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Torn

Sheri M. StewartJune 12, 2019

Torn written by: Sheri M. Stewart Slip from the stress choking me from life twisting and tormenting. Demands and needs circling unanswered and...

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The Rending

Sian StaleyApril 3, 2019

The Rending written by: Sian Staley I've denied my self, traded black lace for maternal cottons, filled in my space with children who cut my spee...

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Torn Pages Of The Diary

Pratibha GuptaJune 29, 2018

Torn Pages Of The Diary written by: Pratibha Gupta Thrown away into the bin, Shredded immediately to disappear, Torn mercilessly to ruin existe...

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Il Giorno In Cui Il Cuore Mi Fu Strappato

Francesco AbateSeptember 17, 2017

Il giorno in cui il cuore mi fu strappato written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Il giorno il cui il cuore mi fu strappato non il dolore della...

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My Origami Heart

Don KnowlesAugust 5, 2017

My Origami Heart written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 My origami heart Once precision folds formed this beating heart Creases frail from constant u...

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The Monster

Maggie ChattertonAugust 5, 2016

The Monster written by: Maggie Chatterton @Mag_Chatterton Two faces reflecting in my mirror: One of justice, One of impurity. Red meets black… The su...

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I was born and bred in Coventry and write under the pseudonym 'Ricky Hawthorne', a character from one of my favourite books from my teenage years, 'Ghost Story' by Peter Straub. In 2002, fearing I would lose my job, I started an MBA in Theatre, Film and Literature at Warwick University, graduating in 2006. During the course I, inexplicably, developed a film narrative inside my head. I then wrote out a script. My first screenplay – ‘Myth’. Since then I have completed four more with the latest ‘Would Love to Meet’ being the first requested by a producer through Inktip. I also have written three teleplays based on my own short stories, a children’s short story, 3 stage plays, a TV Pilot and found my fondness for writing poetry return after several years of dry wood. I am married to my lovely Mairea and we have 5 children.