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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
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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The Rest of My Life: Thoughts on looking at mum and dad's wedding photograph.
When my father was the age I am now - 66 - he became homeless for the first time. He was living on the streets. It was around this time of year, too...
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Thanks, Di. I'm glad he
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Thanks, Di. I'm glad he seems real. I rarely try third-person narrators, but it feels right for this. Gives a bit of distance. I do quite like him myself. Check out 'bardo' and see if it gives a clue!
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 2
Yes. They have to do that
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Yes. They have to do that now. Leave it too long and the rumours and lies soon start spreading. Not confined to an area any more, though - but globally. Like the Southport riots. Willingly stirred by the likes of Elon Musk, too. I suppose it...
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Another shocking event.
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Another shocking event.
We all have mental health. Some have mental illness. And, like ethnicity, religion and the other things, it's one of those that quickly gets wheeled out. And, like the others, it creates stigma and fear. And...
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My favourite period of
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025
My favourite period of history. You've captured it well. An authentic voice, too.
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Not enough of them, sadly.
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025
Not enough of them, sadly.
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Sadly, mirrors never lie!
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025
Sadly, mirrors never lie! But a lot depends on the ambient light when you look in them!
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I know the writing fog well,
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025
I know the writing fog well, Jess! It's like the mists on Dartmoor, too - it rolls in out of nowhere! Reading is the best substitute/cure. Walking, too, I find.
I'm not sure about 'experienced' as a writer. I think it's all about life...
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Thanks, Di, for those kind
Posted on Sun, 18 May 2025
Thanks, Di, for those kind words.
...and you would not have been reading this!
Read full commentPosted in The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli
It doesn't exist now. The
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
It doesn't exist now. The works closed down in 1987 - long after I'd left. I don't know why, but probably because it was becoming too costly. Also, the production methods hadn't changed for decades - and they were pretty unhygienic. So maybe...
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I like that play on words
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
I like that play on words with 'blue' in the first line. Fits with what the poem is really about. Some nice images. It's where life starts, after all.
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