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Brean Down

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/brean-down Brean Down Gulls suspended in silence - mid-flight, gliding high over spume-dashed...
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Goatie

MIASMA. That’s the word I was trying to remember. It’s all a bit stupid. It doesn’t really exist in the same way it did then as an invasive force. But you’ve still got the hangover of the word hanging like a bad smell.
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Success

What is success? Is success simply my happiness? Is success my mental health? Is success connected to my heart? No I always wanted success to be...
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Take Me Back

There’s too much trouble in the world Nobody whispers everybody shouts Tempers are short anger is normal Hatred leads by example Ignorance is formal...
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The Good Old Days

Part V The Good Old Days As we neared the park on that fresh, Spring day, over 30 years ago now, we turned onto a road without much traffic, where...
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The Forgotten Vegetable 2

The answer is 81, in case anyone's asking...
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The Forgotten Vegetable 1

A bit obnoxious, yes, but it explores the zeitgeist and stuff.

It Only Rains In Melbourne At Night

It Only Rains In Melbourne At Night by Paul McCann Eating in a resto with the sounds of slurps and burbs and the busker on the corner with a flute...

Melbourne Trip

Melbourne’ Trip by Paul McCann . Its a place called Melbourne where the journey is set , where it might rain sometimes but it never gets wet . It's...

Mother Of Shadows

Mother Of Shadows by Paul McCann Mother of shadows remove the unseen presence there that attempts to hide . Mother of shadows close the window to...
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The King of Goosey Lake (Conclusion)

After the sun set, tiki torches were lit up and lined the park. The fish fry was an enormous success. Anyone who wanted seconds was able to get it...

The Deep South

He was a really mean person and he had a foul mouth. He had a vulgar temper and he went to the Deep South. He would rape, sell drugs and steal. He...

Fight for the Throne of the Planet

I chose to view the four so called 'elements' locked in a battle for the planet. In my own mind as I pleaded the case for each I arrived at the final conclusion. An enjoyable creative writing exercise.
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The King of Goosey Lake (Part 3)

Despite the unexpected appearance from a cryptic hominid that until then had been elusive to all of humanity, Den’s morning had been going according...
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The King of Goosey Lake (Part 2)

After years of ecological sleuthing, Den figured out that the melonfish had a preferred hangout spot: the cool, nutrient-rich runoff from Clearwater...
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The King of Goosey Lake (Part 1)

Tucked somewhere deep within the rolling foothills of rural Oregon, down gravel roads winding through dense forests of ponderosa pine, there was a...
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Maddy.

She could have laughed—her daughter, a mother. Madeline had been a fat baby. A happy baby with a heart like a sounding harp. She missed combing her...
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The Visit

After a gap of many, many years, Kevin arrives entirely unexpectedly

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