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Hide and Seek

Mike Kanner·July 6, 2019

Hide and Seek written by: Mike Kanner @MDKanner “Mama, how long do we have to hide?” “Quiet,...

Literature English

·1 min read

Miss Cluny Remembers

P.A. O'Neil·May 4, 2019

Miss Cluny Remembers written by: P.A. O’Neil “Now you sit comfortable-like, Miss Cluny, and talk into this microphone...

English Literature

·10 mins read

Gettysburg

Fred Miller·March 5, 2019

Gettysburg written by: Fred Miller Under a copse of oaks, a mile or so from the ridge,...

Memorial Day History

Spillwords·May 29, 2017

Memorial Day History Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of...

Article English A day like today Spilled History

·4 mins read

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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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