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Abandonment

Franci Eugenia Hoffman·November 28, 2019

Abandonment written by: Franci Eugenia Hoffman @FranceH45083335 leaves fall to and fro with spirited adventure and nowhere...

Poetry English

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SANCTUARY SHORN

Roland Juthman·July 24, 2019

SANCTUARY SHORN written by: Roland Juthman You believe the lies you spout You’re honest and true, like...

English Poetry

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ABANDON SHIP

Dilip Mohapatra·March 29, 2019

ABANDON SHIP written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo My ship with its holds filled with hopes and aspirations has...

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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