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Night of The Crone

Moxie McMurder·September 22, 2019

Night of The Crone written by: Moxie McMurder @MoxieMcMurder Spices and salt in the air The fire...

SACRED FIRE

TM DiSarro·September 20, 2019

SACRED FIRE written by: TM DiSarro @tmdisarro We are captured by desire per chance Blessed in sacred...

English Poetry

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Mama

Sharona Reeves·July 11, 2019

Mama written by: Sharona Reeves I thought to myself what if today is my last day? Have...

Poetry English

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Sunrise

Cindy Medina·March 15, 2019

Sunrise written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 Orange star pierces sacred mist; Shinto sunrise atop Mount Fuji....

Poetry English

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Just Listen

Don Knowles·January 7, 2019

Just Listen written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 There are sentences in each inadvertent sound Each noise speaks...

English Poetry

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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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