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Warrior

Kriti Mangal·September 25, 2020

Warrior written by: Kriti Mangal I thought I could keep my weary sword down for a bit,...

English Poetry

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Litter

Navila·January 29, 2020

Litter written by: Navila Nahid I would spend the rest of my life carving your name into...

English Poetry

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Destiny

Phlammes·January 28, 2020

Destiny written by: Phlammes Dotted in blunts of its innate ascriptions. the very reason for existence, carved...

English Poetry

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Vegan Dinner

Sinister Sweetheart·June 5, 2019

Vegan Dinner written by: Sinister Sweetheart Someone throwing a dinner party referred to himself as a “vegan”...

English Literature

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Pumpkin Guts

G. Rod Hamilton·October 19, 2018

Pumpkin Guts written by: Rando Mithlo @Rodhnoe Hilary sat facing the picture window and gulping from a...

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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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