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The Candy Store On Queens Boulevard

Anita G. GormanNovember 8, 2019

The Candy Store On Queens Boulevard written by: Anita G. Gorman @aggorman In the 1940s on Queens Boulevard near my house in Elmhurst, Queens, there s...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Post-Halloween

Billy AntonioNovember 1, 2019

Post-Halloween written by: Billy Antonio post-Halloween... among the candy wrappers a discarded fang...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry0 min read

Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream!

Alisa GuttadauroOctober 29, 2019

Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream! written by: Alisa Guttadauro @AlisaGuttadauro Superstitions Trick or Treat, My heart is racing, At a quick...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry2 min read

Candy With A Complex

Kari HollowayOctober 22, 2019

Candy With A Complex written by: Kari Holloway Squished between Snickers and Skittles, they jostled for space in the dark, crowded box, as they tipp...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature3 min read

Down Through The Ages

Susi BocksOctober 20, 2019

Down Through The Ages written by: Susi Bocks @susibocks from the ancient Celtic ritual the festival of Samhain replete with bonfires and costume...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry0 min read

Marshmallows

Adam NelsonSeptember 11, 2019

Marshmallows written by: Adam Nelson @AppleParkFilms Ever since she was a little girl Amelia had wanted to be a marshmallow. She didn’t know why sh...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Craving

Joseph K. WellsFebruary 14, 2018

Craving written by: Joseph K. Wells @joewellsotd Valentines exchange lingering taste on the lips- colorful sweet hearts...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Sidonglobophobia

Rania M M WattsAugust 16, 2016

sidonglobophobia written by: Rania M M Watts @CCInkQuills i don't know if it's the texture of cotton candy that frightens me -- i seem to forget all ...

English1 min read

Deep Fried Mars

Rania M M WattsAugust 9, 2016

Deep Fried Mars written by: Rania M M Watts @CCInkQuills “and you -- not the you from now -- the you from when you were only a vague vision through m...

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Phyllis P. Colucci is a freelance/indie author from Brooklyn, New York. She is currently retired from a Supervisory Administrative position with a Federal law enforcement agency in New York City, and is now pursuing her passion for writing fiction and poetry. She has always had a love for writing over the years, whether it be poetry, short stories or novels; and mystery and suspense is something she has recently gravitated towards with a touch of romance and that "New York edge". Phyllis has three novels, one novella and an Anthology of original poems currently on the Amazon market, and continues to be part of the Spillwords writing community by sharing/contributing her fiction and poetry on a monthly basis. She also has a writing blog under the name of "FictionTarot" where she hopes to entertain readers, take them on journeys page by page - and perhaps make a difference with a blog.

Bodies In The Basement by M. Taggart

It was a crisp, damp, October night.
“When we get to the Church I’ll go down first.” Colin was thinking of the moment when both he and Aaron would be standing at the top of the basement stairs peering down into the darkness.
The old stone Church was perched at the top of the largest hill on the prep school’s campus. Colin’s parents were professors at the school and their house was on campus grounds. They’d been waiting for Colin’s parents to fall asleep upstairs. Both boys were comfortable in their sleeping bags on the screened in porch. The lights had been turned out an hour ago and Colin felt it was time to slip into the night ...