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Thursday Night at the Tic-Toc Lounge

Tara Dasso·May 1, 2020

Thursday Night at the Tic-Toc Lounge written by: Tara Dasso Here’s to us staked out in the...

English Poetry

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Sanglots

Henry Bladon·January 15, 2020

Sanglots written by: Henry Bladon Je peux presque entendre tes sanglots. Il me semble que je me souviens qu’il...

International Poetry French

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Streets of Madness

George Gad Economou·September 25, 2019

Streets of Madness written by: George Gad Economou last call, what an ugly phrase; it means go...

English Poetry

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Like The Vermouth in The Back of The Cabinet

George Gad Economou·June 12, 2019

Like The Vermouth in The Back of The Cabinet written by: George Gad Economou like the vermouth...

Poetry English

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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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Thursday Night at the Tic-Toc Lounge

Sanglots

Streets of Madness

Like The Vermouth in The Back of The Cabinet

An Unexpected Connection

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