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Forgetting

Richard Rebel·April 28, 2020

Forgetting written by: Richard Rebel At the corner Nicholas got off the 452, ducking over the road...

Literature English

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OMENA

Victor Fein·April 22, 2020

OMENA written by: Vitcor Fein We met while visiting an art store far north in Michigan. We...

Literature English

·1 min read

A Day Like This

Wolfgang H.·April 7, 2020

A Day Like This written by: Wolfgang H. Living in the fast lane. But ever so slowly....

Article English

·1 min read

Life In Times of Corona

Rana Preet Gill·April 5, 2020

Life In Times of Corona written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill The air is glum. It reeks...

Article English

·6 mins read

Silent Night

Naseha Sameen·March 19, 2020

Silent Night written by: Naseha Sameen @nasehaSameen Silent night is howling I want to go home again...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Regrets

Carl Parsons·March 12, 2020

Regrets written by: Carl Parsons He’d been away a long time. Now he was home again—in the...

English Carl Parsons Featured Post Literature

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She Smiled and Said

Cary Chrysler (skyinthegrass)·February 27, 2020

She Smiled and Said written by: Cary Chrysler (skyinthegrass) @skyinthegrass Whose light fell, once the sky cleared....

English Poetry

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If I Am Being Honest

Deon Buys·February 19, 2020

If I Am Being Honest written by: Deon Buys If I’m being honest, she tasted like the...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Long Path To Home…

Jan Smith·February 12, 2020

Long Path To Home… written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL This February breeze chills She lifts the collar...

Poetry English

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The Essence Has Not Faded Away

Paula Puolakka·February 5, 2020

The Essence Has Not Faded Away written by: Paula Puolakka On the anniversary of my loneliest moment...

English Poetry

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Friends

Jim Bates·January 23, 2020

Friends written by: Jim Bates Dave was sprawled on the couch watching the evening news when an...

Literature English

·7 mins read

China Grass Halwa

Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca·January 13, 2020

China Grass Halwa written by: Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca My home has square footage, My aunt’s home in...

Poetry English

·1 min read

My Goddess

Rubab Abdullah·January 13, 2020

My Goddess written by: Rubab Abdullah Boundless love and gratitude I have for you With great tenderness...

Poetry English

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HOME

Dragomira·January 10, 2020

HOME written by: Dragomira she in her curiosity finds home among the words...

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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