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I’m Not Scratchin’ That Itch!

Jennifer Geer·January 25, 2024

I’m Not Scratchin’ That Itch! written by: Jennifer Geer “Honey is that you,” that’s all he said,...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Monster in The Mirror

C.T. Henderson·October 31, 2023

The Monster in The Mirror written by: C.T. Henderson In a small town there stood an old...

Literature English Halloween

·3 mins read

Jack of Bodmin

Mark Skewes·May 4, 2023

Jack of Bodmin written by: Mark A.S. @namasteinoz St Margarets Hotel 61-63 Guilford St, London UK It...

English Literature Featured Post

·15 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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