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Joan McNerney·December 18, 2017

December written by: Joan McNerney Winds toss foliage in air. Birds bend against frost their wings catching...

English Poetry

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December 23rd 2015

Eoghan Lyng·November 22, 2017

December 23rd 2015 written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng How cruel a car can take life away, From...

Poetry English

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Kirstin Maguire·December 31, 2016

December written by: Kirstin Maguire When this book went to print in early December, the UK Government...

English Kirstin Maguire Poetry Press: This Was 2016 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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