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2:51

Garry Crystal·May 26, 2019

2:51 written by: Garry Crystal A clock on the wall in my kitchen always reads 2:51, because...

English Literature

·3 mins read

Words Are All I Have

Dr. Preeti Talwar·April 21, 2019

Words Are All I Have written by: Dr. Preeti Talwa @AkTalwar1 As I sat at my desk...

Article English

·4 mins read

Broiled Flounder

Michael Natt·April 14, 2019

Broiled Flounder written by: Michael Natt I usually visit my mother in New York City around her...

Literature English

·2 mins read

The Beard

Asad Mian·March 17, 2019

The Beard written by: Asad Mian @amian74 At the end of the year, change becomes imminent in...

Article English

·3 mins read

My Bohemian Love Affair

Asad Mian·February 17, 2019

My Bohemian Love Affair written by: Asad Mian @amian74 “Is this the real life? Is this just...

Article English

·3 mins read

Enlightenment

Michal Reibenbach·February 12, 2019

Enlightenment written by: Michal Reibenbach Try as she would Anna had never been able to understand her...

Literature English Featured Post

·17 mins read

Miracles

Heather C Bauer·February 3, 2019

Miracles written by: Heather C. Bauer I am reading Anne Lamott’s new book, “Almost Everything: Notes on Hope”...

Article English

·1 min read

The Operation

Michal Reibenbach·January 22, 2019

The Operation written by: Michal Reibenbach You arrived with your husband in New York in the depth...

English Featured Post Literature

·4 mins read

Wilted Red Roses

Michal Reibenbach·January 3, 2019

Wilted Red Roses written by: Michal Reibenbach As a small child, I didn’t notice that my father,...

English Featured Post Literature

·6 mins read

Last Christmas

Moinak Dutta·December 17, 2018

Last Christmas written by: Moinak Dutta Christmas always evokes a pied beauty in me. It makes me...

English Literature Christmas

·1 min read

The Curse Of Writing!

Pranjal Srivastava·December 16, 2018

The Curse Of Writing! written by: Pranjal Srivastava People can dream of becoming a doctor, engineer, scientist...

Article English

·11 mins read

Your Own Outside Perspective

Angel Daemon·December 2, 2018

Your Own Outside Perspective written by: Angel Daemon @BlutengelDaemon There are methods to madness and madness to...

Article English

·2 mins read

Configuración De Una Idea

Jose A Gomez·September 9, 2018

Configuración De Una Idea written by: José A Gómez Que difícil a sido la configuración de esa...

Article Jose A Gomez Spanish Featured Post

·1 min read

Beauty Is Not In The Mirror

Heidi Baker·September 2, 2018

Beauty is Not in the Mirror written by: Heidi Baker @heidib19 While shopping at Target a few...

Article English

·2 mins read

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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