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My Best Chapter Yet

Anne G·July 30, 2016

My Best Chapter Yet written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth I. As I reflect upon the Final Third, a...

Anne G English Poetry

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After The Game Is Over

Kara Jackman·July 18, 2016

After The Game Is Over written by: Kara Jackman @KaraJ1979 The streets around Fenway Park pulse at...

English

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Greed And War

Beth Tremaglio·July 18, 2016

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: First, a thank you to all you reading this piece. The first of eight...

Poetry English Featured Post Voices on Skin Beth Tremaglio

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The Courtship of Writing

Annette Januzzi Wick·July 12, 2016

The Courtship of Writing Written by: Annette Januzzi Wick @illbeinthecar First, you are met with a warm...

English Featured Post

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Sharing

A. Siegelster·June 25, 2016

Sharing written by: A. Siegelster @asiegelster In preschool we were taught to share with others, to share...

English

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Dance With Me

Jamie Hartless·May 13, 2016

Dance With Me written by: Jamie Hartless @AuthorJHartless My light may have been what attracted you, but...

English

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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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Stable

Lakita Speaks·April 30, 2016

Stable written by: Lakita Speaks @LakitaSpeakred I write through the pain Sometimes my feelings–my emotions are on...

English

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Two Equals One

J.M.G·April 22, 2016

Two Equals One 2 = 1 Poetry Written by J.M.G. I. You say, you don’t want to...

J.m.g English Poetry

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The Sounds of Brooklyn

Anne G·April 17, 2016

The Sounds of Brooklyn The Last Days Written by Anne G My memories of Brooklyn are filled with...

My Brooklyn Poetry Anne G English

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The Tenant

Nesbit and Gibley·April 1, 2016

The Tenant written by: Nesbit and Gibley @nesbitandgibley The students above play Latin Jazz every Tuesday night....

English

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You Are Wonderful

J.M.G·February 16, 2016

You Are Wonderful by J.M.G. To say that you’re wonderful, is just not enough You’re absolutely amazing,...

J.m.g English Poetry

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WORDROW

Anne G·February 8, 2016

WORDROW written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth A word is: w-onderful o-ptimistic r-markable d-ivine A drow is: d-readful...

Anne G English Poetry

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Our First Leap Year

Anne G·February 3, 2016

Our First Leap Year by Anne G The days and nights of Spillwords Press have brought us...

Poetry A day like today Anne G 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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