Books - various

1 -The Songwriter

2 - Steamboats

3 -The Hitman

 4 -Busking On Blisters

 

 

Busking On Blisters - Authors Preface

Busking On Blisters A Novel by Paul McCann Authors Preface Let me invite you into the lonely life of travelling musician . Your welcome to come on in...

Busking On Blisters - Chapter 1 - Part 1

Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Dark Nights, Dawns And Fast Twilights. Part 1 Australia in the seventies was exciting and fashionable ...

Busking On Blisters - Chapter 1 - Part 2

Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Dark Nights, Dawns And Fast Twilights. Part 2 It was the place where I busked everyday and in my mind it...

Busking On Blisters - Chapter 2

Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 2 The Fairy Tale Begins The concrete coloured sky stretched over London as I got off the tube from...

Busking on Blisters - Chapter 3

Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 3 Hogmanay’s Heyday I watched the pigeons glide over the rooftops of Edinburgh , their feathers cutting...

Songwriter Chapter 4 Part 2

Songwriter A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter 4 continue COMMON GROUND Part `2 I headed for St Pancras station and purchased a one way fare to...

Steamboats

This is a story if you like about a message in a bottle The account of various men and women who are alcoholics and who I have called for the purpose of this book ,Steamboats . Each Chapter is dedicated to a particular Steamboat .

Steamboats - Authors Preface

STEAMBOATS A novel By Paul McCann Authors Preface This book is an account of various men and women who are alcoholics and who I have called for the...

Steamboats - Chapter 1

Steamboats Chapter One Scrounger Joe This first story is set in the black and beautiful suburb of Hackney in East London . Somewhere south of the...

Steamboats - Chapter 10

Steamboats Chapter 10 The Hidden Problem I would like you to meet Denise who was the wife of a violent alcoholic . This is a true story with the...
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Steamboats - Chapter 11 - Part 1

Steamboats Chapter 11 Bert And The Bottle Part 1 After finishing my studies in nursing I began working in the community assisting clients around the...

Steamboats - Chapter 11 - Part 2

Steamboats A Novel 'by 'Paul McCann Chapter 11 Bert And The Bottle Part 2 The nurse walked into the room to do some observations on Bert and made her...

Steamboats - Chapter 12

Steamboats Chapter 12 The Great Stain Remover Sometimes the rain falls like mud staining the white sheets hanging on the washing line. There’s brown...

Steamboats - Chapter 13

Steamboats Chapter 13 One Step At A Time I have met and spoken to many people who have been admitted into hospitals for treatment with their problem...

Steamboats - Chapter 2

Steamboats Chapter 2 Message In A Bottle This next Steamboat comes from Northern Ireland . Once again his name has been changed to protect his...

Steamboats - Chapter 3

Steamboats Chapter 3 Steamboats For Company Anybody with a bit of sense would wait until the storm has passed before setting out to sea in a boat ,...
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Steamboats - Chapter 5

Steamboats Chapter 5 On The Rocks On the ground floor corridor of Purdysburn I pushed my way through these swinging doors made of thick plastic ...

Steamboats - Chapter 7

Steamboats Chapter 7 At Salvations Door In the real world it is not a pretty place for some , but one thing about being here is sharing it with...

Steamboats - Chapter 9

Steamboats Chapter 9 The Booze And The Blues In this chapter I would like you to meet a steamboat by the name of Willie . He was someone who I got to...

Steamboats- Chapter 4

Steamboats Chapter 4 The Belfast Bus All aboard the nightmare . Another day for the nervous wrecks trying to find peace of mind within the troubles...

Steamboats- Chapter 6

Steamboats Chapter 6 Living In A Flat With King Rat On the streets late at night , there are bins everywhere full of things no one needs any more ...

Steamboats- Chapter 8

Steamboats Chapter 8 From The Bullring To Belgrave And Beyond In a strangers flat near Highbury in London I sat in silence for the first time in ages...

The Hitman - Chapter 3

THE HITMAN Chapter Three Hilda’s Off The List Clouds gathered over Clatpon like vagrants of a dark world looking for the sun . Their unwanted...

The Hitman - Chapter 4

The Hitman Chapter 4 Slipping In Unnoticed Two weeks had passed since the last job and nothing had surfaced that indicated a problem with Scotland...

