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Her Wild Heart

Jan Smith·December 13, 2016

Her Wild Heart written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Her wild heart She’s breathless & bold Rushing winds...

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Night’s Embrace

Angel_Face44·July 16, 2016

Night’s Embrace written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 From deep slumber, I do awake A whisper lingers in the air....

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Wild Freedom

Shawntelle Moncy·June 20, 2016

Wild Freedom written by: Shawntelle Moncy @shawntellemoncy We are free like animals. We are wild. We climb...

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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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