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Poacher

Lindsay Morton·July 9, 2019

Poacher written by: Lindsay Morton @lindseeeeee Hale was married in Reno the February after he turned twenty-two....

Literature English

·12 mins read

The End

NT Franklin·June 26, 2019

The End written by: NT Franklin She heard the noise and saw the collision. She stood motionless...

Literature English

·1 min read

Waves

L.M.Giannone·June 3, 2019

Waves written by: L.M. Giannone @LISAGNO Waves crash over me drowning in your essence ‘til I’m good...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Crossroad

Mark Kodama·September 27, 2018

The Crossroad written by: Mark Kodama I was a young man then in the days before cell phones. ...

Literature English

·1 min read

How Far Can I Fall?

hedgehog·June 7, 2018

How Far Can I Fall? written by: hedgehog Downtown I’ve arrived, wrong side of the tracks Life...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Tranquillity

Dannielle Viera·March 18, 2018

Tranquillity written by: Dannielle Viera Where oh where can their souls be? Mass calls from our humanity...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Busby’s Babes

Nobby66·February 6, 2018

Busby’s Babes written by: Nobby66 @douglas97_s On a snow shrouded sixth of February nineteen fifty-eight, the ‘Lord...

Poetry Spilled History English

·2 mins read

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Any1mark·October 28, 2017

Things That Go Bump in the Night written by: Any1mark @any1mark66 She knew she’d hit something. But...

Literature Halloween English

·3 mins read

Crash

Joel Northorp·September 18, 2017

Crash written by: Joel Northorp On a rainy day in which I should have stayed inside I...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Broken Things

Alexa Cleasby·August 26, 2017

Broken Things written by: Alexa Cleasby @Lexicon_Fuse I like them broken and strange. I like them knotted...

English Featured Post Poetry

·1 min read

Roxanne And A Bullet

Luiz Syphre·July 25, 2017

Roxanne and a Bullet written by: Luiz Syphre @poetandkids It was a day like any other in...

English Literature

·8 mins read

Snow Bank

James Gabriel·May 19, 2017

snow bank written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 brake lights paint the snow swirling like embers from a...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Crash

LunchboxRachel·December 30, 2016

The Crash written by: LunchboxRachel @RachelMcLaugh And just like that the boom, that bang so loud and...

English

·1 min 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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