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MOVIE STAR CRUSH

Dianne Moritz·June 30, 2022

Movie Star Crush written by: Dianne Moritz I’m simply mad for Cornel Wilde – That face, physique!...

English Poetry

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Road Trip

Phyllis Souza·October 14, 2021

Road Trip written by: Phyllis Souza June of 1945 Virginia stood next to the new Chevy Coupe,...

Literature English

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Purple Dress, 1945

Fay L. Loomis·May 12, 2021

Purple Dress, 1945 written by: Fay L. Loomis she wears hand-me-down saved for special occasion to Sunday...

English Poetry

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Halloween Blue Moon 2020

Rex Carey Arrasmith·February 10, 2021

Halloween Blue Moon 2020 written by: Rex Carey Arrasmith @wrecks_writes In the night, sleepless I rose to...

Poetry English

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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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1940s

MOVIE STAR CRUSH

Road Trip

Purple Dress, 1945

Halloween Blue Moon 2020

The Time Before With Genie

The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

The Rightsizing Ruse

The Love That Moves the Sun

Second Chances

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Liturgy

The Rise and Fall of Mr Cruel

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