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.

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...

Literature Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of 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...

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·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...

English 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas Featured Post

·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...

Literature Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of 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...

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·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...

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·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...

Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature 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...

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·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...

12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas Featured Post

·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...

English Literature Christmas Featured Post 12 Days of 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...

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·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,...

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·22 mins read

Bright

Stuart A. Paterson·December 18, 2021

Bright written by: Stuart A. Paterson @StuartPoet You’re building another Christmas for one, decorating the present with...

12 Days of Christmas English Poetry Christmas Featured Post

·1 min read

A Chocolate Milkshake for Christmas

Jim Bartlett·December 17, 2021

A Chocolate Milkshake for Christmas written by: Jim Bartlett When I stepped out of Dean Jeffers’ office,...

Literature Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas

·24 mins read

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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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12 Days of Christmas

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

Bright

A Chocolate Milkshake for Christmas

Borrowed Shoes

The War Within The Battle

Such Soulful Wailings

The Library Of Alexandria 2.0

The Cities of the Dead

The House the Ocean Left Behind

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