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Awakening

Izabella T. Kostka·December 1, 2019

Awakening written by: Izabella T. Kostka It lights up every dawn like fog lights, restarts neurons disconnected...

Seclusion From Mother Earth

Chasity Gaines·November 6, 2019

Seclusion From Mother Earth written by: Chasity Gaines @ChasityAnneGai1 Forced behind four walls Enclosed on all sides...

English Poetry

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Darkness Incomprehensible

Noah Smith·June 10, 2019

Darkness Incomprehensible written by: Noah Smith Mikhail Andreyevich Zatmeniyev was a shadow. He was also that sort...

Literature English

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Vision

Sharona Reeves·November 16, 2018

Vision written by: Sharona Reeves Suppose life has been kind, and you’ve made no provisions. In that...

English Poetry

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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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