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Mi Querida

Jose A Gomez·September 16, 2020

Mi Querida written by: José A Gómez Dime entonces mi querida Donde y cuando te falte Porque...

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JOURNEY TO NOWHERE

Dilip Mohapatra·August 22, 2020

JOURNEY TO NOWHERE written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo Covered with the placental fluid as I emerge from the...

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Dreams To Reality

Nafisa Shabbir·August 17, 2020

Dreams To Reality written by: Nafisa Shabbir Cascading water falls Over sheer granite walls The enfolding row...

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Mom, Who Paints The Sky That Way

Elaine Marie Carnegie-Padgett·July 31, 2020

Mom, Who Paints The Sky That Way written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 I watched my blonde-haired babies,...

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Despair

Elizabeth Sams·July 14, 2020

Despair written by: Elizabeth Sams Did he take that shot/ to escape a reality/ that he could...

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Needing Each Other

Philomena Daly·June 30, 2020

Needing Each Other written by: Philomena Daly After such a long period of no physical contact, it...

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The End (Post Chemotherapy)

Izabella T. Kostka·June 27, 2020

The End (Post Chemotherapy) written by: Izabella T. Kostka I am only a wrapper filled with poison...

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Moment…

Mitch Bensel·June 12, 2020

Moment… written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling a moment I fell inside a soul drinking from its waters...

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Writing

CJ Delous·June 4, 2020

Writing written by: CJ Delous You want to put the barrel of the gun in their mouth,...

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Sliver of Time

Charlie Bottle·May 31, 2020

Sliver of Time written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Today, for a fleeting moment I held in my...

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The Paradox of Reality

Gosha Kulisiewicz·May 31, 2020

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A Moment

Elaine Marie Carnegie-Padgett·May 29, 2020

A Moment written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 In a moment, there is a knowing A feeling… That...

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Reconnecting

Ian Fletcher·May 26, 2020

Reconnecting written by: Ian Fletcher It’s come full circle as we meet again reconnecting at long last...

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Chained

Christine E. Ray·May 19, 2020

Chained written by: Christine E. Ray @ChristineERay66 silken strands and spun steel compose the knotted memory that...

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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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