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I have 162 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 236962 times and 179 of my stories have been cherry picked.
95 of my 725 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 104 votes

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Kevin Marman

Care worker, writer, memester, autist, dissenter.

I like people who not only think outside the box, but reshape the box into something else!

I've been writing since I was 10.  It's my sanctuary - though the structure often needs maintenance.  Over the last twenty or so years, I've won some writing prizes for short fiction, poetry and playwriting.  In 2013, I published my first novel, 'In the Day'.  Looking at it now, I can see all sorts of things I would change - but I suppose that shows progress.  I also have a collection of short fiction, 'Sacred Shirts', which was published in 2024.

In 2015, at the grand age of 56, I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition (Asperger's).  I live alone with my cat, Daisy, and lots of books.

My stories

Cherry

Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (ii)

When we got back to my flat, I asked him if he wanted to come in for a coffee. He hesitated a moment, then said okay - though he couldn't stop long...
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Cherry

Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (i)

The epilogue of my book (abridged). On 21st November 2017, as planned, Russell and I got together - the first time we'd seen each other since the day...
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Cherry

Tom Tom Turnaround (6) (ii)

Mum stopped working at Gibney's and took another job cleaning at the pub where she and dad used to go in the evenings. On some days she took him with...
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Cherry

Tom Tom Turnaround (6) (i)

Then there were days when different things happened. Days when dad would take him out on the lorry when he did forage deliveries around the city and...
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Cherry

Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (ii)

A couple of days later, he came over again. He'd brought his copy of mum's key, so I now had them all. Four door keys in total, plus two for the back...

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95 of my comments have received 104 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, Di.  Yes, she was a

Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Thanks, Di.  Yes, she was a special person - for many more reasons than just being my mother.  She had to be strong to get through those years with dad (bless him - he was a good man, but damaged).  Then to have all those health problems in later...

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - A day out

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A magic that all too quickly

Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024

A magic that all too quickly passes.  Mind you, some of us never grow up!

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Posted in Magic Of Youth

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I sneeze at sunlight, too. 

Posted on Sat, 05 Oct 2024

I sneeze at sunlight, too.  In fact, I enjoy the sensation of sneezing so much that I deliberately blink at the sun in order to sneeze.  Sadly, this led to a tear in my left retina earlier in the year, resulting in a 'floater' in my eye that's...

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong's peculiar quirk

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I bought some biscuit

Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2024

I bought some biscuit-flavoured tea bags.  Tasted like sick!

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Posted in Frugal Schmoogal

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'I really don't like eating

Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2024

'I really don't like eating food with other people.'  Same here.  Even the cat has to turn away.

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - The Whale Cafe revisited

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Tall stories from little

Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2024

Tall stories from little seedlings grow! wink

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Posted in On the Other Hand

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Love it!  I relate!  As

Posted on Sat, 28 Sep 2024

Love it!  I relate!  As Starmer might say, time to release the sausages.

I wish I could go to gigs.  I had to give up on them.  Other people make me angry!

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - I am Hangry

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I was a civil servant for a

Posted on Thu, 26 Sep 2024

I was a civil servant for a few years, and my Office Manager was a Gordon Baker - so this resonated.

I really enjoyed this tale.  'The leaves in the park had lost some of their vibrancy and were beginning to dry up and crinkle, just...

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Posted in On the Wind

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Fabulous.  Stark images, and

Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2024

Fabulous.  Stark images, and some perfectly-chosen words to create them.  I especially love that final stanza - dream-like and otherworldly.

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Posted in Mudlarks

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Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron'

Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron', 'Halley's Comet', 'Silver Fountain', 'Jack in the Box', 'Chrysanthemum Fountain', 'Spitfire', etc.  If you do a search on '1960's fireworks', check out the images.  You could still get 'Jumping Jacks' then, too....

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Posted in Tom Tom Turnaround (2)

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