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Ricky Hawthorne·May 10, 2018

Meat written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames Mmm, butter, burning in the pan, a Melted pool casting waves...

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REFLECTION IN THE SHALLOWS

Naina Sharma·May 7, 2018

REFLECTION IN THE SHALLOWS written by: Naina Sharma As I stood at another crossroad, It was not just...

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NUCLEO D’ACCIAIO

Francesco Abate·March 11, 2018

NUCLEO D’ACCIAIO written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Inchiodato nel gelo di una pagina bianca paralizzato dalle minacce...

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This Thing, Love: A Hole

Julene Tripp Weaver·March 5, 2018

This Thing, Love: A Hole written by: Julene Tripp Weaver There was this thing ...

English Poetry

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Sawdust

Allie·May 12, 2017

Sawdust written by: Allie @alliecat3575 And So anger flares, and love is forgotten. Food tastes like sawdust,...

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Something To Wait For

Rebecca Lombardo·February 6, 2017

Something to Wait For written by: Rebecca Lombardo @BekaLombardo Reaching out for something more Before my mind...

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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