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HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS, BREATHES STILL

Khurram Nizami·July 10, 2017

HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS, BREATHES STILL written by: Khurram Nizami @Khurram-Nizami-1212452428770885 Reviewing past, analyzing present, incompetence is palpable. Happiness...

English Poetry

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My Christmas Present

Josie Dee·December 17, 2016

My Christmas Present written by: Josie Dee @Josi3_dee When the family gathers and the smiles start flowing With...

Poetry Christmas English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas

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What Is To Come?

J.M.G·May 5, 2016

What Is To Come? Collaborating Minds Anne G & J.M.G. Today – I wake up to an...

Poetry Anne G J.m.g English

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Fun-house Mirror Universe

Michael Dickel·April 21, 2016

Fun-house mirror universe written by: Michael Dickel @MYDekel469 i Today they accidentally warped space, bent it faster than...

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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