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Happy The Elephant

Bob Laurie·March 12, 2021

Happy The Elephant written by: Bob Laurie @boblaurie757 1975 The elephant herd south of the Congo basin...

English Literature

·8 mins read

Life in My ZOO

Gerry Stefanson·February 3, 2021

Life in My ZOO written & performed by: Gerry Stefanson there is a Skeleton in my closet...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Caged

Lynn White·January 23, 2020

Caged written by: Lynn White It’s pleasant enough wandering these pathways flanked by the tall rectangular cages,...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Don’t Let your Memes Be Dreams

Rebecca Rhodes·July 14, 2019

Don’t Let your Memes Be Dreams written by: Rebecca Rhodes If there’s one cliché line I’ve heard...

Article English

·5 mins read

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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