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The Night Before Christmas

Spillwords·December 24, 2017

The Night Before Christmas By Clement Clarke Moore T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the...

Literary Greats Poetry English Christmas

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Christmas Will Be Coming

Phyllis P. Colucci·December 24, 2016

Christmas Will Be Coming written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot Like an old friend who has been...

Poetry Christmas Phyllis P. Colucci English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas

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The Child

Beth Tremaglio·December 20, 2016

The child written by: Beth Tremaglio @TremaglioBeth On this eve, a light snow begins to fall, the moon...

Christmas Featured Post Beth Tremaglio 12 Days of Christmas Poetry English

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Santa

Kia Jones·December 15, 2016

Santa written by: Kia Jones @CYSMbyKia A little man all dressed in red Creeps around whilst you’re...

English Poetry Christmas

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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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