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Kitty Amour

Verona Jones·May 7, 2019

Kitty Amour written by: Verona Jones @VeronaJ57 It’s a glorious spring day as Helios smiles upon the earth....

Poetry English

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Games, Then and Now

Paul Anthony Obey·April 15, 2019

Games, Then and Now written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 A healthy new craze, Anyone can aspire,...

Poetry English

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Afternoon Play

Andrew Scobie·March 12, 2019

Afternoon Play written by: Andrew Scobie Later in the morning, soon after he had been administered with his...

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Eliza Segiet·March 6, 2019

English International Poetry Polish

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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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