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If I Were a Book

Anoucheka Gangabissoon·June 23, 2022

If I Were a Book written by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon If I were to be a book, My...

English Poetry

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Soul of the Ocean

Nima Mohan·April 29, 2020

Soul of the Ocean written by: Nima Mohan Ocean or the Sea? A big body of water?...

English Poetry

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Mermaids

Joyce Butler·November 26, 2016

Mermaids written by: Joyce Butler @joycebwriter A ship went down in seas long ago Mermaids don’t drown,...

English

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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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