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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...

Chance

Intentionally short
Gold cherry

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...
Cherry

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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Island Hideaway 50 - Megabastard Inc​

We didn't spend much of our time together, of course. We were doing different degrees with different timetables, I had the radio, writers group,...

The World

is a fine place to be even during its haughty moments and when evening kisses the mountain edge twilight shows its face and soon to be darkness and...

A Mother’s Leaving

It is hard to leave the family home that you’ve known and loved for so long , buy its even harder when a son or daughter has to make that call for...

Country Living

Sketch an outline of a farm where people live with chickens and cows horses and a llama or two – now add a house porch and a huge barn full of hay...

Do You Know Who I Am? Part Two.

Do you feel the world is broken? (We do) Do you feel the shadows deepen? (We do) But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting...

Do You Know Who I Am?

A Minister kidnapped in Nigeria on 2nd of January 2020, the Reverend Lawan Andimi, was shown in a video as the, ‘world’ held its breath and prayed...
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Island Hideaway 49 - Go, Go, Go​

I woke up to a text message six days letter, from a number I didn't recognise.​ ​ "All ready. Will be there around midnight. Be ready to go. Eddie...
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Island Hideaway 48 - Two lonely modes connecting, but not connecting

After the elephant we never spoke again about going out. We just accepted it. Well, I just accepted it. ​​​ ​ With the relationship issue firmly...

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