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Island Hideaway 37 - The Stranger
"Who's there?" I said again. The figure was clearly visible in my torchlight, dressed in black and wearing a black balaclava. I clutched at a rock...
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Island Hideaway 36 - A walk along the sea front
After a week of walking around the house, Mo had found enough strength to abandon her walker. "I think I'm fit enough to go outside now," she...
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Island Hideaway 35 - Occupy to Win
The Magic Roundabout Appreciation Society always had their own table at the Student Union meetings, with six or seven of them, usually acting as a...
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How
How Several interrogatives run through my head. What, Where, and Which opt not to make an appearance. I know the When, if not exactly, then certainly...
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Anthill
Morning rewrite of a weirder version of this.
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Lady Of The Longships
Apart from being fierce warriors the Vikings where the very first master boat builders on the face of the Earth . Once they had designed the...
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Escape From Interrogation
Skint was a helicopter pilot in the war . One of the things he liked to do was cutting back the thick jungle canopy , to provide the infantry on the...
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Assurance
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Do God’s children always feel a deep assurance, joy and peace? Do their fears, and darkness, doubting...
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Milo Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine On the inside of the book cover was written "George." Estevo stared at the name, he felt betrayed. He never expected his mother would...
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A Christmas To Remember
A Christmas To Remember - A Short Story By Paul McCann . Rita , Nenita, Rosita and Sangita were all good friends in there early childhood . In their...
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Heart of the Witch
He leaps towards her sword extended for the life ending thrust, hand out to grapple. The sword slices into her, smoothly sliding through her skin...
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Island Hideaway 34 - dodo speak for folliage
In spite of the difficulties of the first attempt, Mo wasn't detered and slowly got further and further with each walk, it also became easier to move...
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Island Hideaway 33 - Dodo love
The dodos loved Mo and everywhere she went she was surrounded by them. She didn't even need to bribe them with nuts. It was helpful for me, as I...
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Jim
He was my neighbor for over forty years and his name was Jim. When I think about what a good man should be like, I think of him. He and my uncle were...
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Truth telling?
I’m not sure why I agreed to it. My nan always said ‘Be sure your sins will find you out.’ I think she might have been right but there’s still time...
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Milo Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight Next Sunday would be Milo’s birthday and Estevo wanted to get him something. A party was planned and he was invited. He felt almost...
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The Blind man Who Plays Chess - an excerpt from Eagles Hunt Wolves
The blind man arrived every day at precisely the same time. His taxi pulled up at the same point at the kerb. The driver, always the same one,...
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The Peacekeeper
The Peacekeeper By Paul McCann It was in the dead of night when the first air strike began . No one had expected it so soon . On the ground below...
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The Wee Ones And The Bonfire
The Wee Ones And The Bonfire By Paul McCann On the seventh day of the seventh month about half a mile from the Fairy Glen on the path to Ambersglow...
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Jeremiah's Fortune
Jeremiah’s Fortune - By Paul McCann I sat at the bar in Sean O’Caseys one evening with Brian . Before us were two dark pint glasses half filled with...
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