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Sugar Cane

Aurora Kastanias·February 6, 2018

Sugar Cane written by: Aurora Kastanias They flow in the meanders of streets and bars, Warnings by...

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Fall Forward

Sona Wilae·November 25, 2017

Fall Forward written by: Sona Wilae @sonawilae Fall arcane drops of burnt hawthorn, refashion chestnut beauty as...

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Blackberry-Picking

Spillwords·September 24, 2017

Blackberry-Picking a poem by Seamus Heaney Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week,...

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Lady Sofia’s Nightingale

LadyLily·July 3, 2017

Lady Sofia’s Nightingale written by: LadyLily @AFairymary My saviour! Benevolent Lady Autumnus honours me. Onyx orbs, presented...

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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...

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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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