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12 chapters in this book that bring Jenny through many different adventures from a place between nowhere and somewhere .
Some people in this life are picked to do special things while there are others who are chosen and given gifts to help them make the world a better place . From a very early age Jenny was chosen to see things no one had ever seen and go places where no one had ever been before . Come away now with Jenny in this book and discover a world of wonders with mystical creatures in magical places and where anything is possible in a never ever forever land where dreams are found as you walk around the enchanted lakes and gardens beyond your wildest imagination .
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|  | | Bo Bo Found A Life
There are some children, who through no fault of their own, have been abandoned by their parents and left as orphans . Being abandoned doesn’t mean you have to grow up with a bad attitude about life as it can be a catalyst for having a successful life . This book is written around that theme .
As a small baby , young Bo Bo was abandoned and left in the care of an orphanage . He grew up in a positive way about life , taking nothing for granted and he had something to fight for . He had an inner strength with a compassion for others in his heart because of what he had gone through from early age ,
Bo Bo understood the value of friendship and as he grew also became for many like a father figure. He wanted to become supportive to other children who had no father figure in their lives . Charlie was one of those boys that Bo Bo befriended ./ The friendship that they had became a lif |
|  | | Busking On Blisters
Here is a story about my personal experiences busking around Ireland and Australia .
Bringing you inside the lonely life of travelling musician .
Come on in , the world is a stage and the streets are an open door to the busker .
Foreword
Here is a story about my personal experiences busking around Ireland and Australia . It will bringing you inside the lonely life of travelling musician .
Come on in ,
The world is a stage and the streets are an open door to the busker .
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|  | | Charlie and Midge
Two childhood sweethearts from sheltered backgrounds , have never had another relationship end up as man a wife
The story OF Charlie and Midge revolves around two people who were childhood sweethearts after having sheltered lives . Their meeting was innocent and unplanned and after years of getting to know one another they were married . They are a couple who remain innocent in their ways and at times even childlike in how they talk to one another .
The go through times of happiness and sorrow , challenges and growth , hard times .
and no matter what they always see it through together and grow deeper in their love for each other .
When it seems as if everything has gone wrong and th |
|  | | Diamonds Underground
The story revolves around a private detective who is fed up with his career .
He decides to take a holiday but falls victim to a circumstance that ends up seeing him in prison .
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 private Detective in the story has fallen on hard times .
As he tries to get himself out of the rut he only digs himself deeper in trouble .
It seems as if everything has gone wrong for Hyman .
The walls have come down and his world has turned him upside down .
With no escape from the pressures of his regular routine he decides to get away from the daily grind .
But where should he go ?
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|  | | Mr Fingerton’s Eyes
A gifted school teacher discovers he sees people no one else can see and soon becomes aware that he is walking between two different worlds where reality and mystery meet . Life for him is like watching a picture show inside his head
Time means nothing to him . His adventures are like a bird in free flight and he watches from afar at people and places unseen by everyone .
His life and his gift to see strange apparitions have set him aside from everyone and everything
Charlie Fingerton lived with his mother and liked to be in his own company because he was different to most people.
He saw and heard unseen people in a secret world that one knew of .
He never told anyone about this world until he met Margaret , a nurse who came into his life by chance one day .
He had never thought that he would meet someone he could trust to tell everything that he knew .
His life of isolation came to an end and he was glad that he wasn’t alone anymore .
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|  | | Round The Turf Fire
This is a light comedy revolving he plot to portray the tragic loss of many Irish people due to emigration .
Round The Turf Fire
A short play by Paul McCann
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Setting '
The Meehan family home in rural Ireland .
There is no escape from hard work unless you choose to leave the land .
The real love within any Irish farmhouse is found attatched around the turf fire It is the centre of the family home .
The place of communication and relaxation .
Always near the hearth ,a bucket sits with some peat turf for burning .
Around the fireplace a rocking chair sits with other armchairs nearby .
There is a old kitchen table that has seen better years .
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|  | | Steamboats
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
By Paul McCann
Authors Preface
This book is dedicated to a group of alcoholics who I call Steamboats.
In writing this book I did years of research and lived in many places around the world . From the gutter to the street . From the street to the bed sit flat .
From that to different homes and shelters . In every place I roamed the story remained the same . Alcoholism and its victims . To live as a Ghetto man you meet all kinds of people who in turn lead you to others . It’s a sad picture but a real one . The story of the S |
|  | | Strike A Light
Strike A Light is a drama with some light comedy about the coal miners strike in England that lasted over a year .
There are two acts , before the strike and after the strike .
The majority of the play is set in the front parlour of an old small terrace house in Durham Town .
The cast of characters are eight with the plot revolving around The Davis Family household .
Pitch Davis is the only son of Bob and Alice .
Bob dies at the start of the play and Pitch than must take on the Fathers role for a while .Then along comes the coal miners strike .
Pitch has a double identity . At home he is the loving son who tends for his innocent Mother while outside he is a hard man and a bully boy for the union .
