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Iron and Wine
A short tale of how a close-knit family can change forever in the blink of an eye. Never take your loved ones for granted.
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Nightclubs #2
Before I became a hippy and started going to the Pea House (see previous story), the bikers and I developed the inexplicable habit of travelling five...
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Packing
As you move on into this journey, future, this new year, abandon … acquire …
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Memento
I should delete these texts A permanence of darkness, where light no longer creeps, where memories fade, of bygone times. I can hardly see them now,...
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Belfast Echoes
. Belfast Echoes By Paul McCann Dandering down through the windy city I spied my fancy one . I nodded with unspoken thoughts , like echoes from a gun...
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The Evening Sky Lost
its reverential flavour as the storm swept in from Halifax already covered in sleet ice and eventually snow now raging towards Truro part of the...
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Love Is The Reason Why
. Love Is The Reason Why By Paul McCann Before you came into my life I didn’t know what mattered to me but now that you’re here , everything is clear...
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To Win The Lucky Lottery
. To Win The Lucky Lottery By Paul McCann Now it's not that I am greedy just more desperate and needy. and praying hard down on my knees.. I’m...
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Chapter 2 Part 2: The Mansion
The room sat still and heavy while everyone processed what Henry just said before he continued “And this is why I decided not to share this...
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Chapter 2 Part 1: The Mansion
The waiting room was large and white – kept pristine by a team of housekeepers that worked every other day. It was an enclosed space filled with...
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"A cup with a viewpoint"
Liquid energy dark and hypnotic Brewed from the finest beans Touches the lips with instant gratification Caffeine pumping through the bloodstream...
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"Time and Stardust"
Time, we measure it, watch it, demand it go faster, command it to slow down and pray to stop it. It is the background to thoughts, actions and...
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Crazy Diamonds - Engraved Stranger (revised 1st chapter)
My name is Nick Moore, which is also an instruction to steal things. Somehow, I’ve been accepted into Cambridge University. I’m single and my college...
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the hunter gatherer
[pre-lockdown] the hunter gatherer I got up early, cup of tea took a bus to market day haunted stalls for curios, clockwork trains tin plate toys...
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The King of kings defeats King Herod’s plan
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] God worked his purpose, saved despite King Herod’s evil scheme. He sent to Joseph to take flight – preserve...
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Night Cafe
Night Cafe By Paul McCann Lights faded dim and soft in me, with blended coffee, The brew strange, A new one, Mmm, Alone there sat I listening for...
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Heads Will Roll
. Heads Will Roll By Paul McCann A B uilder C alled D ecapo E rected F rench G uillotines H is I nstalled J ustice K ept L opping M any N oggins O ff...
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The Daily Grind
. The Daily Grind By Paul McCann There's no rest for the wicked, even less for the good . I've done a little bit more than I ever have should . I ask...
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Anyway
Anyway most comedians and dictators are short, that is because they are trying to always take the piss out of tall guys, some comedians and dictators...
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part 3 (redrafted)
Mary's heart was going "Boom, boom, boom" shaking her ribs. It was the only sound she could hear. Then Jake was there, shouting, "Can I have icecream...
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