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Cosmonaut

James Gabriel·October 17, 2018

Cosmonaut written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 capsule drifting in the inky void remembering Antonia’s eyes shut her...

English Poetry

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To A Mouse

Spillwords·August 26, 2018

To A Mouse a poem by Robert Burns Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Flinders Field

hedgehog·May 18, 2017

Flinders Field written by: hedgehog I’m sat here in my study a dream has come to me...

Poetry English Featured Post

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An Old Irish Blessing

Spillwords·March 17, 2015

An Old Irish Blessing May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at...

English Literary Greats

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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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