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Meditation with Piper

Alan David Gould·October 18, 2025

Meditation with Piper written by: Alan David Gould 6:45 AM. Off in the distance, I could hear...

English Poetry

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Friends Beyond Flesh

Lyric·September 19, 2025

Friends Beyond Flesh written by: Lyric Lives like mayflies, so they say I know there is another...

English Poetry

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A Cat in Our Bedroom

Mayumi Yamamoto·September 15, 2025

A Cat in Our Bedroom written by: Mayumi Yamamoto When I enter our bedroom, you bolt under...

Poetry English

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When Life Walks with Death

Sarb Randhawa·September 11, 2025

When Life Walks with Death written by: Sarb Randhawa Just two friends. They don’t say much. Never...

Sophie & Zoey

Valerie Dawn Goad·August 13, 2025

Sophie & Zoey written by: Valerie Dawn Goad From the moment I laid eyes on you, I...

English Poetry

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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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