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ZIZADORE XII

Marie Scampini/MZ Clarke·July 18, 2019

ZIZADORE XII written by: MZ CLARKE @zoeandme CHAPTER TWELVE CRASHING INTO LOVE Meanwhile, at the Halloween...

Literature English

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A Wicked Dancer

Neeraj Kumar·June 6, 2019

A Wicked Dancer written by: Neeraj Kumar A nerve stretched Inside my mind Like strings of a guitar...

Poetry English

·1 min read

No Longer The Director

Tracy Gregory·December 31, 2018

No Longer The Director written by: Tracy Gregory @TracyLGregory You once stood Upon my stage A player in...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Striped Shirts and Mini Skirts

Robbie Masso·May 11, 2017

Striped Shirts and Mini Skirts written by: Robbie Masso @robbie.masso She took the stage and sounded like...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Personification

Alyssa Brocker·September 5, 2016

Personification written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy a spotlight blinds her. it doesn’t ask her to act, it...

English Poetry Alyssa Brocker

·1 min read

Clown Girl

Anahit Arustamyan·August 8, 2016

Clown Girl written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 Hello, clown girl! What is sketched on your painted face?...

English

·1 min read

CURTAIN DOWN

The Quiet Quill·August 2, 2016

CURTAIN DOWN written by: The Quiet Quill @TheQuietQuill Hello up there in the Spotlight, Do you remember...

English

·1 min read

A Mime Play

Alyssa Gwen·July 26, 2016

A Mime Play written by: Alyssa Gwen @Alyssa_myverses A silent figure without name stands alone on the...

English

·1 min read

All The World’s A Stage

Spillwords·April 24, 2016

All The World’s A Stage a poem by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage, And all...

English Literary Greats

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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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ZIZADORE XII

A Wicked Dancer

No Longer The Director

Striped Shirts and Mini Skirts

Personification

Clown Girl

CURTAIN DOWN

A Mime Play

All The World’s A Stage

An Unexpected Connection

The Wheels on the Bus

Before The Final March

Wardle Stuebner and the School Ma’am

Lost Dreams

Arched Smile

If You Want

Richard, Do You Remember?

An Emotional Blanket

The Race

Borrowed Time

Postage Slime