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SAILOR!

Anahit Arustamyan·September 13, 2018

SAILOR! written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 The dim light of the sunset hurts the day’s eyes. The...

Poetry English

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Thomas Green The Submarine

Richard Wall·December 26, 2017

Thomas Green the Submarine written by: Richard Wall @writinblues A troubled lad named Thomas Green, Claimed to...

A Sonnet To The Sculler

Ken Allan Dronsfield·October 23, 2017

A Sonnet to the Sculler written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Curse in a cup of rotted...

Poetry Halloween English

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Boat People

Ryan Quinn Flanagan·June 5, 2017

Boat People written by: Ryan Quinn Flanagan nail filings under the door, a master stroke, the masseuse...

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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