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Simplicity In Life

Dirk Sandarupa·April 27, 2020

Simplicity In Life written by: Dirk Sandarupa @ds4nd There’s always a way when there’s a sign. Tears...

English Poetry

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The Family Sign

James Gabriel·November 27, 2018

The Family Sign written by: James Gabriel They drove in silence. The only sound above the hum...

English Literature Featured Post

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Glimpse of Spring

Joan McNerney·March 13, 2018

Glimpse of Spring written by: Joan McNerney shy blue morning black trees etch sky children skipping over...

Poetry English

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It’s Good Here

Alan Mitnick·October 11, 2016

It’s Good Here written by: Alan Mitnick @alan.mitnick I always thought, if I’m welcome, stay, welcome; you...

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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