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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
Tom All Alone (9) (ii)
The car swung abruptly towards the doors, forcing Tom to lean against the man, and then the doors clattered shut behind them and they were into the...
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Tom All Alone (9) (i)
I've published this piece before, in another novel. But I've lifted it out and rewritten it. It rightly belongs in 'Tom All Alone'. Apologies to...
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4. Away with Words (iii)
After he'd gone, I finished my coffee and sat in the armchair to read. Through the bedroom door, I could see the two black sacks sitting there,...
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4. Away with Words (ii)
I sniffed. Then I dropped it in the bag with the others and knotted the top. It was all too much for my little shredder, and I wasn't going risk any...
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4. Away with Words (i)
I slept fitfully and had some strange dreams. Anxiety dreams, like I often had. I'd no doubt they were linked to what Sherlock and I had been...
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Strange days indeed
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
Strange days indeed
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 3
I wouldn't mind some Cardamom
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
I wouldn't mind some Cardamom Sorbet myself! Sounds good.
Still got that other-worldly feel. Where's it going next, I wonder?
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 3
Well done, Jane
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
Well done, Jane
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 2
A modern folklorey feel to
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
A modern folklorey feel to this. Something sinister going on...
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 2
Thanks, Di. It's old stuff,
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Thanks, Di. It's old stuff, but I'm reworking it. I gave up on it because it didn't seem to be going anywhere. I mistakenly thought it needed a plot. Now I realise it doesn't. Like life.
Read full commentPosted in 5. Secondhand Prose
Another enthralling story,
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Another enthralling story, Lille Dante. Not a word wasted, and every one doing its job - like the sense of time being wrung dry for what there is left of it.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Step
Or forgetfulness!
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Or forgetfulness!
Read full commentPosted in Miracles at Asda Haiku
An enthralling read, Jane -
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
An enthralling read, Jane - and as an ex-distance runner (did it for 30 years and only stopped because of increasing injuries) I can say you've captured the essence of it perfectly. Are you a runner yourself? It's funny, but I sometimes felt - on...
Read full commentPosted in His Running Top
Makes me think of times as a
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Makes me think of times as a kid when I stood beside mum while she made cakes. Best bit was when I got to scrape the bowl out afterwards. And always that cup with no handle there.
So well captured in these few well-chosen words and images...
Read full commentPosted in Recipe for My Daughter
Yes... I too was wondering!
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
Yes... I too was wondering! Is it a way of saying 'being at the end of a room', like a book-end? Or is he a demolition man, maybe? Not an idiom I've come across.
I envy you never having seen it. You've now got the first-time pleasure to...
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
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