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See You Anon

Christina Strigas·July 21, 2017

See You Anon written by: Christina Strigas @christinastriga Writing a novel is such a task words found...

Poetry English

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Interview With Dilip Mohapatra

Dilip Mohapatra·May 23, 2017

Interview with Dilip Mohapatra author of ‘Taming the Tides’ @dilipmo Welcome all. Today we’re very lucky to...

Q&A Authors Literature English Featured Post

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Interview With Kirstin Maguire

Kirstin Maguire·May 9, 2017

Interview with Kirstin Maguire author of ‘Twilight Scrawls’ Welcome all. Today we’re very lucky to be interviewing...

Featured Post Q&A Kirstin Maguire Authors Literature English

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Do Not Fade

Lyle Hutchinson·January 23, 2017

Do Not Fade written by: Lyle Hutchinson @hutch3713 Look Your book Unwritten All your pages Strewn across...

Poetry English

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Something About Legacy

Ian Michael·January 16, 2017

Something About Legacy written by: Ian Michael @IF_TheGuy Don’t ever let your Life be the asterisk in...

English Poetry

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His Book Of Poetry

Christina Strigas·October 30, 2016

His Book of Poetry written by: Christina Strigas @christinastriga there was a book of poetry once written...

English

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When You Are Old

Spillwords·September 11, 2016

When You Are Old A Poem by William Butler Yeats WHEN you are old and grey and...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Open Book

Kabrie Waters·August 3, 2016

Open Book written by: Kabrie Waters @KWaters208 I tell you I am an open book to...

English

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Magik Book

Laura Marie Clark·May 5, 2016

Magik Book written by: Laura Marie Clark @InspiredSaP You’ve all heard the rumours. That’s why you’re here....

Bedtime Story

Leanne Yeoman·April 20, 2016

bedtime story written by: Leanne Yeoman @lmyeoman70 you were the plot twist I never saw coming in...

English

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A Book

Spillwords·April 10, 2016

A Book the poetry of Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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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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