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Dani Gray·April 1, 2016

Tide written by: Gray Skies @seattlegray03 Sometimes the sheer force of the storms she’d weathered over took...

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Huracán

Jose A Gomez·August 25, 2015

Huracán An Original Poem by José A. Gómez Llovía muy fuerte en la vecindad decían los viejos que...

Jose A Gomez Spanish

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One Sunny Summer Solstice Day

Anne G·June 26, 2015

One Sunny Summer Solstice Day written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth One sunny summer solstice day Drops of...

Anne G English Poetry

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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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