I’m Paul Andrew Sneddon. I write from Kilmarnock. Working lives, pubs, music, football, the days that go wrong, and the ones that don’t.
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Miserable Bastards
Al, one Glasgow day, cheap drink, friendship, the small mercies.
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Shore
January to March 2026. Hard weather, music, and the need to make something real.
Burn
A man at rock bottom, a guitar, and the fight back up.
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Death
Yeah, I know. Who calls their collection Death? There’s life, love, humour and passion in it too, and some of my favourite writing, including Ten Pounds.
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Miserable Bastards Hedgehog Salvation
A free chapter from Miserable Bastards. One day. Cheap drink, friendship, and the small mercies. Mikey arrives a wee while later, looking like he had…
Monday Afternoon
So I’m sitting here. I’ve been sitting here for a while. I’ve got a drink in front of me, some beer. Some beer that says…
Cash Covers
I look around, this place is familiar. Same bar stools, same slight smell of damp and same horseshoe style.This used to be a great bar…
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Twenty years of songs before the prose. Have a listen.
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