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The Man who was Radio Static pt 2

Act Three The next day. Morning light streams into the kitchen. Maria Autre is sitting at the table, in the chair which is normally occupied by Jim...

The Man who was Radio Static pt 1

A bright and frosty winter morning in Queens, New York. Maria, a petite, mousy, middle-aged woman (and native of Queens) with straw-like, unwashed,...

Free From Fear

As he lay in a hospital bed he tried to recall the events that took place the week before . It all seemed so vague now . It was as if he had blocked...
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The Opposite Effect (3)

I drove home and proceeded to get drunk. Initially I began to feel a bit better, not much, but a little. I realized how asinine it was to go to...
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The Opposite Effect (2)

I felt that I really needed a drink, and I knew where to get a drink. I knew that in Nutsfart’s office, he had a bottle and that was what I felt I...
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The Opposite Effect (1)

The Opposite Effect We all of us fantasize, I think. I believe that it’s a natural and normal thing to wish for things to be better, even impossibly...
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Ullswater (haiku)

Many thanks Kevin (Parson Thru) for reminding me I had this.
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Spreading the Word

Sebastian gazed irritably from the verandah into the sun filled garden. As usual a zillion thoughts had jostled aside his attempts to attain a state...

For Scotty 1967-2020

A lasting memory for father & son our jogging pace kept alive along a weathered mountain trail as we tested muscle and bone. It sure felt good in...

Princil's Magic : Ch.10 : Festival At Bricas (Part 1: Section 2)

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Valdark, the Great Barbarian Sorceror, has called Sorceror Aribor back to work. He has been sent on a mission with other Black Sorcerors to bring terror to Bricas in Shalirion. He has gone into the city in disguise to assess the best means of terror. He merges with crowds and finds himself involved in a festival of the Goddess, and learns much about the ways of Shalirion. His purpose is tested by temptation and new understanding. This is Section 2 of this Part.

After The Blame

With the second war over and the soldiers back home things were resuming back to normal . That is what ever normal was and ever could be again . The...

A Troubled Runaway

A Troubled Runaway - Short Story by Paul McCann It was the summer of 1969 and all around me houses burned . The illegal paramilitary were armed and...

Lost In The Beat

Lost In The Beat By Paul McCann They don’t listen to the words anymore all they hear is the beat . They don’t want songs with meaning no more they...

Short piece of writing

The fire cracking in the middle of the Victorian furniture filled room was the only source of light as my fingers traced the familiar keys. Familiar...
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Kit Handsome and the Mysterious Strangers 5

On the count of three Kit and Anderson charged into the bank, along with a dozen of Anderson's best heist prevention officers and full translation...

The Soul

The soul is a silent witness..
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Changing Hands part 2 (revised title)

extract fron pt 1: These are the hands of your father and Grandfather and his father’s fathers. Hands that worked wood, hammered red hot steel into horse shoes, swung an axe or held the reigns of plough horses. Hard-working honest hands. You haven’t earned the right to wear hands that look like these.
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Kit Handsome and the Mysterious Strangers 4

"So let me get this straight," said Anderson when Kit phoned him asking for reinforcements from the mainland. "You think the mysterious strangers...

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