The drama sheds light on a dark time for the miners and tries to bring a light hearted approach into the hard times many miners went throu |
|  | | The Adventures Of Little Sham
A Gifted Child Recovers From A Loss of Speech and Enters into various adventures into fantastic new worlds where no one has been before .
The Adventures Of Little Sham
A Novel by Paul McCann
Chapter One
Beyond The Trapdoor
It had only been 2 weeks since the storm came and destroyed clusters of homes on the West Coast . There were some people who could not evacuate in time so they had to remain in their home until the tornado passed . Mr and Mrs Greenacre and their 7 year old boy Sham were just one of those households that stayed to wait out the storm .
The wild winds wrecked everything in its path .
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|  | | The Hitman
This story is about a man who holds a very important job as the Chief Editor of a large newspaper but also works as a professional killer
for anyone if the money is right .
Harry is a Hitman from Belfast . He is extremly well trained and very dangerous .
He is paid by a paramilitary to kill three people in the UK and the story brings you inside the pyscotic mind of the hitman .
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 blood . The fight for freedom cannot be paid by compensation , cheap at any price . The debt left by previous generations has brought new strategies in an attempt to overthrow the powers that be .
One of the complexities that developed within the intelligence networks was confusion about who was working for who . Too many double agents we |
|  | | 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 .
The book is a true story of real life experiences that took place over four decades .
In a background of spinning mill stacks where trouble erupted upon the back streets of Belfast,
My Mother was cracking up and was desperate to get out of Belfast .
Each day I hid my identity as a poet , and concealed my poetry behind bookcases and under floorboards .
We were accepted by Australia House to emigrate to Australia in 1972 and were giver two weeks notice to pack our things and leave .In the hurry to leave I left behind my poetry .
I never settled in Australia and often returned to Belfast scattered and lost . Dur to the nightmare of drug addiction and |
|  | | The Storyteller
He was known as the storyteller and he commanded respect and authority as he went from town to town with a collection of stories and the news about people in other places . He had a magical voice that could conjure up sounds of animals and birds as imitate the howling winds and pouring pain . His knowledge about things unknown was a mystery to everyone .
The Storyteller told of times to come when the sun would disappear from the sky and when the stars would shine no more . He spoke of wars to come and a time when the forces of good and evil would battle in supernatural realms and how this would bring conflict on earth as well as in the known universe .
Then before he would leave for the next village the people would provide food and shelter for him . He left a legacy everywhere he went and this book is a tribute to the life of the storyteller .
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|  | | The Traveller
A gifted young man is taken out of life to live in a mountain home where he develops skills in time traveling
He was born gifted and as he grew he knew he was different .
At a young age he had a paranormal experience and later he was given powers not many receive in this life . He was visited by time travellers and other spiritual guides to help him achieve a higher consciousness .
He had to live in the world but not of the world and moved into a house on the roof of the world in Tibet .He was given missions by time travellers and rewarded with special privileges to do things that not many humans had ever done ,
Bucko was making the world a better place and everything he did and everywh |
|  | | The Wee One
A collection of stories that visits the wee ones through people and places .
The stories about the wee ones have been told by many generations . The presence of little people or fairies have been documented since there was a scroll to wrote down . Stories handed down from generation to generation have been another way that the world has heard the mysterious wonders that have been going on since the beginning of time . In this book I am passing on some tales that I hope you will enjoy and if you should ever catch a wee one remember that you can ask for three wishes in return for setting him free . But be aware they are crafty and know every trick in the book so make sur |
|  | | Walking Wounded
This play is set within a hospital ward There are a number of patients with their conditions . Some crazy , some injured , others old and senile but the nurses have a hold over it all and somehow manage to keep control of the situations as well as their own sanity
Walking Wounded
A Play By Paul McCann
The Set
Its a simple enough arrangement of props, with a couple of small beds and lockers beside them . Bowls of fruit here and there sit on lockers as well as soft drink bottles and flowers ., cards etc , A chair sits by each bed ,
The exit off stage is also the exit from the hospital ward .
The patients only exit when leaving and the nurse is dressed in a white dress .
The patients are dressed in pyjamas and dressing gowns .,
A mobile stand that can be used to surround a bed sits in the corner , it is |
|  | | Who Will Cry for The Soldiers?
Some of my poetry dedicated to the soldiers and civilians who have paid a high cost for conflict in their daily lives.
Paul, who is 47 years old, is originally from Belfast and has lived in Australia for 31 years.
Over the years, he has written for many groups and one of these was a Vietnam Veterans group in Sydney. He has been involved with groups from Northern Ireland including “The Simon Community” and the “Speak Your Mind” peace movement.
Paul's poems and articles have been included in Horizon magazine from Belfast since 1987; Horizon has a world wide distribution and is a monthly periodical magazine. His poetry has been read on BBC Northern Ireland and also on ABC Networks in Australia a |
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