Some Books
By mcscraic
1 -Busking On Blisters -
2 -The Songwriter
3 - The Hitman
4-- Diamonds Underground
5 - The Adventures Of Little Sham
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Busking On Blisters
Here is a story about my personal experiences busking around Ireland and Australia .
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 10
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Back Of Beyond Rita joined a cluster group in the church community and tithed a portion of her wage...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 4
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 4 Busker On The Road From Hadrian’s Wall to the Lake District I travelled on the road until I was captured...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 5
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 5 Among The Rolling Hills I watched a river that flowed peacefully through the green valley and heard the...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 6
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 6 Gold On The Street Soft rain welcomed me to Ireland and as I looked at the city from the ferry, the sun...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 7
Busking On Blisters Chapter 7 The Open Spaces Belfast city centre was blocked to traffic so I left the car around the University area and took a walk...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 8
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 8 A Gaelic Love The drive along Blarney street seemed to take a long time and I was pretty sure I had past...
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Busking on Blisters - Chapter 9
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Chapter 9 The Bus I didn’t feel confident about driving around London so I decided to sell the Avenger. Before I...
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Busking On Blisters - Forward
Busking On Blisters By Paul McCann Forward Touched by the words of a street serenade , inside my heart on the soul streets of love , on a freeway, in...
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Diaminds Underground - Chapter 8
Diamonds Underground Chapter 8 The Miracle Found In the mystic mist of a sunrise kissed by night that had left a new day had dawned and on the road...
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Diamonds Underground - Authors Preface
Diamonds Underground A Novel by Paul McCann Authors Preface The story revolves around a private detective who is fed up with his career . Hyman the...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 1 - Part 1
Diamonds Underground Chapter 1 A Holiday For Hyman Part 1 Hyman worked as a private detective . At times it was very demanding, mentally and...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 1 - Part 2 .
. Diamonds Underground Chapter 1 A Holiday For Hyman Part 2 .The red head pushed her way through the front door of the Hotel and went to a room on...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 2
. Diamonds Underground Chapter 2 Stuck In A Hole Raindrops fell earthwards where Hyman lay . He looked up from the doorway near In Parnell Street...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 3
Diamonds Underground Chapter 3 The Secret Chamber Laser beam like shafts of light reached out from the setting sun before it disappeared for another...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 4
Diamonds Underground Chapter 4 Prison Clothes Hyman lay on the dingy mattress of a steel framed bed looking out behind the bars of a prison cell ...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 5
Diamonds Underground Chapter 5 Far From The Truth The wind roared like a lion across the upper deck and cut deep valleys between huge waves that...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 6
Diamonds Underground Chapter 6 Wrong End Of The Stick Locked up like a criminal his head had fallen. The false charges that were fabricated by police...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 7
Diamonds Underground Chapter 7 On The Right Track Hyman had a notion to go exploring and find that diamond mine . He began to search for some local...
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Diamonds Underground - The Chapters
Diamonds Underground A Novel by Paul McCann The Chapters Chapter One - A Holiday For Hyman Chapter Two – Stuck In A Hole Chapter Three - The Secret...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 1 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter One Beyond The Trapdoor (Part 1) It had only been 2 weeks since the storm came and...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 1 - Part 2
Continued . The Adventures Of Little Sham Chapter One - Part 2 Beyond The Trapdoor The big friendly horse lowered his neck down to the boat where...
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The Hitman - Authors Preface
THE HITMAN A Novel by Paul McCann Authors Preface Within the Irish struggle of the Irish people the price of justice came at the cost of a nation’s...
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The Hitman - Chapter 1 - Part 2
THE HITMAN Chapter One Harry Packs His Bags Part 2 Punky stood in the lunch room looking out the window at the traffic moving along Lower Donegal...
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The Hitman - Chapter 2
`THE HITMAN Chapter Two Hands Off Harry’s In Town A whitewashed sky filled with cotton clouds spread out under the wings of the Belfast to London...
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The Hitman - Chapter 6
THE HITMAN Chapter Six Clearing The Air The police searched everywhere looking for those responsible for the bomb blast in London and foot patrols...
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The Hitman - Chapter 7
. THE HITMAN Chapter Seven Paying The Dues Forty thousand feet above the sea Harry sat in the seat of a jet bound for America . He felt like a bullet...
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The Hitman - Chapter 8
THE HITMAN Chapter Eight Free From The Cage For most people who live rom day to day life revolves around work and the daily routine of family and the...
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The Hitman -Chapter 5
The Hitman Chapter 5 A Picking Of Victims The corrugated ripples on the water reflected the blue sky up above. Harry and Jo sat in the boat as it...
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The Hitman- Chapter 1 - Part 1
THE HITMAN Chapter One Harry Packs His Bags Part 1 Smoke filtered above into the dark cloudy sky over Northern Ireland. On the streets below,...
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The Songwriter
The true story of my journey from the early days as a Belfast poet to an emerging Australian songwriter at the end of the twentirth century .
