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The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance

Steven L. Richie·October 17, 2020

The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance written by: Steven L. Richie A week before Dad’s car accident of...

English Literature

·9 mins read

The Reckoning (River of Pain)

Jose A. Tovar·June 3, 2019

The Reckoning (River of Pain) written by: Jose A. Tovar While I slept While I dreamt Deep...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Penny McPincherton’s Christmas Reckoning

Melissa McNallan·December 8, 2016

Penny McPincherton’s Christmas Reckoning written by: Melissa McNallan @MelissaMcNallan Janet Marley was dead. There is no doubt...

Literature Christmas English

·21 mins read

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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The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance

The Reckoning (River of Pain)

Penny McPincherton’s Christmas Reckoning

An Unexpected Connection

The Wheels on the Bus

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