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I have 169 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 301095 times and 186 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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.

My stories

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Seeing

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SEEING I wish I could explain to you how it is that when I see a sunrise on a shattered landscape an empty shoe washed up on a beach a blackbird...
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Cherry

Taking Care 6 (ii)

I realised early on that I got better results from people if I didn't try to coerce them with activities. Like the thing with Greg. Instead of...
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Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society

Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the 'Unabomber', died in June 2023 - twenty-five years into his eight life sentences in prison for his crimes...
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Cherry

Taking Care 6 (i)

It didn't take me long to settle down into the job and become a respected team member at the day centre. It was the same at Remus Lodge, too. I was...
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Cherry

What is Autism? A brief guide...

This week, I and some peers began our second year of delivering 'autism' workshops to 4th-year medical students at the local university...
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99 of my comments have received 108 Great Feedback votes

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Enjoyed this

Posted on Tue, 28 Dec 2021

It reminded me of years gone by, when I had a huge collection of pencils and notepads - and used them!  Not used a pencil in ages.  Perhaps it's good to get back to basics.

I never really understood the HB, 4B, 2B stuff, mind.

I...

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Posted in BBBB

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Loved it!

Posted on Mon, 27 Dec 2021

Hi Rich,

As you know, I'm a fan of John McNulty.  You're a worthy successor.  I love reading short pieces like this.  Great characters, slices of life - and lines to kill for:

To Whosit,

For your consideration....

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Posted in Chasing Down the Holidays

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Thank you all!

Posted on Sun, 26 Dec 2021

I'm so grateful for your comments, folks.  They mean a lot, truly.  To be honest, I haven't really been able to focus on writing or reading since the Covid crisis began.  It's had a huge impact on my mental health.  However, I recently got a...

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Posted in An Undertaking

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Yeah.  I fictionalised it

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Yeah.  I fictionalised it this time.  I don't like defining people by their features, but it's the kind of thing kids notice. No offence to anyone with large noses.  I've got large ears!

I can remember that day like it was yesterday. ...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 6) (9)

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Chapter 5 (2)...

Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2019

Chapter 5 (2)...

I had three of Michael.  One as a small child, standing beside a Christmas tree, grinning a toothy grin as he held a bottle of beer up to a pint jug.  Clearly something posed by dad.  It always brought a smile to mum,...

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Cheers, mate.  It was the

Posted on Fri, 01 Mar 2019

Cheers, mate.  It was the colour of cotton, rather than like it... but I know what you mean.  Ash-grey is a cliche, too.  Hard to avoid 'em, really.

Minimum wage doesn't even get paid by some companies.  Some garment factories in Leicester...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 6) (1)

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Thanks for your input,

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

Thanks for your input, Rhiannon.  It's something that's often discussed on Aspie forums.

I tend, now, to try to hold for a couple of seconds if I can - but it's never easy.  It is a bit of a myth, to be fair, that we avoid eye contact...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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I like the way you go, Jane. 

Posted on Thu, 28 Feb 2019

I like the way you go, Jane.  Sounds like we often take the same path smiley

A...

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Posted in That's Not The Way I Go

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Paths have become a bit of an

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

Paths have become a bit of an obsession with me lately!  Parallel universes, etc.  I wrote a novel once (unpublished) about a man who dies and in the 'afterlife' is offered the chance to see what would have become of his life if he had made...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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As I kid, I well remember mum

Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018

As I kid, I well remember mum walking around the sitting room with the V-shaped TV aerial until the picture was right - and dad saying 'That's it.  Just stay right there.'

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Posted in Another Cock-Eyed Christmas

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