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Short Story Collections, Flash Fiction, Poetry

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Author, Poet, Lyricist, Travel Writer & Indie Publisher, focused on Central America, with poetry & prose in English & Spanish.

'POETRY IN A TIME OF PESTILENCE : Perspectives on a Pandemic' (2020 Kindle) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L178VPJ
'LINES & LENSES : A Quotographic Collection' (2016 Print & Digital)
http://www.blurb.com/b/7547355
'IMPROMPTU SCRIBE' : A Short Story Collection (2014 Kindle)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OJRFYHE
'GUISES OF GUYANA : Peering into the Interior' (2013 Print & Digital)
http://www.blurb.com/b/4346573
http://soundcloud.com/guisesofguyana
'GLIMPSES OF GUATEMALA : A Poetic & Photographic Perspective'
(2012 Print & Digital)
http://www.blurb.com/b/3183261
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Average rating: 4.07 · 55 ratings · 28 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Impromptu Scribe 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lines & Lenses 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glimpses of Guatemala 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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'A Scape' selected as a finalist

'A Scape', one of the poems featured in Alex's recently published collection - Poetry in a time of Pestilence: Perspectives on a Pandemic - has been selected as a finalist in the 2021 annual writing contest organised by the San Francisco Writers Conference and published in their inaugural anthology - San Francisco Writers Conference 2021 Writing Contest Anthology Read more of this blog post »

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“New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.”
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“Life is indeed colourful. We can feel in the pink one day, with our bank balances comfortably in the black, and the grass seemingly no greener on the other side of the fence. Then out of the blue, something tiresome happens that makes us see red, turn ashen white, even purple with rage. Maybe controlling our varying emotions is just 'colour management' by another name.”
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“The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.”
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Making Connections: 3569. IMPROMPTU SCRIBE by Alex Morritt	1	14	Dec 28, 2014 10:19PM
Weekly Short Stor...: Week 244 (January 6-13). Poems. Topic: Compass	59	58	Jan 16, 2015 05:41AM
Weekly Short Stor...: Week 245 (January 14-20). Poems. Topic: *Picture Prompt	69	65	Jan 21, 2015 04:00PM
Weekly Short Stor...: Week 246 (January 21-28), Poems, Topic: Time Lapse	66	46	Jan 30, 2015 08:11PM
Weekly Short Stor...: Week 255 (April 1-7). Poems. Topic: First Light	45	36	Apr 09, 2015 05:16AM

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“New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.”
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“The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.”
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“Age is a seasoned trickster. To our parents, we will always be children. Within ourselves, the same yearnings of youth; the same aspirations of adolescence, will last a lifetime. Only to the young - blinded by our grey hair and slowing gait - do we appear old and increasingly beyond the pale.”
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“The word 'friend' has become so utterly void of meaning in a world governed by social media. How can anyone truly claim to have eleven hundred friends ? In my book that would involve making time to meet at least three of them every day of the year.”
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