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The Songwriter - Chapter 4
Chapter 4 COMMON GROUND Part `1 When you’re flying above the ground in a jet everything can be imaginary . Up here you could be anything you wanted...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 2 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Two The Discovery (Part 1) Sham woke up with the birds in the sky and his heart had its...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 2 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham Chapter Two – The Discovery (Part 2) They drove for a while on a road that turned from gravel to grass and then to a...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 3 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Three The Emperor’s Garden Part 1 The smell of bacon cooking from downstairs wafted up...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 3 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Three The Emperor’s Garden (Part 2) Sham presented the ticket that was given to him and...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 4 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Four The Colours Of Spring Part 1 The morning light streamed through the windows of...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 4 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Four The Colours Of Spring Part 2 Sham put on his soft shoes and walked down the stairs...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 5 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Five The Land Of Tir Na Oge Part 1 In the early hours of the morning the Greenacres were...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 5 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Five The Land Of Tir Na Oge Part 2 The Voyager was on its way on a course towards the...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 6 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Six The Dream Merchant Of Nod Part 1 The birds were singing because the darkness of the...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 6 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Six The Dream Merchant Of Nod Part 2 Part 2 ‘Who might you be and what is it you’re...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 7 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Seven The Land Of Silken Dreams Part 1 Waking up to a new day is always something good...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 7 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Seven The Land Of Silken Dreams Part 2 On the outside of the window the moon’s...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 7 (Part 3)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Seven The Land Of Silken Dreams Part 3 Before I take you to meet JJ , otherwise known as...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 8 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Eight Skyruin And The Moon Flowers Part 1 Some days begin with a slow awakening however...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 8 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Eight Skyruin And The Moon Flowers Part 2 After they all had dinner, they went to their...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 9 (Part 1)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Nine The Singing Tree Part 1 The darkness of the night had gone and the light of a new...
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The Adventures Of Little Sham - Chapter 9 (Part 2)
The Adventures Of Little Sham A Novel by Paul McCann Chapter Nine The Singing Tree Part 2 He out on his soft shoes and went down the stairs in a...
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Christmas Is A Long Time Coming
Christmas Is A Long Time Coming By Paul McCann It’s a long time coming but that special something you had has gone away . Sometimes I miss you more...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 1
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 The Air Raid Shelter The storyteller awoke at sunrise after spending the night inside a cave that...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 2
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 The Gypsy King Sean McKay was a gifted story teller and it was said people who heard him fell into a...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 3
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 The Gentle Giant He woke up from a deep sleep alone . The people who had come to the lagoon to...
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The Storyteller -Chapter 4
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Quite Ones He was walking along the road to Courtstown when he noticed a lady approaching from...
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The Storyteller -Chapter 5
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 The Time Keeper Sean Mc Kay was not the kind of man you would meet every day. Some say he had been...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 6
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 Children Of The Castle Keep On the Blarney Road facing north , a strong wind was at his back pushing...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 7
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 7 The Fourth Dimension It was a warm summer’s night and all around Heroes Bay was the sound of waves...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 8
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 8 The Lighthouse Keepers A gale force nine had arrived like a monster , wreaking havoc wherever it...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 9
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 9 The Lost Dragon He had been walking through the Mystical Woods looking for a sign . He had a melody...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 10
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 The Troubled Soul He sat by the crystal pools at Greengate watching water cascading down from the...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 11
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 11 The Songbird He was sitting by the lagoon and the afternoon was fading into a long twilight of the...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 12
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 12 The Time Travellers He awoke with the sound of birds chirping outside the window of the cottage...
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The Storyteller -Chapter 13
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 13 The Hidden Ones It was the twilight of a summers evening and he sat in a treehouse that was built...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 14
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 14 The Nuclear Winter He looked out the window at the surrounding hills and the shadows waited for the...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 15
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 15 The Christmas Child He was not and will never be the kind of man you meet every day, His life has...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 16
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 16 The Wishing Well One summer night as he was on the road to Castle Hill, he was singing a song to...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 17
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 17 The Wolf Of Cushean The storyteller was on his way to the Fiddlers Well where he had promised...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 18
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 18 The Lake Dweller The storyteller never had a map but his instincts told him which way he had to go...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 19
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 19 The Gibilley Gooks In a boat on the ocean, he sat alone thinking of timers that were long gone and...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 20
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 20 The Monk On the road he walked among places between the mountains and sea . As the sun began to set...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 21
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 21 The Slave He sat by far enough from the clifftop to appreciate the view of the five loughs that lay...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 22
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 22 The Mermaids Crown In the silent refection on the hill by Edensgrove he thought about his life and...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 23
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 23 Wombscape The storyteller lying half-awake in bed and looking out the window at the new moon in the...
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The Storyteller - Chapter 24
The Storyteller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 24 The Living Legacy He sat there by the lagoon in the cottage that was built for him by the local...
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The Storyteller - Foreword
The Storyteller A Novel By By Paul McCann Foreword He was known as the storyteller and he commanded respect and authority as he went from town to...
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The Traveller - Authors Foreword
The Traveller A Novel By By Paul McCann Authors Foreword He was born gifted and as he grew he knew he was different . At a young age he had a...
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The Traveller - Chapter 1
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Not Alone He was an only child and as he grew up he never made friends , He went away on summer...
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The Traveller - Chapter 2
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Unseen Hands At Work He had been using his gift of teleporting and was confident about his ability to...
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The Traveller - Chapter 3
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 A Visit To Eden Many people around the world had always thought that Adam and Eve were the first...
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The Traveller - Chapter 4
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 Cry Of The Workers He was collecting some of the natural wild herbs that grew on the edge of the...
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The Traveller - Chapter 5
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 Another Picture Of Life Living on a mountain top was much different than anywhere else . The picture...
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The Traveller - Chapter 6
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 Return Of The Stolen Children In the darkness of the night he woke up with a beautiful small of roses...
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The Traveller - Chapter 10
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 0 . Smoke In The Wind It was twilight and Bucko was sitting watching the sun go down and contemplating...
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The Traveller - Chapter 11
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 1 Gold In The Begging Bowl Bucko was always busy with things either out somewhere , someplace on a...
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The Traveller - Chaper 12
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 2 A Garden Talk It was twilight in spring and the colour of flowers were scattered around the mountain...
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