HarryC
Primary tabs
I have 221 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 559412 times
and 244 of my stories have been cherry picked.
201 of my 1,082 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 227 votes
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
3. An Expedition To The Pole (iii)
A couple more pints, a wee dram and a bit of a tab later, Denise locked us all out for the night. Sherlock stood in the lee of the door and fashioned...
- Read more about 3. An Expedition To The Pole (iii)
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 939 reads
3. An Expedition To The Pole (ii)
"I'll tell you a story," he said. "About a time when I had my eyes opened. Did I ever mention to you that I really was a detective once?" I was...
- Read more about 3. An Expedition To The Pole (ii)
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1589 reads
3. An Expedition To The Pole (i)
An evening at The North Pole was called for. For me, The Pole is the best pub around. Comfortably shabby, like your grandad's old Ford Escort, and...
- Read more about 3. An Expedition To The Pole (i)
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1595 reads
Waiting for Godot 2026
An absurdist tragi-comedy for the modern age, in two acts. (image: mine) ACT ONE A country road. A tree. Evening. Estragon, sitting on a low mound,...
- Read more about Waiting for Godot 2026
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 660 reads
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...
- Read more about 2. Small Town Sunday Walking Blues...
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 591 reads
This is an enthralling read
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
This is an enthralling read which, sadly, I've had to whizz through - but will come back to when I have more time later. First-person has always been my preferred mode, but I'm experimenting with more third-person narratives. Each has their...
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
'She’s the last page torn
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
'She’s the last page torn from a book
That followed a journey the length of time
But she doesn’t know she’s there'
Wonderful images - and so evocative.
Read full commentPosted in Arabesque
'Canine Pup Resuscitation'
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
'Canine Pup Resuscitation'
Great story. Well-deserved gilded fruit!
Read full commentPosted in Auntie Nessie
So did we! We never actually
Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026
So did we! We never actually booked anywhere - just took pot luck. And we were always lucky. I remember even in the early '80s, we went down to Devon for a holiday one year and managed to get a caravan on a farm site near Totnes with no trouble,...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (12)
Yes... I can hear it now. And
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
Yes... I can hear it now. And I'm always making those jumps. Spotify killed the HMV Shop (though they're coming back!)
Read full commentPosted in Einstein a Go-Go
I was living near Totnes in
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
I was living near Totnes in the '70s. I started work there when I was 15 - at Hill's Devon Cider, near Ashburton. Maybe you sampled our wares on one of those evenings. ...
Read full commentPosted in Long ago Thoughts
A period I remember well.
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
A period I remember well. First job, first wages, first taste of a different sort of music.
'the demise of the Lib-Lab pact and the Thatcher challenge' Oh yes. Can we ever forget?
Read full commentPosted in The Matchmaker
Ah, youth. Where does it go?
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
Ah, youth. Where does it go?
I'm still a hippy now, in my own way
...
Read full commentPosted in Long ago Thoughts
Another wonderful story!
Posted on Sat, 06 Oct 2018
Another wonderful story!
I wrote a book about those final few months I spent with mum - 'Gift' on here. I've never been remotely superstitious or religious. But I have come to believe in things like parallel universes and serendipity. I...
Read full commentPosted in How writing (and a cat called Daisy) may have saved my life...
When my mum was learning
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
When my mum was learning computing, I encouraged her to write down her childhood memories. She did it for a while, but then got disillusioned. 'They don't go anywhere. They're just memories.' Bless her, she thought she had to give them a plot to...
Read full commentPosted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
Pages