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Jack Wolfe Frost·March 19, 2019

February written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter It’s February and the North winds still blow, And ministering...

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Beckoning Sea

Ken Allan Dronsfield·August 28, 2018

Beckoning Sea written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield My hand reaches out to block the suns rays;...

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Windy City

Vickie Mryczko·August 9, 2017

Windy City written by: Vickie Mryczko @vickiemryczko And from the Heavens, He exhales his comforting breath on...

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The Winds Of Time

Social_calamity98·July 3, 2017

The Winds Of Time written by: Social_calamity98 I was swept away, By the winds of time into...

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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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