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Jim Wilson-Storey

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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The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

Borrowed Shoes

The War Within The Battle

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Vaishnavi Pusapati

Spotlight On Writers – Dmitriy Belyanin

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The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

The End of a Season

New Year’s Baby

Goodbye Kiss

Zmiana Klimatu

Autumn Day

Between Survival and Purpose

Your Name

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The War Within The Battle

Such Soulful Wailings

Callisto

The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

The Cities of the Dead

Around the World in 280 Days

Goodbye Kiss

Blue Time

The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

The End of a Season

New Year’s Baby