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The Naked Owl

Khalid Belkhalfi·October 9, 2017

The Naked Owl written by: Khalid Belkhalfi @K.Belkhalfi.Poet In the wild I heard the owl crying at...

English Poetry

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Letter To A Young Friend

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·November 25, 2016

Letter To A Young Friend written by: Hemmingplay @hemmingplay A new day rises for you, daughter, Pushing...

Doug Stanfield English

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Save Myself

Kabrie Waters·October 5, 2016

Save Myself written by: Kabrie Waters @KWaters208 I can finish a shelf full of books in matter...

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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