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.

The Circle

Esme Lee Wilmot·October 27, 2021

The Circle written by: Esme Lee Wilmot Someone killed the lights, and a roomful of Halloween costumes...

English Literature Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

·3 mins read

Halloween

Richard Leach·October 26, 2021

Halloween written by: Richard Leach The witches swoop around all night Giving everyone below a fright Upon...

Poetry Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English

·1 min read

Dues Paid on Halloween

Rod Marsden·October 25, 2021

Dues Paid on Halloween written by: Rod Marsden It was the last day Mr. Thomas Atwood would...

Literature English Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

·10 mins read

Ghost Tour

James Dean Collins·October 24, 2021

Ghost Tour written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist What happens when we die? Is there an afterlife?...

13 Days of Halloween Literature Halloween English Featured Post

·28 mins read

Bedtime Monsters

Candace B. Johansen·October 23, 2021

Bedtime Monsters written by: Candace B. Johansen @eldarcj A kiss on the cheek and a pat on...

Poetry English Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

·1 min read

Rattlin’ Bones

Susan DiPronio·October 22, 2021

Rattlin’ Bones written by: Susan DiPronio @pinkhanger I grew up on a dead-end street. Well, it didn’t...

Literature Featured Post Halloween 13 Days of Halloween English

·6 mins read

The Wizard and The Queen of Demons

Dennis Maulsby·October 21, 2021

The Wizard and The Queen of Demons written by: Dennis Maulsby Father Ignatius Patrick Donahey felt like...

13 Days of Halloween English Literature Halloween Featured Post

·14 mins read

All Halloween

Eva Marie Cagley·October 20, 2021

All Halloween written by: Eva Marie Cagley @EvaCagley Ghost and goblins and trees that talk round the...

Poetry English Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

·1 min read

Long Meg

Kate Aranda Nye·October 19, 2021

Long Meg written & narrated by: Kate Aranda Nye Do you judge me? You stand before me,...

English 13 Days of Halloween Literature Halloween Featured Post

·6 mins read

The Great Pumpkin Ride

Phyllis P. Colucci·October 31, 2020

The Great Pumpkin Ride written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot The Midnight Ride on Halloween could not...

13 Days of Halloween Phyllis P. Colucci Poetry English Halloween Featured Post

·1 min read

Spirit of The Corn

Richard Prime·October 30, 2020

Spirit of The Corn written by: Richard Prime Travelling home from a day at a client site,...

Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English Literature Halloween

·7 mins read

Into The White

Troy DeFrates·October 29, 2020

Into The White written by: Troy DeFrates As we wake to the whispering white the first hard...

13 Days of Halloween Poetry Halloween Featured Post English

·1 min read

A Tale from an Eyeless Face

Bruce Rowe·October 28, 2020

A Tale from an Eyeless Face written by: Bruce Rowe The little girl stared in horror at...

13 Days of Halloween English Literature Halloween Featured Post

·5 mins read

Wake Up and Smell The Corpses

Freya Pickard·October 27, 2020

Wake up and Smell The Corpses written by: Freya Pickard @FreyasClippings the dark moon hangs above us...

Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English Poetry Halloween

·1 min 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

Ghost of a Christmas Past

The Spy Hiding in the Bougainvillea

Cieder Muld and the Boy

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

The Spy Hiding in the Bougainvillea

The Bell

A New Nose for Rudolph

13 Days of Halloween

The Circle

Halloween

Dues Paid on Halloween

Ghost Tour

Bedtime Monsters

Rattlin’ Bones

The Wizard and The Queen of Demons

All Halloween

Long Meg

The Great Pumpkin Ride

Spirit of The Corn

Into The White

A Tale from an Eyeless Face

Wake Up and Smell The Corpses

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Broken Halo Blues

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Cieder Muld and the Boy

The Leaves of Diablo

Creatures of Habit

Ghost of a Christmas Past

Christmas Hymn

Sounds of the Season

Christmas Baking

The Great Christmas Eve Bakery Heist