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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 (7) (ii)
"You still awake, Russell?" - "Russell?" "Shut up and go to sleep." "I want to see Father Christmas." "You saw Father Christmas in Selfridges." "I...
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Tom All Alone (7) (i)
The street lay still and empty in the pale, windless sanctity of a winter Sunday afternoon. There was a church-like silence and secrecy about the...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (ii)
When we got back to my flat, I asked him if he wanted to come in for a coffee. He hesitated a moment, then said okay - though he couldn't stop long...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Last Words (i)
The epilogue of my book (abridged). On 21st November 2017, as planned, Russell and I got together - the first time we'd seen each other since the day...
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Tom All Alone (6) (ii)
Mum stopped working at Gibney's and took another job cleaning at the pub where she and dad used to go in the evenings. On some days she took him with...
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It was written with tongue
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
It was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek! Having said that, it was an attempt to challenge some misconceptions and stereotypes... and poke a bit of fun at attitudes.
Yes, it means different things to different people - sadly, so...
Read full commentPosted in Autistic Man!
Okay... here's the SoundCloud
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Okay... here's the SoundCloud file. Best I can do, I'm afraid. It lacks the dynamic of a stage performance.
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Read full commentPosted in Autistic Man!
Yes, absolutely. That stigma
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Yes, absolutely. That stigma is, thankfully, being broken down. But it's still there.
Read full commentPosted in Mr Pettigrew
Thank you, Jenny. I'm
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Thank you, Jenny. I'm grateful for this comment - and I agree so much with what you say. I was a child of the '60s. They were tough times. But I still can't help but look back on my life and think I've been lucky, and lived it without this '...
Read full commentPosted in Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
Absolutely. And they almost
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Absolutely. And they almost resolutely ignore that. Corporations like Amazon and Google, too, who use our buildings and infrastructure and get away with paying no or little tax. It defeats me how it's allowed to happen. I guess it comes down...
Read full commentPosted in Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
I can hear Tom in every word
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
I can hear Tom in every word - in that 'The Piano Has Been Drinking' voice!
Read full commentPosted in Noir-sery Rhyme
He's not kidding me - just as
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
He's not kidding me - just as Blair didn't. Labour is Labour in name only now. As a lifelong socialist, my conscience is clear in not helping this wanker get elected. Well said, Yutka.
Read full commentPosted in Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer?
First class!
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
First class!
Read full commentPosted in The Big End
The 'double empathy' problem
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
The 'double empathy' problem helps to explain it. If you get two people together from entirely different cultures, with no sharing of language, belief system, cultural norms, etc... they'll have the same problem. I've a theory that it's at the...
Read full commentPosted in What is Autism? A brief guide...
Same here. Chuckling all the
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Same here. Chuckling all the way. Laughed out loud at
'You turn to the wife and kids. They are sitting in the car. The signs are bad but they still have hope.'
And 'The Majestic Hote.' Great!
Made me think of a Denzel...
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