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Amy J. Markstahler·April 3, 2022

Refinishing written by: Amy J. Markstahler @Ajmarkstahler I walk through my empty house, a house Liam and...

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ALLOVIT – A Story of Love

Vergil Smith·September 23, 2021

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love written by: Vergil Smith 1991 – 2003 CHICAGO From the beginning,...

To My Father

Breanna Hobbs-Dunning·June 5, 2021

To My Father written by: Breanna Hobbs-Dunning Cause you only love me when you’re drunk, you only...

English Poetry

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Good To The Last Drop

A Stump·January 24, 2021

Good To The Last Drop written by: A Stump @astump10 I found myself in the bottom of...

Bittersweet

Hannah B Jackson·October 7, 2020

Bittersweet written by: Hannah B Jackson You were like a natural waterfall surrounded by the most beautiful...

Poetry English

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Footnote at A Sanitarium

James Gabriel·February 11, 2019

Footnote at A Sanitarium written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 once dried out now drunk he fell into...

English Poetry

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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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