12 Days of Christmas, series at Spillwords.com

A series, consisting of different authors and different literary works that embrace the Christmas Holiday, and the joy of this season.

Home To Evergreen

Jim Bates·December 20, 2022

Home To Evergreen written by: Jim Bates “Glenn.” My wife Sue handed me her phone. “It’s your...

12 Days of Christmas Literature Featured Post Christmas English

·13 mins read

One Still Night

Julie Lindsell·December 19, 2022

One Still Night written by: Julie Lindsell Part One Esther peered out of the window of the...

Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas

·29 mins read

The Christmas Child

Darrell Case·December 18, 2022

The Christmas Child written by: Darrell Case @DarrellCase1 The lamplighter paused, lighting the street lamp in front...

Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature Christmas

·9 mins read

The Knight Before Christmas

Buzz Miller·December 17, 2022

The Knight Before Christmas written by: Buzz Miller It was the night before the night before Christmas...

English 12 Days of Christmas Literature Featured Post Christmas

·11 mins read

Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes

Wendy Markel·December 16, 2022

Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes written by: Wendy Markel The Christmas tree has branches laden, With baubles...

12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas Featured Post English

·1 min read

The Book

Fay L. Loomis·December 15, 2022

The Book written by: Fay L. Loomis They clicked the first day of kindergarten. Fay fell in...

Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature Christmas

·5 mins read

Jacqueline’s Heart

Gabriella Balcom·December 14, 2022

Jacqueline’s Heart written by: Gabriella Balcom “Mama, this is for Nina,” Jacqueline said, holding out her red...

12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas Featured Post

·12 mins read

The Angel Across The Alley

Carmen Baca·December 13, 2022

The Angel Across The Alley written by: Carmen Baca @carmen_author We lived on the cusp of lower-middle...

12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas Featured Post

·12 mins read

Humbug

C.T. Henderson·December 24, 2021

Humbug written by: C.T. Henderson I’ve only been sitting at this desk for a few minutes, but...

Literature Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas

·43 mins read

A Christmas Angel

Phyllis P. Colucci·December 23, 2021

A Christmas Angel written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot She came softly with the fallen snow And...

Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas English Phyllis P. Colucci

·1 min read

The Trip To Nativity

Jim Bates·December 22, 2021

The Trip to Nativity written by: Jim Bates We’d always been close, my son and I, but in...

Christmas Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Literature

·9 mins read

A Christmas Story

Michal Reibenbach·December 21, 2021

A Christmas Story written by: Michal Reibenbach I pull the white net curtain of my sitting room...

Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas

·9 mins read

Blessed Are We

NT Franklin·December 20, 2021

Blessed Are We written by: NT Franklin The young woman walked into the Church basement, her head...

12 Days of Christmas Literature English Christmas Featured Post

·4 mins read

In Natali Domini

Elliot Slater·December 19, 2021

In Natali Domini written by: E. S. Slater The hunkering-down mood of the Christmas season began early,...

12 Days of Christmas Literature Christmas Featured Post English

·22 mins read

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

Features

A Little Black Dress

Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

A Little Black Dress

Inevitable Alignment

The Lavender Pages

12 Days of Christmas

Home To Evergreen

One Still Night

The Christmas Child

The Knight Before Christmas

Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes

The Book

Jacqueline’s Heart

The Angel Across The Alley

Humbug

A Christmas Angel

The Trip To Nativity

A Christmas Story

Blessed Are We

In Natali Domini

Great Scott!

Finding Refuge

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

I Am a Poet!

The Lavender Pages

Getting On

Our Flying Objects

Pandora’s Box

Winter Silence

The Love is a Long Night of Silence