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Cristina Munoz·June 16, 2017

Your Valentino written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 who i was before is smiling from inside old picture...

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Holidays

Rebecca Lombardo·December 11, 2016

Holidays written by: Rebecca Lombardo @BekaLombardo Your eyes light up with the excitement of the season For...

English Poetry Christmas

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My Best Nightmare

Lana Wesley·November 27, 2016

My Best Nightmare written by: Lana Wesley @LanaWesley36 My best nightmare – you in my dream rise...

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6 am

Angel_Face44·May 30, 2016

6 am written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 At 6 I awoke, dreading what next must come for our time...

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Unread Message Notification

Alyssa Gwen·April 29, 2016

Unread message notification written by: Alyssa Gwen @alyssa_myverses You have 1 unread message To: (None) Subject: The farthest...

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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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