The Three Halves of Martyn Manning
My Second Novel
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter One: Long Crendon
Tom and Janet meet for dinner, and Martyn's fate is decided.
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Four: Big Little Man
When Martyn was a child of eight or nine he used to have a recurring dream where he'd be sitting in his primary school classroom dressed in nothing but a pair of baggy grey Y-fronts.
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The Three Halves Of Martyn Manning--Chapter Five: Simon and Charlie
Martyn friends set him on an unexpected path.
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Six: Lisa - Part One
He got lucky and caught her on her lunch-break so she was free to talk. She had a strong West Country accent but it was innocuous enough. “It’s a red...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Six: Lisa - Part Two
Lisa paused, but only slightly. “Are you sure you’re not an axe murderer?” “Do I look like an axe murderer? Do I talk like an axe murderer? I’m not...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning: Chapter Seven - Karen - Part One
He was settling into a routine now. Once the kids were in bed and Caroline was in her room, he’d sit down at the kitchen table and browse the dating...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning: Chapter Seven - Karen - Part Two
Ah, so she likes it rough, interesting, he thought. But now he had a problem. It would be a big blow to his masculine ego to have an unsatisfied...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning: Chapter Eight - Revelation - Part One
H e used to love telling people, especially for eign ers, how much he loved living in England, particularly the weather. Whenever anyone moaned about...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning: Chapter Eight - Revelation - Part Two
He was woken early by a bright shaft of sunlight forcing it’s way through a gap in the curtains. He checked his conscious to see if his sub-conscious...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning - Chapter Nine - A Breakthrough
He was a little surprised that things weren’t going quite as smoothly as he’d hoped. He thought he’d start at the top end of the market so his first...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Ten: Progress
I t was an uneventful Friday evening in the Feathers. Charlie moaned about work and how he was worried about losing his job at the building...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Eleven - Janet
His office took up most of the top floor of the Keller Tower. It was by no means the tallest skyscraper in New York, but he had wonderful views over...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Twelve: Elena - Part One
Monika Radountcheva normally held her introduction meetings at her Bicester office but she’d decided this one was too important. Accordingly she...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Twelve: Elena - Part Two
He held her gaze. He felt he ought to offer something by way of explanation. “ Elena, I have a high libido. I admit that I do like sex, very much...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Thirteen: Induction - Part Two
Meanwhile, back at The Old Rectory, and clearly unknown to Martyn, at that very moment another important conversation was taking place. After they’d...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Thirteen: Induction - Part Three
They held a leaving party for Caroline. Martyn thoughtlessly booked a room at The Feathers but the kids said they wanted it at McDonald’s so he had...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Thirteen: Induction - Part Four
It all sort of frittered out after that, as these things invariably do. No-one had the social skills or felt it appropriate to declare proceedings...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Fourteen: Resolution - Part One
The calm atmosphere continued into the next morning. Elena did her best to engage them but Felix and Katie were quieter, more well-behaved, less...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Fourteen: Resolution - Part Two
Back in her room she sat on the edge of her bed. She went back over the conversation in her head. He’d seemed a little surprised at the news but she...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Fifteen: Inception - Part One
By anyone’s standards he’d been a late starter. He personally blamed it on going to a single-sex boys school, but you also probably need to remember...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Fifteen: Inception - Part Two
Then there was Heather. Oh Heather, Heather, Heather. He still had a soft spot for Heather. It was the strangest story. Or perhaps it was normal for...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Sixteen: Aftermath/Recollection - Part One
His cock was sore. No it wasn’t sore, sore was too harsh a word. But it was certainly uncomfortable. Maybe that was also inaccurate, but his cock...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Sixteen: Aftermath/Recollection - Part Two
H e pressed “Confirm and Pay” and for a few minutes he felt good about himself. He hadn’t written a message or signed the card but surely she’d know...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Seventeen: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Part One - Part Two
They settled into a routine of sorts, but that was OK, at least with Martyn. Martyn was comfortable with routine, you might even say he embraced it...
The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Seventeen: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Part Two
A nd then one da y it was October 2 7 th , a Thursday as it happened. She was sitting at the kitchen table e njoy ing a late lunch of smoked mackerel...
The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Eighteen - A Bonfire, And Some Vanities
By a complete coincidence, at exactly the same time that Elena was reading about the village bonfire night in the Bugle, Martyn was dialling the...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Nineteen - Burn Baby Burn
She didn’t have to make dinner that night. She’d checked with Martyn and he was fine with them all having the hog roast and said there’d doubtless be...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Twenty: Paradise By The Dashboard Light? - Part One
By the time she got back to the playing fields she’d just about calmed down. All that was left of the bonfire by now were dull red embers and all she...
The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Twenty: Paradise By The Dashboard Light? - Part Two
She took one step across the threshold then immediately stopped. Apart from the dull light from the office behind her the place where she was now...
The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Twenty-One: Deep Thought - Part One
The next morning was Saturday morning. Shagging morning. Elena arrived at the usual time, just before seven, naked except for her cotton dressing...
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Twenty-One: Deep Thought - Part Two
He was bored with navel gazing. He picked up the newspaper’s magazine supplement and turned to the back cover to do the weekly general knowledge quiz...
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