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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 2

I had a phone call next day from Malcolm, asking me if I could come back in for a second stage interview. This was new to me. Was something amiss? "...
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Taking Care 1 (ii)

The home, Remus Lodge, was a large Victorian house on the corner of a road, just up from the lights at the main junction in the town. It was five...
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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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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'...

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