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Estelle

Verity Mason·October 13, 2023

Estelle written by: Verity Mason Estelle breaks free, gouging her broken fingernails into my flesh, bringing the...

English Literature

·2 mins read

First Communion

Mark Scheel·July 12, 2023

First Communion written by: Mark Scheel Religion for me was always kind of an iffy proposition, if...

English Literature

·4 mins read

There’s Been an Accident

Linda Chandanais·May 5, 2023

There’s Been an Accident written by: Linda Chandanais I hang up and call work, then make travel...

Literature English

·1 min read

The Bright Snowbanks

Dmitriy Belyanin·April 16, 2023

The Bright Snowbanks written by: Dmitriy Belyanin -Snowbanks, sparkling brightly, Like you've never seen: Charming, they lie quietly...

English International Poetry

·1 min read

There are Two Sides to Every Story

Rose Rayne Rivers·April 4, 2023

There are Two Sides to Every Story written by: Rose Rayne Rivers @roseraynerivers It’s time to set...

English Literature Featured Post

·9 mins read

One Star

Sharon Frame Gay·September 22, 2022

One Star written by: Sharon Frame Gay @sharonframegay All I need is one star to guide me....

Grey Matter

Ann M Struck·July 20, 2022

Grey Matter written by: Ann Marie Struck @My4SenseBlog When you didn’t answer the phone for two days,...

Literature English

·5 mins read

Bike Killer

Doug Hawley·April 5, 2022

Bike Killer written by: Doug Hawley @DougHawley8 I don’t drive. Everywhere I need to go I can...

Literature English

·4 mins read

A Sick Sense of Humor

Chad Miller·March 15, 2022

A Sick Sense of Humor Living The American Dream written by: Chad Miller I’ve waited 36 years...

English Literature

·17 mins read

Jenny Hyde

Kate Aranda Nye·October 12, 2021

Jenny Hyde written by: Kate Aranda Nye Some folks said that my grandmother, on my father’s side,...

A Life To Call Home

Russell Colclough·October 10, 2021

A Life To Call Home written by: Russell Colclough I am the invisible man I walk with...

English Literature

·2 mins read

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love

Vergil Smith·September 23, 2021

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love written by: Vergil Smith 1991 – 2003 CHICAGO From the beginning,...

Questions

Shoma A Chatterji·November 25, 2020

Questions written by: Shoma A Chatterji @shomachatterji The characters in this story are nameless. This is by...

English Literature

·10 mins read

The Falling Woman

A Stump·November 22, 2020

The Falling Woman written by: A Stump @astump10 I’ll never forget—it was like a dream. Not a...

Literature English

·5 mins read

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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