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I have 176 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 329038 times and 195 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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.

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Cherry

Taking Care 4 (i) - Day Centre

I arrived at ten to nine the next morning to find the day centre Previa already being loaded. Malcolm was taking charge of it, like a bossy father...
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Cherry

Taking Care 3 (ii)

By eleven, I'd only managed to get through three folders. It was a massive amount of information to take in. I'd written down things like cerebral...
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Cherry

Taking Care 3 (i)

Day One at Remus Lodge - my first day of working in care... I knocked at the front door and Malcolm answered. Instead of inviting me in, he stepped...
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Test # 1

Here is a hypothetical newspaper headline with one word missing. Please insert into the blank space whichever of the words you are happiest with. '...

Water Palaver!

A tale of our times... (Image: mine) The place where I work is just behind the main water reservoir for the town. The concrete 'mushroom' water tower...
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119 of my comments have received 129 Great Feedback votes

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I can't believe I overlooked

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2014

I can't believe I overlooked leaving a comment on this, Hespera - maybe because everyone had said it all.  But still...

Scratch is right: it's utterly convincing.  So much about it rang true for me on a personal level.  That sense of the...

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Posted in 03.02.2014 - The Noose*

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Good, Jess.  Well... not bad!

Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014

Good, Jess.  Well... not bad!  I like this piece.  I hope you're going to post more.  Write from the heart, mate - it's where the best stuff comes from

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Posted in Mental Illness

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I like the way you bring

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2014

I like the way you bring these things together, Bee: a casual phone conversation about the trivia of ordinary life, bringing us up with a shock to that final final line.  To be honest, I hadn't taken much notice of the title until I'd...

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Posted in Suicide Notes

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Here you go, Bee.  Best I can

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Here you go, Bee.  Best I can do...

 

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Posted in Capturing Beauty

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Another gem, Bee.  I like the

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2014

Another gem, Bee.  I like the way, too, that there's a wave-like structure to the stanzas.  I agree with Bear, too, on how you've worked those breaks and run-on lines together.  Nicely done.

That first stanza pulls you right in.  Who could...

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Posted in Humanity

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