The Songwriter - Chapeter 14

The Songwriter Chapter 14 A Hard Call It was October 1991 and I got off the plane in Sydney . Life had a new meaning for me now and every day was a...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 10

The Songwriter Chapter 10 No Time To Spare With my six string in the closet I sat inside my berth on board the Belfast to Heysham ferry . I had money...

The Songwriter - Chapter 11

The Songwriter Chapter 11 Restricted Support I arrived in London once again alone on the corner of time . It was just another day, nothing had...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 12

The Songwriter Chapter 12 Getting Used To Appreciation I got on board the green double decker bus outside the airport in Dublin . I noticed everyone...

The Songwriter - Chapter 13

The Songwriter Chapter 13 Standing Firm It’s difficult to see beyond the horizon , or consider there are new horizons yet to come in a distant time...

The Songwriter - Chapter 15

The Songwriter Chapter 15 Signing Off After 40 years of writing songs and all of the travelling I did . It wasn’t about money or fame . It was a...

The Songwriter - Chapter 5 Part 1

The Songwriter – A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Five -EMOTIONS OF A CITY Part 1 As I walked down Old Street I noticed some of the empty buildings...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 7 Part 1

The Songwriter A novel by Paul McCann Chapter Seven Over The Waves Part 1 It was just after December 1988 and winter was setting in . The crossing...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 7 Part 2

The Songwriter Chapter Seven Over The Waves Part 2 People passed me by on the street and they wished me all the best and I exchanged another greeting...

The Songwriter - Chapter 8

The Songwriter Chapter Eight Return To Shore On a cold night in Blarney Street I was taken in from the rain by a tenant of a building who saw me...

The Songwriter - Chapter One

THE SONGWRITER By Paul Mc Cann CHAPTER 1 JOURNEY FROM THE CROSSROADS I was born in 1956 in the Jubilee section of Belfast City Hospital . I could not...

The Songwriter - Chapter Six

The Songwriter Chapter Six The Dark Night Of The Soul I awoke to a new day , the sarsaparilla sky hung suspended over my head and I cleared my throat...
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The Songwriter - Chapter Two

chapChapter Two THE TRANSFORMATION It was May 1972 when I started my first job in Australia as an apprentice French polisher and spray painter . I...

The Songwriter -Footnote

THE SONGWRITER - A Novel By Paul McCann Footnote This is the true story of a life's journey from early years in the back streets of Belfast as an...
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The Songwriter Chapter 5 Part 2

The Songwriter – A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Five -EMOTIONS OF A CITY Part 2 I was grateful for the small change in my pocket because it was all I...

The Songwriter Chapter 5 part 3

The Songwriter – A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Five -EMOTIONS OF A CITY Part 3 She had a vicious look on her face and almost spat as she spoke . “...
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The Songwriter Chapter 9 Part 1

The Songwriter Chapter Nine Part 1 Back At The Crossroads A songwriters life is not an easy life, bringing music and songs to the streets . Many...
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The Songwriter Chapter 9 Part 2

The Songwriter Chapter Nine Back At The Crossroads Part 2 So I had come home to Belfast like a little lost lamb . I was taken by the big bad wolf to...

The Songwriter- Chapter Three

The Songwriter By Paul McCann CHAPTER 3 THE POET IN A MAD MAD WORLD In a rented house in Pendle Hill I shared with a German couple I tried to compose...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 1

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Sensing A New Wonder Jenny’s first real experience of the Emperor and his enchanted...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 2

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Walking In Wonder Jenny was a very quiet girl , different to other girls in primary...
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Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 3

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 A Giggle In The Garden It was a quiet afternoon in Karmasville and Jenny heard the...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 4

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 A Little Dickybird Jenny was returning home from her friend’s birthday party and saw...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 5

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 The Garden Dance Through the window in the kitchen ceiling a shaft of sunlight came...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 6

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 The Hedgielesshog Race One morning after Jenny woke up and had breakfast, she was in...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 7

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 The Magic Playground On her way home from school Jenny passed by an old house with a...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 8

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens By Paul McCann Chapter 8 Mr Bubumpkin And The Magic Mushrooms Jenny woke up with the sunshine streaming through her...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 9

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens Chapter 9 The Toadstool Cottage By Paul McCann It was the weekend and Jenny was on her way to pick wild blackberries...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chaper 10

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Silver Lake Jenny was on her school holidays and as her parents still had to...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens- Chapter 11

. Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 The Tea Party She missed the bus to get home from school and started to walk .It...

