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My Grandpa, Jose

Norj Joseph·July 23, 2023

My Grandpa, Jose written by: Norj Joseph The car was honking outside It was my grandpa waiting...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Writing with Schiz

Sean O'Leary·May 6, 2023

Writing with Schiz written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 I have schizophrenia of the paranoid variety. I write...

Literature English

·5 mins read

Shadows

Joyce Mary J·February 3, 2023

Shadows written by: Joyce Mary J Light was her companion, Shadows her playmates, Born with a heart...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Five Types of Christmas Movies You Will Watch

A. A. Forringer·December 25, 2022

The Five Types of Christmas Movies You Will Watch written by: A. A. Forringer I enjoy Christmas,...

Article English Christmas

·5 mins read

Pumpkin Eater

Kaci Skiles Laws·October 26, 2022

Pumpkin Eater written by: Kaci Skiles Laws My first Halloween alone, I am certain I might die....

Literature Halloween English

·3 mins read

A Good Chaos

Akshaya Pawaskar·April 20, 2022

A Good Chaos written by: Akshaya Pawaskar We revel in differences. We are varied and beautiful. We...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Stories of Space Age Horror

Tom Ball·December 2, 2021

Stories of Space Age Horror written by: Tom Ball “It’s all horror and madness.” – The Marquis...

Literature English Haunted Holidays

·16 mins read

The Day The Australians Came

Dave Hayes·November 24, 2021

The Day the Australians Came written by: Dave Hayes They always remembered the eyes. Full of steel and...

English Literature

·2 mins read

Elysian Fields

Mark Kodama·October 6, 2021

Elysian Fields written by: Mark Kodama I Sadness marked all of Masako Harada’s life. And now after 80...

Literature English

·14 mins read

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love

Vergil Smith·September 23, 2021

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love written by: Vergil Smith 1991 – 2003 CHICAGO From the beginning,...

My Ideal Life

Rutuja·July 2, 2021

My Ideal Life written by: Rutuja Just like every other person on this planet even I have...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Love Stories

Walid Boureghda·February 8, 2021

Love Stories written by: Walid Boureghda Love stories give us life In what we see in words...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Take A Seat at My Feet

Tammy M Darby·January 26, 2021

Take A Seat at My Feet written by: Tammy M Darby Take a seat at my feet...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Deep Into The Dawning Mist

David Dephy·December 30, 2020

Deep Into The Dawning Mist written by: David Dephy “What can be more animating than hope of...

English Poetry

·1 min 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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