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Pain

Benedict Hurley·April 11, 2022

Pain written by: Benedict Hurley @musoman11 Pain (22nd of March 2019/2 am) I can’t sleep I don’t...

Literature English

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The Three Year Gap

Glo Curl·March 29, 2022

The Three Year Gap written by: Glo Curl I was thirteen when I discovered I might never...

Literature English

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Your Scent

Nigel de Costa·March 26, 2022

Your Scent written by: Nigel de Costa In a tatty shoebox, at the back of our wardrobe,...

English Poetry

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Captive

Fotoula Reynolds·March 23, 2022

Captive written by: Fotoula Reynolds She died 18 Thursdays ago And yes, I’m captive to the count...

English Poetry

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Living My Best Life

Laura Hughes·March 23, 2022

Living My Best Life written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 I am finally living my best life, because...

Poetry English

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Life After Jack

Mike Henry·March 22, 2022

Life After Jack written by: Mike Henry Life hadn’t been easy after Jack had gone. She kept...

English Literature

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Hanging With Ricky, a short story by Ron Kempton at Spillwords.com

Hanging With Rickie

Ron Kempton·March 8, 2022

Hanging With Rickie written by: Ron Kempton The summer of 1979 was the last time we saw...

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Knowing

JJ Moonchild·March 7, 2022

Knowing written by: JJ Moonchild This body formed like an ill-fitting, Corsets around borrowed lungs. I find...

English Poetry

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Under The Dark Wings of The Night

Nikshepa Chunchula·February 26, 2022

Under The Dark Wings of The Night written by: Nikshepa Chunchula It’s been a year since you...

Poetry English

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Siren Song For Bottled Blues

Sawyer Stewart·February 16, 2022

Siren Song for Bottled Blues written by: Sawyer Stewart A Siren song has blossomed every bottled blue into...

Poetry English

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Kali’s Mandala

Ximena Escobar·February 9, 2022

Kali’s Mandala written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin A collection of images With no coherent meaning Spun, kaleidoscopic...

Poetry English

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Shopping

Mara Cheney·February 8, 2022

Shopping written by: Mara Cheney I’ve left my shopping partner with the intention of going home but...

English Literature

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Softly as I Leave You

Nancy Richy·February 3, 2022

Softly as I Leave You written by: Nancy Richy Parish, New York – a sleepy little town...

Literature English

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Losing My Religion

Ash Douglas·January 31, 2022

Losing My Religion written by: Ash Douglas @Written_In_Ash I’m sorry you were alone when the faces drifted...

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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