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 12

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 The Gardener Of The Earth Jenny had continued to visit the emperor and his gardens...
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. Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Foreword

. Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Foreword Some people in this life are picked to do special things while there are others who...
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Bo Bo Found A Life - Foreward

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Foreword There are some children, who through no fault of their own . have been abandoned by their parents...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 1

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 At The Orphanage Not that long ago on a cold winters night a small wooden fruit box was left...

Bo-Bo’ Found A Life - Chapter 2

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Bo-Bo’s Christmas Gift Behind the walls of the orphanage Christmas was a lonely time for most of...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 3

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 School Days It was Bo Bo and Charlies last year at school and all the teachers often reminded...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 4

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 Going Camping The boxing club had closed and it was much too quiet a summer for Bo-Bo .So he...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 5

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 A Bed Of Roses It was early one August morning as Bo Bo climbed up the ladder to wash the windows...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 6

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 At The Zoo Being the trainer, bus driver, cleaner, fundraiser and general all round do it...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 7

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 Goodwill Among All Bo-Bo was the kind of person who never took much for granted . Especially...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 8

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 College Days Bo-Bo was always as busy as a bee with running the show at Boscos . There was never...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 9

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 On The Job Business was slow in the village from time to time and in the quite times there were...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 10

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 An Early Snow Outside in the street the carpet of winter had come . Bo-Bo looked out the window...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 11

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 A Walk To The Swimming Pool Just before summer holidays the teachers of Back Street Boys school...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 12

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 At The Barricades When ever the local community had a problem they called a meeting . The most...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 13

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 13 The Street Kid Once a year the local church hired Bo Bo and Charlie to help with the spring...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 14

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 14 On The Bus Around the TV set they sat with their eyes peeled on the big match . Wrapped up in...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 15

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann hapter 15 Gone Fishing Bo-Bo who was born an orphan was never lonely . In his early days he found a home at...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 16

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 16 The Flight Down Under Bo-Bo was making his way through the snow to the corner shop for a bottle...

Bo-Bo Found A Life -Chapter 17

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 17 An Aussie Barbeque It’s a long way from Belfast City to the place where the Brumbies roam ...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 18

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 17 The Rat Race Down Under Bo-Bo and Charlie sat in the four wheel drive at the reception of the...

Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 19

Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 19 Bush Adventure They were both enjoying their holiday in Australia and with nothing else to do...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 1

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 The Purpose Of Life At the very beginning of time the wee ones had been given special instructions to...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 2

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Sights And Wonders The wee ones have always been present in their absence even though we might not see...

The Wee Ones -Chapter 3

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 The Fairy Tree The first of the new houses were being built around the Rainystown . The first few...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 4

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Rainbow Bridge Finn is one of the wee ones from the hidden hills, whose job it is to look after the...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 5

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 First Christmas Once before the mists of time had cleared there was a tribe of little folk called The...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 6

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 A Wee World Of Their Own Sammy was about six years old when he discovered a large hole in the school...

The Wee Ones -Chapter 7

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 The Bonfire In the seventh day of the seventh month about half a mile from the Fairy Glen on the path...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 8

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 Some Old Tunes Marty took a hike on a fine summers day up the Glen road to the hills by of Pharnell...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 9

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 In The Mist Once upon a time before time had begun there was a mystic place in the heart of the country...

The Wee Ones -Chapter 10

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Colour Of Life A long time ago just as the first flowers bloomed and the rivers began to flow a...

The Wee Ones -Chapter 11

​The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 Mercy Of The Marsh The silence of the dawn was cut short by the sound of wolfhounds running over the...

The Wee Ones - Chapter 12

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 Teddy’s Return The wee ones came out from their hideaway place under the stairs to see why everything...

The Wee Ones- Chapter 13

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 13 Switching Trains In vision valley there lived a young boy called Sammy . He was innocent and a decent...

