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Being a Wildlife Enthusiast…

Nishand Venugopal·June 23, 2019

Being a Wildlife Enthusiast… written by: Nishand Venugopal @nvgpal79 “I hear and I forget. I see and...

Photography Article English

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The Other Side Of The Wall

Ted S Owens·March 28, 2019

The Other Side Of The Wall written by: Ted S. Owens From jungle’s depths, grey shadows appear...

Poetry English

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Dangling Monkeys

Mary Bone·February 22, 2019

Dangling Monkeys written by: Mary Bone Dangling monkeys swing from tree to tree. They teeter on the...

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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