartphone, no laptop, no passwords, has never bought anything on-line, does not drive. So, there is no...
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Chapter 8: The Abyss Within

It started as a vague worry, the kind that creeps up on you in the quiet moments and takes root in the back of your mind. Clyde was missing. Not just...
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Chapter 7: Discovering new routines

Days on the Leviathan bled into one another, each one an indistinguishable echo of the last. Time had a way of warping out here in the middle of...
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Chapter 6: Unearthed Secrets

The Leviathan groaned as we touched down on her rusted deck, the helicopter’s blades whipping the air into a frenzy before finally settling into...

The Man Who Wore A Hundred Hats

None of them suited him, which was his aim, being a king contrarian, but he wore them in rotation just the same. The bowler hat, he found, was best...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 21

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 21 The Slave He sat by far enough from the clifftop to appreciate the view of the five loughs that lay...

The Storyteller - Chapter 20

The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 20 The Monk On the road he walked among places between the mountains and sea . As the sun began to set...

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