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Niece

Sarra Culleno·June 27, 2020

Niece written by: Sarra Culleno @sarra1978 She slept on my chest every weekend of her life, but...

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Crime of Passion

Judge Burdon·June 26, 2020

Crime of Passion written by: Judge Burdon My love has never been for sale I’ve rented it...

English Poetry

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Desorden Como Tiempo

Romulaizer Pardo·June 24, 2020

Desorden Como Tiempo written by: Romulaizer Pardo @RomulaizerPardo Si frente a nosotros se levanta el rompecabezas de...

Poetry Spanish

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Friends To The End

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·June 24, 2020

Friends To The End written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman True friends celebrate your victories believe in your...

Poetry English

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Straw House

Barbara Harris Leonhard·June 17, 2020

Straw House written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard Nestled in a bed woven of twigs, grass, mud, ...

English Poetry

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Memory Lanes & Playground Games

Kayleigh Merchant·June 13, 2020

Memory Lanes & Playground Games written by: KL Merchant Memories scatter like leaves across the hopscotch paths,...

Poetry English

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Lay Under This Rock

Lucy·June 12, 2020

Lay Under This Rock written by: Lucy Lay under this rock let us drown the Arcadia cold...

English Poetry

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Crazy Talk

Nick Searles·May 28, 2020

Crazy Talk written by: Nick Searles @Nick_Searles Heard some chatter going ’round. Your ideas make my head...

English Poetry

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Loving a Heart Full of Holes

Janetta Marilyn Konah·May 25, 2020

Loving a Heart Full of Holes written by: Janetta Marilyn Konah “I don’t know when love became elusive....

Poetry English

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Unclad…

Monica St Hillaire·May 22, 2020

Unclad… written by: Monica St Hillaire I wish to see you bare… It is not your flesh...

English Poetry

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Marien Maiden, poetry written by Martina Rimbaldo at Spillwords.com

Marine Maiden

Martina Rimbaldo·May 20, 2020

English International Poetry

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Mystical Experiences Living in a Ghost World

James Dennis Casey IV·May 20, 2020

Mystical Experiences Living in a Ghost World written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames plastic veins in hot...

English Poetry

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Unfastening

Jenny Middleton·May 19, 2020

Unfastening written by: Jenny Middleton Gloves lined with silken darkness Welcome my hands to memory; their interior...

Poetry English

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My Hair Eats Everything

Barbara Harris Leonhard·May 16, 2020

My Hair Eats Everything written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard Silver pelage. Static cling Velcro mouth gulping my...

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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