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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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The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli

Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...
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Cherry

The Rest of My Life: First Day...

Monday, 8th September 1975 That was the day the then callow 16-year-old me started work. Fifty years ago, bar the shouting. We were living in Devon...
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Cherry

The Rest of My Life: Thinking...

6:00 am Howling cat fed. Now it's time for my first coffee, then my quiet half-hour in the armchair. As usual, once her bowl's empty, Daisy comes in...
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The Rest of My Life: Topsy

Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes

Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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125 of my comments have received 135 Great Feedback votes

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Agh!  The kind of stuff that

Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

Agh!  The kind of stuff that's plagued me for years.  Decisions, decisions.  And I've usually settled for the safe, 'in my comfort zone' option, too.  I'd have gone for the chairs!

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Posted in The Decisions Of Billy Kimble.

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Yes, I agree.  I watched a

Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025

Yes, I agree.  I watched a video the other day of a free concert REM gave in downtown Toronto in 2002.  The streets were jam-packed.  From the stage perspective, all you could see was a vast ocean of happy, smiling faces - people dancing, singing...

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Posted in Death by Selfie

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Thanks, airyfairy, for your

Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025

Thanks, airyfairy, for your thoughtful and balanced response. I admit that it goes against the grain for me to feel a certain level of indifference to these tragedies. It's complicated - and in that sense I can understand how my words can be seen...

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Posted in Death by Selfie

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Where have the pubs like that

Posted on Sun, 01 Jun 2025

Where have the pubs like that gone? None around here. Gastros with kids running around.

Loved it.  I'm reading a lot today that's bringing a thirst on I'd better not quench!

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Posted in Fussbuckets

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Trouble with bagels is there

Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025

Trouble with bagels is there's always this big bit missing in the middle, where the jam should go!

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Posted in J. C. Jones V - Let us Eat

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Thanks, Di.  I'm glad he

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025

Thanks, Di.  I'm glad he seems real.  I rarely try third-person narrators, but it feels right for this.  Gives a bit of distance.  I do quite like him myself. Check out 'bardo' and see if it gives a clue!

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Posted in Dead Man: 2

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Yes.  They have to do that

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025

Yes.  They have to do that now.  Leave it too long and the rumours and lies soon start spreading.  Not confined to an area any more, though - but globally.  Like the Southport riots. Willingly stirred by the likes of Elon Musk, too.  I suppose it...

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Posted in YNWA.

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Another shocking event. 

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025

Another shocking event. 

We all have mental health.  Some have mental illness.  And, like ethnicity, religion and the other things, it's one of those that quickly gets wheeled out.  And, like the others, it creates stigma and fear.  And...

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Posted in YNWA.

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My favourite period of

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025

My favourite period of history.  You've captured it well.  An authentic voice, too.

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Posted in A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Two

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Not enough of them, sadly.

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025

Not enough of them, sadly.

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Posted in Impulsive Anger and Escalation

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