13 Days of Halloween, series at Spillwords.com

A series, consisting of different authors and different literary works that embrace Halloween, and the spirit of this holiday.

A Halloween to Remember

Gabriella Balcom·October 31, 2025

A Halloween to Remember written by: Gabriella Balcom - "Why are you wasting my time?" Dougal demanded...

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·22 mins read

Last Halloween

Andrea Doig·October 30, 2025

Last Halloween written by: Andrea Doig - Halloween has arrived silently, with her creeping chill extinguishing the last of Summer’s warmth...

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·6 mins read

Shortcut

James Hancock·October 29, 2025

Shortcut written by: James Hancock - I hate the subway at night, but the alternative means crossing the main road...

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·7 mins read

Tilt-a-Whirl

Richard Korst·October 28, 2025

Tilt-a-Whirl written by: Richard Korst - Danny sat cross-legged on the hood of his faded, copper-colored ’69 Camero...

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·10 mins read

Unmasked

Jim Bartlett·October 27, 2025

Unmasked written by: Jim Bartlett - Rose stands to the side of the open gate, the only break in the long picket fence...

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·6 mins read

Muriel

Rex Fausett·October 26, 2025

Muriel written by: Rex Fausett - Muriel attached herself to me in Springhill Falls cemetery last year when Amelia...

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·5 mins read

I Am a Demon

Stephen Herczeg·October 25, 2025

I Am a Demon written by: Stephen Herczeg - The group of small children dressed as witches, princesses, and vampires, screamed as one...

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·21 mins read

Blasphemous!

Michael Danese·October 24, 2025

Blasphemous! written by: Michael Danese - The hall was filled with the sweet aroma of the cut flowers...

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·13 mins read

Four Days in an Italian Village

P.A. O'Neil·October 23, 2025

Four Days in an Italian Village written by: P.A. O'Neil - “Please, won’t someone help me!” The old woman leaned out of the upstairs window...

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·8 mins read

Buttermere

Emma Wells·October 22, 2025

Buttermere written by: Emma Wells - I booked a writing retreat. One nestled as tightly away from humanity...

Literature Halloween Featured Post English 13 Days of Halloween

·9 mins read

King Under Moor

Ed McConnell·October 21, 2025

King Under Moor written by: Ed McConnell - Up the moor they come like a breeze from out of the earth. The space below...

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·5 mins read

Harry the Nab and the Wild Hunt

JPK·October 20, 2025

Harry the Nab and the Wild Hunt written by: JPK - To the south east the old coach road ran, through Worcestershire...

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·16 mins read

Samhain: The Black Harvest

Julian Lee·October 19, 2025

Samhain The Black Harvest written by: Julian Lee Upon the moors, the pyres began to bleed, Their...

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·1 min read

Poveglia

Emma Wells·October 31, 2024

Poveglia written by: Emma Wells - The Black Death sent me to an island. Ostracised from Venetians, nobody cared...

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·4 mins read

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

Features

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Barney and His Angel

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Grandchild

Mercury

13 Days of Halloween

A Halloween to Remember

Last Halloween

Shortcut

Tilt-a-Whirl

Unmasked

Muriel

I Am a Demon

Blasphemous!

Four Days in an Italian Village

Buttermere

King Under Moor

Harry the Nab and the Wild Hunt

Samhain: The Black Harvest

Poveglia

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

To Grandmother’s House

The Visit

Naughty Or Nice

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

Mercury

Come Sit

Winter’s Tyranny

Apology

Christmas Hotdog

Bonny Dundee