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 Full Moon Shift

Dawn DeBraal·October 25, 2019

The Full Moon Shift written by: Dawn DeBraal Detective Dan Lambert’s shift started out with a bang...

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·3 mins read

All Hallows

Maggie O'Brien·October 24, 2019

All Hallows written by: Maggie O’Brien Gather around me. Listen. Draw near. I’ll tell you a tale...

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·1 min read

Bad Moon Rising

Jim Bartlett·October 23, 2019

Bad Moon Rising written by: Jim Bartlett Lou edges back the curtain and lays his face against...

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·1 min read

Spectre’s Perspective

Ronald B Conway·October 22, 2019

Spectre’s Perspective written by: Ronald B Conway I waft Just a breath among the granite No flesh –...

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·1 min read

Access Denied

Kayleigh Merchant·October 21, 2019

Access Denied In This Game, There Is No Easy Way Out written by: Kayleigh Merchant Stuck in...

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·1 min read

Bodies In The Basement

M. Taggart·October 20, 2019

Bodies In The Basement written by: M. Taggart It was a crisp, damp, October night. “When we...

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·9 mins read

Halloween Visitation

Sheri M. Stewart·October 19, 2019

Halloween Visitation written by: Sheri M. Stewart Summer time has past there’s a nip within the air...

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·1 min read

The Baker Man

RLM Cooper·October 31, 2018

The Baker Man written by: RLM Cooper He not at all likes Halloween And greedy children he...

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·1 min read

Billy & Catriona

James Dennis Casey IV·October 30, 2018

Billy & Catriona written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames October came in like a spirit on...

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·4 mins read

Halloween Horror

Phyllis P. Colucci·October 29, 2018

Halloween Horror written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot From my humble abode – From “My window on...

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·1 min read

The Modern Witch

John R Cobb·October 28, 2018

The Modern Witch written by: John R. Cobb @john_r_cobb Ingredients spread across a granite counter. A woman...

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·2 mins read

After The Stroke of Midnight

Ann Christine Tabaka·October 27, 2018

After The Stroke of Midnight written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris After the stroke of midnight when...

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·1 min read

Hobbleslag

Doug Donnan·October 26, 2018

Hobbleslag (The Creature of the Grimpen Mire) written by: Doug Donnan Motherwell, North Lanarkshire / Scotland /...

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·13 mins read

Fear

Criss Tripp·October 25, 2018

Fear written by: Criss Tripp @CrissTripp I’m inside your coffee, and inside your movies. Between your sheets,...

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·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

This is Our Christmas

Ghost of a Christmas Past

The Spy Hiding in the Bougainvillea

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Ghost of a Christmas Past

Christmas Baking

13 Days of Halloween

The Full Moon Shift

All Hallows

Bad Moon Rising

Spectre’s Perspective

Access Denied

Bodies In The Basement

Halloween Visitation

The Baker Man

Billy & Catriona

Halloween Horror

The Modern Witch

After The Stroke of Midnight

Hobbleslag

Fear

Broken Halo Blues

Cieder Muld and the Boy

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

The Leaves of Diablo

Ghost of a Christmas Past

Creatures of Habit

This is Our Christmas

Criss-Cross Christmas

Last Christmas on Moravian Lane

An Old Man’s Christmas Eve

Maurice Chips AKA Father Christmas

Christmas at Macy’s