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110,000 Pairs of Shoes

Aurora Kastanias·January 26, 2021

110,000 Pairs of Shoes written by: Aurora Kastanias Remember when we used to play Amidst brick and...

Cockroach

Andrew Scobie·November 29, 2020

Cockroach written by: Andrew Scobie Desmond chuckled to himself as a rooster’s call sounded from further down the...

Literature English

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Lonely Loneliness

Irena Ewa Idzikowska·November 10, 2019

Polish English International Poetry

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Rodina-mat Zavyot!

Olja Dobric·June 18, 2019

Rodina-mat Zavyot! written by: Olja Dobric Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump-thump-thump. Misha was desperately attempting to normalise his...

Literature English

·10 mins read

INNER FIRE

Dariusz Pacak·June 14, 2018

English International Poetry Chinese Polish

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Après moi, le dèluge

Anne G·July 2, 2015

Après moi, le deluge Original U-Blog by Anne G Après moi, le deluge literally translated is “After me,...

Article 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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