The Wee Ones -Chapter 14

The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 14 Funny Old World Theres a wee one called Hopper who lives by the door of the forest in a hollow log ...

The Wee Ones - Foreward

. The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Foreword The stories about the wee ones have been told by many generations . The presence of little people or...

Charlie And Midge - Authors Preface

Charlie and Midge A Novel by Paul McCann Authors Preface The story OF Charlie and Midge revolves around two people who were childhood sweethearts...

. Charlie And Midge - Chapter 1 (Part 1)

. Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 (Part 1) The Wedding Charlie and Midge were childhood sweethearts who first met where Charlie...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 1 (Part 2)

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Part 2 The Wedding continued There was a ethereal kind of presence that fell down at that moment...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 2 (Part 1)

. Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 (Part 1) Midge Goes Shopping The honeymoon was over and Charlie and Midge returned into the...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 2 (Part 2)

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 (Part 2) Midge Goes Shopping continued ,, Midge walked along looking at some of the other stalls...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 3 (Part 1)

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 (Part 1) The Lost Dog Like the dawn that comes at the end of the night , it had to happen sooner...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 3 (Part 2)

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 (Part 2) The Lost Dog The dog followed Charlie and Midge everywhere they went . They both stopped...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 4

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Travellers Farewell Charlie woke up and it was a new day. The golden sun was shining as the...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 5

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 Saturday Drinks Since the move from the farm into their new home by the harbour, there were many...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 6

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 Friday Night Bingo When Midge woke up Charlie had already gone to work at he customs house Lucky...

. Charlie And Midge - Chapter 7

. Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 A New Pair Of Glasses It was late in the afternoon and the bells of the Church were testing its...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 8

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 Between The Trees It was a good day for a drive and Charlie asked Midge if she’d wanted to go for...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 9

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 Clearance Sale Everything had changed for the better sine Charlie and Midge moved away to the...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 10

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Artists Call With no children and lots of time on their hands ,Charlie and Midge enrolled in...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 11

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 A Day Out Charlie and Midge arrived in Dublin and had a walk around looking at some of the old...

Charlie And Midge -Chapter 12

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 The Mystery Of Hello And Goodbye As winter came the snow lay thick around Safe Harbour and inside...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 13

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 13 Stage left After the death of Paddy , Midges mother suddenly took to the bed and her health...

Charlie And Midge - Chapter 14

Charlie And Midge A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 14 At The Dole Office Midge was sitting knitting in her arms chair , in front of the fire when...

The Traveller - Chapter 7

The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 The Miracle Cure Bucko always thought there was more he could do with the gifts he had been given to...

The Traveller - Chapter 8

The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 Out Of Harm’s Way One morning as Bucko was walking from his garden to the lookout on the Tibetan...

The Traveller - Chapter 9

The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 The Caves Of Time Having rare abilities to teleport from one time and place to another gave Bucko...

Mr Fingerton's Eyes - Foreword

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A novel By Paul McCann Foreword A gifted school teacher discovers he sees people no one else can see and soon becomes aware that...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 1

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes ‘A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Walking Before Christmas Into Town It was almost summer at the end of the year and the school...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes -Chapter 2

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 The Christmas Retreat Mr Fingerton was looking forward to going on the Christmas retreat during...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 3

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 The Theatre Of Life Once a year at Garden Street school there was a parent teacher night that...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 4

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Extraordinary Child The long night slowly passed to the silence of the morning light, and he...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes -Chapter 5

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 Shopping Day Mr Fingerton had been depressed for a while and when he felt like that , going...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 6

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 The Zero Harm Principle When he got to school, he saw the front office window was broken . There...
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Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 7

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 A Seasonal Moment Autumn came and it was bleak and beautiful in its own way . Mr Fingerton...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes -Chapter 8

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 Clinic Day On the day the community clinic came to administer booster shots for the school...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 9

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 The First Date As a schoolteacher , it was not just a job but a vocation for Mr Fingerton who...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 11

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 The Broken-Down Bus As the school football coach and teacher , Mr Fingerton was kept quite busy...

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes - Chapter 12

Mr Fingerton’s Eyes A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 The Proposal He went to the shopping mall to look for some new clothes and saw her briefly on...