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A Walk In The Rain

Brandi Easterling Collins·May 9, 2017

A Walk in the Rain written by: Brandi Easterling Collins @caniscareyou She went for a walk in the...

Poetry English

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BLUESTONE MOUND

Stanley Wilkin·April 20, 2017

BLUESTONE MOUND written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk The heath appeared to go on forever. Winds coursed through...

Literature English

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Fallen Soldiers

Brian Wayne Smith·March 22, 2017

Fallen Soldiers written by: Brian Wayne Smith @briansmith3575 Army cries Battle wounds Soldiers die Where are the...

Poetry English

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The Gift of the Magi

Spillwords·January 6, 2017

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And...

English Poetry Christmas Literary Greats Literature

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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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A Walk In The Rain

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The Gift of the Magi

Borrowed Shoes

The War Within The Battle

Such Soulful Wailings

Callisto

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