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Tremores Sursum Spinam

A. Siegelster·October 29, 2016

Tremores Sursum Spinam written by: A. Siegelster @asiegelster When the wind blows in the withering trees And...

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The Comfort House Chronicles: The Woman

RayFed·October 23, 2016

The Comfort House Chronicles: The Woman written by: RayFed @MrRayFed The Doctors at the Comfort House told me...

English Literature

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Dust and Memories

Natalia Aeschliman·September 29, 2016

Dust and Memories written by: Natalia Aeschliman @NataliaAeschlim This house feels empty Yet so full of memories...

English

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The Comfort House Chronicles: The Corpse

RayFed·August 24, 2016

The Comfort House Chronicles: The Corpse written by: RayFed @MrRayFed I died on a Saturday in that awful...

English Literature

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A Kind Of Life

Stanley Wilkin·August 3, 2016

A Kind Of Life written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk Crystallising thin white light Decked with ancient portraits,...

English Poetry

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Because the New House

Joe Russo·June 11, 2016

Because the New House written by: Joe Russo @josephrusso8 Because the new house called For new things,...

English

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A House Is Not A Home

Anne G·August 11, 2015

A House Is Not A Home written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth What is a house if not...

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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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