Ending Unchanged
/…can't you see that we hurt just the same.
Nobody wins when love is a game.
You talk about how cruel to you I have been,
How is your cruelty justified but mine…
By Simple Sue
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/…did not really need to buy a new book, her shelves at home were crammed full of books she had not read, but as any reader will tell you, you cannot have too many books. The temptation to buy another book is just too great, it’s like an itch that you can’t help …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreShut-Slanted-Silent
/…tells me she dwells in possibility.
I keep my mouth shut, slanted, silent
as she continues her monologue,
speaking to an uninterested…
By Slyvia Rose
Read MoreUnder No Obligation
/…approached the couple perusing the samples in kitchen showroom. He straightened his tie, and adjusted his cuff-links, before giving them his most…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreTrue Beauty, Indeed…
/…beauty, indeed (to the number-theorists),
reveals the distribution of the primes.
Beauty, too, is courage, the defiant fists
of a defender whom we praise in …
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreStands A Boxer
/When boxer Liam was…
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…Liam Brodie, boxing was life. There was nothing better than the sport. When he wasn’t training at the boxing gym, he was watching the sport on television or at his local…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreThe Christmas Eve Shift
/… work phone you out of your working hours it can never be good news. Karl Connor stared at the display on his mobile phone for a moment before finally picking up. He had been working shifts delivering at the kebab for almost two…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreDifferent Roads
/…at the house through the windscreen and tried to gather his thoughts. This was it. It was time to admit everything and face the consequences. He knew what he had done was wrong. He knew he should have come sooner. It was time. Even if the outcome was bad for him, he would still…
By Chris Platt
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