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Luna of Tenebre

Tay Summerlin·February 21, 2021

Luna of Tenebre Prologue written by: Tay Summerlin @esplendidatay No!! Please!! Please, don’t leave me!! A princess,...

Literature English

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The Christmas Eve Dragon

Philippa Hawley·December 23, 2020

The Christmas Eve Dragon written by: Philippa Hawley @philippa_hawley The little dragon was one of the few...

Literature English Christmas

·2 mins read

The Singing Bones

Meg Smith·December 7, 2020

The Singing Bones written by: Meg Smith @MegSmith_Writer We come to dig, we come to read the...

Poetry Haunted Holidays English

·1 min read

Ursula (no. 58 of Women’s names sensual series)

Carrie Magness Radna·December 7, 2020

Ursula (no. 58 of Women’s names sensual series) written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 Your mother named...

Haunted Holidays Poetry English

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Phoenix

Wolfgang H.·March 12, 2020

Phoenix written by: Wolfgang H. in love we trust and love we lost for reasons hard to...

Poetry English

·1 min read

THE INCURABLE SPELEOLOGIST

Steven Fortune·December 4, 2019

THE INCURABLE SPELEOLOGIST written by: Steven Fortune My cave is waiting for me I register the low...

Poetry English

·1 min read

And The Bough Will Break

Tammy M Darby·November 17, 2019

And The Bough Will Break written by: Tammy M Darby When the sweet winds blow A silent...

English Featured Post Poetry

·1 min read

Bon Odori

Tim Gardiner·October 19, 2019

Bon Odori written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3 The Bon Festival of the Dead is the perfect night...

English Literature Halloween

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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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