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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
Dead Man: 4
Some things happen so fast that the brain is unable to register them. Like a bullet firing from a gun. Other things happen at a speed that allows for...
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Death by Selfie
strangely unaffecting to see lives lost in this way is that a shocking thing to say? guy falls from building filming himself doing handstands on the...
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Dead Man: 3
The bus was crowded, as usual. Workers heading into the city, like himself. John sat downstairs at the back, over the engine, in the warm odour of...
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Dead Man: 2
John Bardo begins the last day of his life... On the way back to the bedroom, John turned on the gas boiler and clicked the stat up a notch – just...
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Dead Man: 1
The day John Bardo died was an otherwise unremarkable day in his life. It was in late spring, when the mornings were beginning to get lighter and...
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Thanks, Di. Yes, she was a
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Thanks, Di. Yes, she was a special person - for many more reasons than just being my mother. She had to be strong to get through those years with dad (bless him - he was a good man, but damaged). Then to have all those health problems in later...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - A day out
A magic that all too quickly
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
A magic that all too quickly passes. Mind you, some of us never grow up!
Read full commentPosted in Magic Of Youth
I sneeze at sunlight, too.
Posted on Sat, 05 Oct 2024
I sneeze at sunlight, too. In fact, I enjoy the sensation of sneezing so much that I deliberately blink at the sun in order to sneeze. Sadly, this led to a tear in my left retina earlier in the year, resulting in a 'floater' in my eye that's...
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong's peculiar quirk
I bought some biscuit
Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2024
I bought some biscuit-flavoured tea bags. Tasted like sick!
Read full commentPosted in Frugal Schmoogal
'I really don't like eating
Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2024
'I really don't like eating food with other people.' Same here. Even the cat has to turn away.
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - The Whale Cafe revisited
Tall stories from little
Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2024
Tall stories from little seedlings grow!
Read full commentPosted in On the Other Hand
Love it! I relate! As
Posted on Sat, 28 Sep 2024
Love it! I relate! As Starmer might say, time to release the sausages.
I wish I could go to gigs. I had to give up on them. Other people make me angry!
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - I am Hangry
I was a civil servant for a
Posted on Thu, 26 Sep 2024
I was a civil servant for a few years, and my Office Manager was a Gordon Baker - so this resonated.
I really enjoyed this tale. 'The leaves in the park had lost some of their vibrancy and were beginning to dry up and crinkle, just...
Read full commentPosted in On the Wind
Fabulous. Stark images, and
Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Fabulous. Stark images, and some perfectly-chosen words to create them. I especially love that final stanza - dream-like and otherworldly.
Read full commentPosted in Mudlarks
Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron'
Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024
Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron', 'Halley's Comet', 'Silver Fountain', 'Jack in the Box', 'Chrysanthemum Fountain', 'Spitfire', etc. If you do a search on '1960's fireworks', check out the images. You could still get 'Jumping Jacks' then, too....
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (2)
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