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Kevin Marman
Retired 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. 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, my bicycle and lots of books.
My stories
5. Secondhand Prose
What it says, really. A piece from years ago that I've rewritten to fit with something new. Next morning, I sat down with a pot of coffee and rolled...
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Tom All Alone (13)
Tom would come to think of those two weeks in Cornwall as some of the happiest times he'd known. All the places they visited - as mum had promised,...
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Mistake
MISTAKE The paint’s chipped where you kicked the door shut that night - not in anger then, but the urgency of the moment: the surge that began with...
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A Trip to Dear Old Limerick...
A few of my old limericks! Image: mine There was an old prophet called Moses who didn’t like getting wet toeses. When he got to the sea he would part...
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Legalise it now. Either that
Posted on Fri, 02 Nov 2018
Legalise it now. Either that, or I'm emigrating to Canada!
Read full commentPosted in Ode to Cannabis Sativa
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It lifted my heart to read this today.
That's sounds like exactly my kind of holiday, too! The travel agents never quite understand, do they.
I especially love the hope embodied in this - the...
Read full commentPosted in Monochrome
So many things going on in
Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2014
So many things going on in this one, Tina. Love, loss, disappointment, aging, the sense of growing isolation... and the comfort, still, in those small familiar things. That final stanza is perfect in capturing it all.
Read full commentPosted in Definitely Not Just Another Dog Story
Thanks, Claudine. That boy
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
Thanks, Claudine. That boy might well have been me! My first day was awful. In the end, I think they had to drag me in.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 14 (i)
Yes, it was optimistic -
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
Yes, it was optimistic - perhaps more so once the Cuban Missile Crisis was over. I was too young to know what it was about, but I remember mum saying how fearful everyone was - glued to the papers and the TV news. We had a black and white TV, too...
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Thanks, Marandina. Others
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
Thanks, Marandina. Others have mentioned the detail. I have to pull myself back a bit sometimes because I end up with pages of descriptive stuff like that. I think it's perhaps the lasting influence of reading Barry Hines' 'Kes' as a teen. I...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 14 (i)
One year, I got cast as the
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
One year, I got cast as the innkeeper. All I had to do was open a side door in the church when Mary and Joseph knocked, and point them along to the 'stable' in the nave. I was so terrified that I opened the door quickly, pointed my finger (nearly...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 14 (ii)
Thanks, Kat. I'm afraid I've
Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2026
Thanks, Kat. I'm afraid I've been out of action writing-wise for a few weeks now. Too pre-occupied with other stuff going on in the world. Starting to get a bit of focus back now.
I agree about Lux. It seemed to be shaped to turn easily in...
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Strange days indeed
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
Strange days indeed
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 3
I wouldn't mind some Cardamom
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
I wouldn't mind some Cardamom Sorbet myself! Sounds good.
Still got that other-worldly feel. Where's it going next, I wonder?
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