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I Used to Love Halloween

Catherine Gigante-Brown·October 24, 2020

I Used to Love Halloween written by: Catherine Gigante-Brown @BklynCatwoman I used to love Halloween when I...

Poetry Halloween English

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Into The Unknown

Bridie Murphy·October 19, 2020

Into The Unknown written by: Bridie Murphy And so they head off into the unknown. Together, yet...

Poetry Halloween English

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L’uomo è Arrivato

Francesco Abate·October 18, 2020

L’uomo è Arrivato written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 La puzza di catrame copre il profumo dei fiori;...

International Italian Poetry

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The Purpose

Muhammad Mohsin·October 17, 2020

The Purpose written by: Muhammad Mohsin @MemonMohsi What it takes you to live? What is it that...

Poetry English

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TV Guide

Rein (Roy) Peters·October 16, 2020

TV Guide written by: Rein (Roy) Peters I listened to an older retired guy talk about his...

English Literature

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Halfway To A Kiss

Katarzyna Dominik·October 14, 2020

Poetry Polish English International

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The Exile

Lucretia Lixandru·October 14, 2020

The Exile written by: Lucreția Lixandru @lulusbadideas It’s autumn. It’s night and cold. The leaves are continuously...

English Literature

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I Am An Orphan

Massayan Favor Kollie·October 14, 2020

I Am An Orphan written by: Massayan Favor Kollie @favor_kollie I am an orphan My parents died...

English Poetry

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See Things As They Really Are

Vikram Pratap·October 13, 2020

See Things As They Really Are written by: Vikram Pratap @VikramPrnsb For thirty days, a young man...

Literature English

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How To Write A Dirge For Liberia

Edwin Olu Bestman·October 13, 2020

How To Write A Dirge For Liberia written by: Edwin Olu Bestman Begin with its North that...

English Poetry

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The Buried Life

Spillwords·October 11, 2020

The Buried Life a poem by: Matthew Arnold Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Neither Will I

Cristina Munoz·October 10, 2020

Neither Will I written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 she insists on loving me proving how powerful becoming...

English Poetry

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Cement

Delvon T. Mattingly·October 9, 2020

Cement written by: Delvon T. Mattingly @DelvonMattingly Each item, a ghastly remnant, exudes ectoplasm, foul and wet,...

Poetry English

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Saving John

Ka Barredo·October 8, 2020

Saving John written by: Ka Barredo This miserable woman in a shade of gray Hiding herself in...

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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