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I have 149 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 197678 times and 162 of my stories have been cherry picked.
94 of my 682 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 103 votes

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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

Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (1)

I recently completed a script for a sequel to the 1987 cult comedy 'Withnail & I'. It is set 30 years after the original film - on the cusp of...
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A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024

(with apologies to Craig Raine) Smart-phones are electronic gadgets with many apps. Humans treasure them for their frivolousness. They cause...
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SUV

I have a BIG car. I like to drive my BIG car. I drive it everywhere, my BIG car, so that everyone can see how BIG my car is. I drive my kids to their...
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More Pie

A poem about growing old disgracefully... Image: mine
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Just a few words...

...on 'Plan A' day, when working-from-home advice, mandatory mask-wearing and Covid passes are all dropped in the UK... and we're told we need to start 'learning to live' again. (Image: my own; names changed)

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94 of my comments have received 103 Great Feedback votes

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I like the way you bring

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2014

I like the way you bring these things together, Bee: a casual phone conversation about the trivia of ordinary life, bringing us up with a shock to that final final line.  To be honest, I hadn't taken much notice of the title until I'd...

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Posted in Suicide Notes

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Here you go, Bee.  Best I can

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Here you go, Bee.  Best I can do...

 

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Posted in Capturing Beauty

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Another gem, Bee.  I like the

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2014

Another gem, Bee.  I like the way, too, that there's a wave-like structure to the stanzas.  I agree with Bear, too, on how you've worked those breaks and run-on lines together.  Nicely done.

That first stanza pulls you right in.  Who could...

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Posted in Humanity

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