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This Scarecrow Road

Jim Bellamy·October 28, 2020

This Scarecrow Road written by: Jim Bellamy this scarecrow road, as naped in ghosts as slaughter, heeds...

Halloween English Poetry

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Devils On The Run

Jasmin Fürbach·October 24, 2020

Devils On The Run written by: Jasmin Fürbach With twenty miles north still to go, the car...

Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English Literature Halloween

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Trick or Treat

Phyllis Souza·October 20, 2020

Trick or Treat written by: Phyllis Souza Standing on the sidewalk, warding off the cold, Amon’s mother...

Halloween English Literature

·1 min read

All The Devils Were There

Lynn White·October 20, 2020

All The Devils Were There written by: Lynn White I used to dress in bakers white and...

Poetry Halloween English

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Dance With The Devil

Michael Danese·September 26, 2020

Dance With The Devil written by: Michael Danese @danesemc Hermy is a chronic down-on-his-lucker. He’s been out...

English Literature

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Croaker

Ferris E Jones·July 18, 2020

Croaker written by: Ferris E Jones Some things never change, With enough money, we can all Choose...

English Poetry

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The Devil’s Heart

Colleen M. Tice·June 13, 2020

The Devil’s Heart written by: Colleen M. Tice @ColleenMarieTi1 The Devil’s voice echoes, “How dare you be...

Literature English

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Banished

Sharona Reeves·January 2, 2020

Banished written by: Sharona Reeves If I were to die and then given one more chance I...

Poetry English

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Once More

Megha Sood·December 31, 2019

Once More written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 The deep long treacherous shadows cast on the bedroom wall...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Le Chapelet Des Jours

Claude Seguy·November 13, 2019

Le Chapelet Des Jours written by: Claude Seguy Les minutes s’égrainent en dévorant les heures Qui rongent...

French International Poetry

·1 min read

Dirk The Halloween Sucker

Karen Walker·October 23, 2019

Dirk The Halloween Sucker written by: Karen Walker Despite licks from irate husbands, Dirk was a sucker...

Poetry Halloween English

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Precipice

K.H.·September 24, 2019

Precipice written by: K.H. Heavenly hellfire runs through my blood While starfire burns in my soul And...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Poisonous

Lee Dunn·September 10, 2019

Poisonous written by: Lee Dunn @66human Under the skin, something poisonous. Like an acid flowing, as if from...

English Poetry

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The Sacrificial Altar of Hope

Yasmin Hemmat·July 23, 2019

The Sacrificial Altar of Hope written by: Yasmin Hemmat My quill drips with my blood, While I’m...

Poetry English Featured Post

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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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