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Oct 12
3 min

Let’s Talk About Black History.

I do not normally get involved in pointless conversations or discourses about Black History as it normally makes me sad. Why? I hear you ...

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Roy Merchant

Sep 30
9 min

Felix The Cat

It was another one of those days. They seemed to follow me wherever I go. I get up early in the morning, and it is my intention to do good.

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Roy Merchant

Aug 27
2 min

Something Across The Page

Hope you are all well. I have taken a bit of a break from my short stories for a while , whilst I was concentrating on marketing my new b...

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Roy Merchant

Jul 3
1 min

"20 Things I Wish I Knew At 20"

After 3 years of writing, editing and publishing, my second book is on sale today!! This book has been a labour of love and has taken me ...

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Roy Merchant

Jun 17
2 min

Mother Gaia Know Best

I Have not written much about the 8.46 seconds and the killing of George. Too traumatic. I have not said much about the marches and the r...

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Roy Merchant

May 26
1 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.8 the Final

Well, we have come to the end of the Distractions and I hope you enjoyed them as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Thank you for all t...

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Roy Merchant

May 23
1 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.7 - In Memoriam

Thank you for the enthusiastic responses to some of the short stories, over the last 12 days. Really appreciated the comments and feedbac...

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Roy Merchant

May 22
3 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.6

I mean, she obviously knew there was a problem. Otherwise, I would not have been sitting here in the freezing cold for so long waiting..

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Roy Merchant

May 20
2 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.5

September was a great month for most of the trees in the park.

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Roy Merchant

May 18
1 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.4

I wrote a message on the Pret A Manger napkin and passed it quietly to the lady sitting in front of me.

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Roy Merchant

May 16
3 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.3

It was a cold October evening. The previous Fridays had been nice and warm. It seemed as if the last days of the Indian summer were going,

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Roy Merchant

May 14
2 min

COVID-19 Distraction No.2

I do not really think that teaching the words of my God is toil.

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Roy Merchant

May 14
2 min

COVID-19 Distraction No. 1

I don’t know about you, but I am getting bored, the virus is winning. There is no money in it, yet for the politicians, so they have give...

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Seymour Merchant

May 4
1 min

COVID-19 Musings

Just sharing this one from my brother Seymour as the COVID-19 tsunami rages across the planet. Makes you think. He has a submission with ...

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Kanicia Merchant

Apr 30
1 min

I know who I am

My granddaughter sent me this beautiful poem of identity this morning, and I was so bowled over with it, I just thought I would share it w...

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The opaque poet

Apr 21
2 min

Let Me Introduce You.

Came across this wordsmith and just had to BIG him up. He goes by the name of The Opaque Poet. (Requires Deep Understanding) Just like t...

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Roy Merchant

Mar 31
2 min

20 Things I Wish I knew at 20

Hi I am in the Middle of a long journey and trying to get a book published and available as the Corona Virus digs even deeper into our ps...

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Roy Merchant

Feb 10
2 min

Paragraphs from a Life

My father was a hunter, a very talented man I think he must have been hunting Before hunting had even began. My mother, she was the Princ...

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Roy Merchant

Nov 21, 2019
5 min

Two Days By The Lake In Autumn

Day 1 September 21st 2019 Families are out on the lake. Children pretending, they are doing the "NINJA SHOW" on the plastic rafts, slides...

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Roy Merchant

Feb 14, 2019
1 min

You do not find love, it finds you.

This is a section from my book "Walking In The Shadows Of Death". It is available on: mcswellbeing.co.uk and Amazon Love comes to you at...

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