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How The Sea Goes To Sleep

Kara Jackman·September 22, 2016

How the Sea Goes to Sleep written by: Kara Jackman @KaraJ1979 The eye is drawn to the...

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Some Hearts Aren’t Meant To Be Kept

Dani Gray·August 7, 2016

Some Hearts Aren’t Meant To Be Kept written by: Gray Skies @seattlegray03 She walks along the coast,...

English

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What do you want to leave behind… for posterity

bhargavi·June 25, 2016

What do you want to leave behind… for posterity written by: bhargavi @BhargaviArun Shafts of light from the setting...

English

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TSUNAMI

Stanley Wilkin·May 12, 2016

TSUNAMI written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk Watching the sea, fixated on waves, Touched by its beauty The...

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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