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Merman
Fishhooks in your pocket jangle as you wade away to the fog-pressed pier. You use a knife to descale fish, split bone. The kettle screams, I flinch—...
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No Johnny, No! ( 2 of 2)
We kept up our meets every few months, then sometime in 2004, I met him in a bar in Fenchurch Street. He didn’t look good. He’d lost weight, which...
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No Johnny, No! ( 1 of 2)
I met Johnny in 1997. He was one of those guys that you instantly take a liking to. We sat opposite each other at the Courier company. He worked on...
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"Art of Trouble"
Trouble. Why does it follow me like I’m the opposing magnet to its negative force and if I am the positive force, why should it follow me at all? A...
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The Busker’s Fairytale
The Busker’s Fairytale By Paul McCann The crowd walked along through Buskers Lane like a passing parade . I stood there like before them, a man with...
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Deadlock
Deadlock By Paul McCann In the town of Killbrainum they were playing a game on the top of Nogoman’s Hills . The snow had fallen down on the old...
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Ramblers
They had forgotten how arduous this hiking trail could be, but for seasoned walkers Joan and Kevin, they somehow couldn’t help themselves. This wasn’...
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Saunter (Episode 16 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
In which Aefelthrith asks questions and Sergeant Argent promises answers, much to Gwladys's chagrin.
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Entry 8 — Like It Had Always Belonged
Journal of Isla Loren — March 24 Location: kitchen window facing the overgrown trellis, in the white house above the Aiglin Sea Weather: light wind...
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EMBOLISM - A 10-Minute Play
GEORGE, FERNANDO and JASON sit around a table. They are in the final stretches of an intense game of “UNO”. Pizza boxes and beer cans are strewn...
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