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I have 174 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 314794 times and 192 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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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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Cherry

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

(continued from (i))... I stepped out of the shop and walked along the High Street towards the supermarket. I was dazed - my eyes fixed ahead as I...
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Cherry

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

Another excerpt from my memoir of my time as mum's full-time carer. Something drastic happens... Another thing mum had taken up in her retirement was...
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112 of my comments have received 122 Great Feedback votes

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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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