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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
2. Small Town Sunday Walking Blues...
Down three flights, past doors through which I could hear TVs, music, shouting - the predictable backing track of domestic life. It seemed like all...
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1. A Sunday Kind of Loving...
I'm rehashing something that I first started posting on ABC when I joined 20 years ago. I had no idea what to do with it then, but have a better idea...
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The Island at the End of the World (ii)
A few days later, Finn did his weekly trip to the mainland, docking in the town harbour as usual. It was a bright morning - fresh and vibrant, like...
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The Island at the End of the World (i)
After his wife died, Finn MacLeod decided on a complete change of life. At fifty-eight, he knew that it was his last chance. One Friday night, he...
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Tom All Alone (8) (ii)
The dinner was the next most exciting part of Christmas for Tom. He loved all the rituals of it. Dad carving up the turkey and putting some on each...
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Yes... that was the point I
Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025
Yes... that was the point I was trying to make, Di. That horrendous plane crash in India today brings it into focus, too. All of it, captured and spread and consumed. And then all of the usual pundits flooding social media with their theories...
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 4
On that note, Jenny, I
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
On that note, Jenny, I recently read some interesting and revealing survey results. The children's charity Kindred2 has found that only 44% of parents of children in reception at primary school believe that children should know how to...
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Strangely, since I retired...
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Strangely, since I retired... I've returned to the library! Like you, I hadn't been in our one for year and always bought what books I wanted. But now I've get less money - and more time to read! So I popped in on Saturday to update my details...
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You've captured my own
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
You've captured my own feelings in this. We now have instant access to all the information we could ever need... but we seem no better-informed. Plenty misinformed, mind. I don't and never will have a smartphone, but already I'm finding the...
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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!
Read full commentPosted in The Decisions Of Billy Kimble.
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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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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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!
Read full commentPosted in J. C. Jones V - Let us Eat
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!
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 2
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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