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Pick A Side

Robyn MacKinnon·October 29, 2017

Pick a Side found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat momentarily a creepy game on my phone...

Robyn MacKinnon Poetry Halloween English

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The Invisible Prison

Usolosopher·January 21, 2017

The Invisible Prison written by: Usolosopher @mister_fatu We live in a country where Cell phone towers are...

English Poetry

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Distortion Dreams

Eric Danhoff·January 19, 2017

Distortion Dreams written by: Eric Danhoff @troubled_sleep I only go online when my baby is asleep In...

Poetry 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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