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I have 157 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 211208 times and 171 of my stories have been cherry picked.
95 of my 703 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 104 votes

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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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Taking Care 1 (i)

In early 2004, my life - which had then been flying on one engine for some time - finally came crashing to earth. I was almost 45. My marriage was...
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Cherry

Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Facing up

Another extract from my memoir of my time as mum's full-time carer at the end of her life. Although mum had recovered from her kidney injury, her...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite

A few years back, I posted some extracts on ABC of a memoir I'd written just after my mother had passed away. It was about the final seven months we'...

Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (5) (Part 2)

(continued from 5 Pt. 1 - Withnail and Marwood are at Edwina's... EDWINA ( CONT’D, to MARWOOD ) Dornford tells me you’re an actor, too. ( glances at...

Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (5) (Part 1)

Withnail has inherited Monty's house in Penrith, Crow Crag. He and Marwood go to Monty's Chelsea house to collect the key. Edwina, Monty's daughter,...

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95 of my comments have received 104 Great Feedback votes

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Good, Jess.  Well... not bad!

Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014

Good, Jess.  Well... not bad!  I like this piece.  I hope you're going to post more.  Write from the heart, mate - it's where the best stuff comes from

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Posted in Mental Illness

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I like the way you bring

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2014

I like the way you bring these things together, Bee: a casual phone conversation about the trivia of ordinary life, bringing us up with a shock to that final final line.  To be honest, I hadn't taken much notice of the title until I'd...

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Posted in Suicide Notes

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Here you go, Bee.  Best I can

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Here you go, Bee.  Best I can do...

 

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Posted in Capturing Beauty

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Another gem, Bee.  I like the

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2014

Another gem, Bee.  I like the way, too, that there's a wave-like structure to the stanzas.  I agree with Bear, too, on how you've worked those breaks and run-on lines together.  Nicely done.

That first stanza pulls you right in.  Who could...

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Posted in Humanity

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