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Restless Believer

Ron Kempton·May 10, 2019

Restless Believer written by: Ron Kempton Winter found me saving starlight Vague collection for the night Roll...

Poetry English

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Nothing More

Julie Powell·April 1, 2019

Nothing More written by: Julie Powell @jules_cupcake Whenever you are near to me everything becomes clear to...

English Poetry

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Preface

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·March 30, 2019

Saying Goodbye Part I Preface written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay A few words are necessary to...

Saying Goodbye Doug Stanfield Featured Post Literature English

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Delusion

Simona Prilogan·March 9, 2019

Delusion written by: Simona Prilogan @SCotidian While running back to the olden times imagining the intervals when...

English Poetry

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Blackout

Dennis Moriarty·February 21, 2019

Blackout written by: Dennis Moriarty In moments like this there is comfort To be had in the...

English Poetry

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Eating Tacos

Robyn MacKinnon·January 27, 2019

Eating Tacos found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat am eating tacos tough week with anxiety &...

Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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A Rosy Sanctuary

Fotoula Reynolds·November 28, 2018

A Rosy Sanctuary written by: Fotoula Reynolds She cries her own spring posies And like a dead...

English Poetry

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Stay Off

Paul Brookes·June 4, 2018

Stay Off written by: Paul Brookes @PaulDragonwolf1 Stay Off the track. It’s too safe, too cossetted. Venture...

Poetry English

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Always, I Am His

Angel_Face44·February 25, 2018

Always, I Am His written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 Solace, I seek thee to quiet my mind and...

Poetry English

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Table

James Gabriel·June 26, 2017

table written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 spoon with wooden handle rests on white napkin sitting on a...

English Poetry

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Shadows Hold Me Tighter

Gina Gallyot·May 22, 2017

shadows hold me tighter written by: Gina I told him my sadness would scare him away But...

English Poetry

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The Comfort House Chronicles: The Crone

RayFed·March 23, 2017

The Comfort House Chronicles: The Crone written by: RayFed @MrRayFed County Police Report: Doctor’s recordings of the...

English Literature

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The Comfort House Chronicles: The Jacket

RayFed·February 15, 2017

The Comfort House Chronicles: The Jacket written by: RayFed @MrRayFed That I was having trouble sleeping was...

Literature English

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Comfort

Esther Vincent·December 17, 2016

Comfort written by: Esther Vincent @EstherVincentXM For three days now, the solitary egret has given me comfort,...

English

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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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