HarryC
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I have 101 stories published in
one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 172867 times
and 117 of my stories have been cherry picked.
43 of my 454 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 49 votes
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 (nothing major) 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, 'Still Life', available for Kindle.
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.
Thanks, everyone.
Posted on Sat, 06 Oct 2018
Thanks, everyone.
Indeed, I could have added.... had I not been a member of ABCTales... had I not first heard about the site from a friend... had I not started writing in the first place...
Read full commentPosted in How writing (and a cat called Daisy) may have saved my life...
Hello again, Di,
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Hello again, Di,
Every autistic person is unique with what they can and cannot do. We have a savant at work who can tell you the day of the week that you were born on, but he can't tie his shoe laces and he has the emotional age of a 6-...
Read full commentPosted in A Martian in the Closet
Hope it could be helpful for
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Hope it could be helpful for you, Di.
Parents can be so cruel. What on earth is the father worried about? That his kid will grow up being thought of as 'retarded'? Does he not realise the potential harm he could do? Would he put a cat...
Read full commentPosted in A Martian in the Closet
This captures how I'm feeling
Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018
This captures how I'm feeling myself, Jane. I love this time of year... but I miss the summer, too. I especially liked the final stanza:
Put away summer
Seal the songs and colours
In a box, to leaven...
Read full commentPosted in Put Away Summer
Wonderful! Never lose that
Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018
Wonderful! Never lose that inner child. I doubt you will, though
Read full commentPosted in Inner Child
Love it - especially that
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Love it - especially that second stanza. I well remember my ex and I looking askance at one another when James Naughtie on the Today programme introduced a certain Culture Secretary!
Succinctly and poignantly put. Had me nodding...
Read full commentPosted in This Is Love
I like this. An interesting
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
I like this. An interesting analogy. Those sudden blow-outs, too. And I've never found a puncture outfit that's worked for love.
New loves, though? New tyres? There can still be hope. So, maybe not a 'sad' poem, but a reflective one...
Read full commentPosted in A Sad Poem
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...
Read full commentPosted in 03.02.2014 - The Noose*
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
Read full commentPosted in Mental Illness
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...
Read full commentPosted in Suicide Notes
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