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Nostalgia

Rajashree·October 5, 2016

Nostalgia written by: Rajashree @DP_Rajashree Across the blue horizon, My feelings got wings again…. With the arrival...

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Nostalgia

Jenna Moquin·September 26, 2016

Nostalgia written by: Jenna Moquin @JennaMoquin I watch a child swing from rings on a jungle gym...

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Ode to a Neighborhood Dive Bar

Matt Dunn·September 4, 2016

Ode to a Neighborhood Dive Bar written by: Matt Dunn @MJudeDunn The Stained wooden door’s not as...

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Price Of Bravery

Alyssa Gwen·August 16, 2016

Price of Bravery written by: Alyssa Gwen @Alyssa_myverses Been away too long the bohemian gene in my...

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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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