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 Child

Beth Tremaglio·December 20, 2016

The child written by: Beth Tremaglio @TremaglioBeth On this eve, a light snow begins to fall, the moon...

Christmas Featured Post Beth Tremaglio 12 Days of Christmas Poetry English

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OURS

Alyssa Brocker·December 18, 2016

OURS written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy it’s when… my step-dad and I spend three hours on the...

Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Alyssa Brocker Christmas English

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My Christmas Present

Josie Dee·December 17, 2016

My Christmas Present written by: Josie Dee @Josi3_dee When the family gathers and the smiles start flowing With...

Poetry Christmas English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas

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Fallen

Criss Tripp·December 15, 2016

Fallen written by: Criss Tripp @CrissTripp I have fallen, Discarded so sudden. Far from home, Lost and...

English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas

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Holiday Time

Viktoria Nikola·December 14, 2016

Holiday Time written by: Viktoria Nikola @ViktoriaNNK Ornaments twirling on green needle branches Glittering ribbons and song avalanches...

English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas

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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 ...

Features

The Stepmother

Vanishing Ink

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Patricia Carragon

Spotlight On Writers – Mark Woodward

Spotlight On Writers – Vaishnavi Pusapati

Still Single, Female And Thirty Something?

Growth and Aging

12 Days of Christmas

The Child

OURS

My Christmas Present

Fallen

Holiday Time

Why Won’t They Stop?

The Stepmother

Vanishing Ink

The Inquisition of Arabella Rose

Pin Drop

Second Chances

Still Single, Female And Thirty Something?

What’s Left

Lacuna

Lone Runner

The Big Secret

Travelling for Knowledge