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The Love That Moves the Sun, short story by Nelly Shulman at Spillwords.com

Within The Society

Rajendra Ojha·July 19, 2023

Within The Society written by: Rajendra Ojha In every civilization, there is a fox trying to imitate...

Poetry English

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Interview Q&A With Suman Pokhrel

Suman Pokhrel·July 18, 2023

Interview Q&A with Suman Pokhrel We offer our first and exclusive Q&A Interview with Suman Pokhrel, a...

Poetry English Featured Post Q&A

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The Dum-Dum Club

Lisa H. Owens·July 18, 2023

The Dum-Dum Club written by: Lisa H. Owens @LisaHOwens “Gum-Gum, Dum-Dum,” the kids started in a whisper....

Literature English

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Sea Worthy

Caro Henry·July 18, 2023

Sea Worthy written by: Caro Henry Souls adrift, lost in a vast expanse, hopes and dreams swallowed...

Poetry English

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Wanderings

Abha Das Sarma·July 18, 2023

Wanderings written by: Abha Das Sarma @abhadassarma of soul unguarded in flesh- shirking shadow drenched in sun....

Poetry English

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Poets

Jasna Gugić·July 18, 2023

Poets written by: Jasna Gugić Where are you, Poets, You, Wizards? Let us paint with our poem...

English Poetry

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Dried Leaves on Gravel

Laurie Kuntz·July 18, 2023

Dried Leaves on Gravel written by: Laurie Kuntz @laurie_kuntz The swish of dried leaves on gravel sounds...

Poetry English

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Wonderstruck Wanderlust

Rob Clark·July 17, 2023

Wonderstruck Wanderlust written by: Rob Clark @HangryPoet197 Into sweet oblivion Skies obsidian Dotted w/shimmering iridescence Her lingering...

English Poetry

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Calling

Andrea Damic·July 17, 2023

Calling written by: Andrea Damic @DamicAndrea Red African soil. Heatwave scorches through the land of this ancient...

English Literature

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The Epstein’s

Lisa Rivers Kiesling·July 17, 2023

The Epstein’s written by: Lisa Rivers Kiesling Who would believe this twist of fate, Dear Irving proposing...

English Poetry

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Is This How It’ll Be?

Bradley·July 17, 2023

Is This How It’ll Be? written by: Bradley is this how it’ll be? left with a daunting...

Poetry English

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Chickadee

Michael Zeller·July 17, 2023

Chickadee written by: Michael Zeller @Zell_man I saw it light upon the branches, Flitting gaily to and...

English Poetry

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Part of The Rainbow

PriyaThePict·July 17, 2023

Part of The Rainbow written by: PriyaThePict @PriyathePict I am part of the Rainbow I wasn’t, always....

Poetry English

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Enlightenment Emerges From Darkness

Richard Rose·July 16, 2023

Enlightenment Emerges From Darkness: Reflections on “Drawing in the Dark” an exhibition of the coal mine drawings of...

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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