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Barcelona in My Dreams

Ingrid Wilson·June 26, 2021

Bracelona in My Dreams written by: Ingrid Wilson @Experimentsinfc Come walk with me along the streets of...

Costa Rica

Benn Bell·May 16, 2021

Costa Rica written by: Benn Bell @BennBell My partner and I recently went on a long awaited...

Article English

·14 mins read

Her Name Was Aprile

Elisa Barbaro·April 18, 2021

Her Name Was Aprile written by: Elisa Barbaro I – PAOLA It was the first day...

Literature English Featured Post

·80 mins read

Cold Winter Rain

Liyona·April 9, 2021

Cold Winter Rain written by: Liyona Today’s serene sunshine Left the cold winter rain To breathe anew...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Friend

Dan Brook·April 8, 2021

Friend written by: Dan Brook friend, I call you friend because we feel Kerouac & Cassady, Ginsberg...

Poetry English

·1 min read

A Triumphal March

Bruce Levine·April 6, 2021

A Triumphal March written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Time meanders amid the deadly silence Empty shadows cast...

Poetry English Featured Post

·1 min read

Exploring

Alan Cohen·January 7, 2021

Exploring written by: Alan Cohen Do you remember, my dear How, when we lived near Amherst We...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Into The Unknown

Bridie Murphy·October 19, 2020

Into The Unknown written by: Bridie Murphy And so they head off into the unknown. Together, yet...

Poetry Halloween English

·1 min read

I’m Sinking

Steven L. Richie·August 21, 2020

I’m Sinking written by: Steven L. Richie “Ohhh, Steve,” was the expected sound of friends calling from...

English Literature

·4 mins read

Boundaries

Marina McCuaig·June 30, 2020

Boundaries written by: Marina McCuaig Round the gable then to the byre hunting for eggs, peat stack...

Driving and Biking: Beach Glory

Amanda Eifert·June 20, 2020

Driving and Biking: Beach Glory written by: Amanda Eifert @mandibelle16 Speak vibrant to me of fast cars,...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Let Me Not To The Dissolution Of False Minds

thePoeticpiper·May 20, 2020

LET ME NOT TO THE DISSOLUTION OF FALSE MINDS written by: thePoeticpiper @thePoeticpiper Let me not to...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Dora The Intergalactic Explorer

Jake Cosmos Aller·April 27, 2020

Dora The Intergalactic Explorer written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Dora the intergalactic explorer Is traveling to the...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Final Edit

Roger Hare·April 20, 2020

Final Edit written by: Roger Hare @RogerHare6 Some scientists, absorbed in their task, test potions on themselves;...

Poetry English

·1 min read

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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