fiction Archives - Spillwords

Blue Broken Mind

Farah Rose SmithMarch 13, 2020

Blue Broken Mind written by: Farah Rose Smith @farahrosesmith A murmur of illusions, soaked in blue It is child’s play, this darling madness Flower...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Nine-Minute Health Check

Judy DarleyMarch 5, 2020

Nine-Minute Health Check written by: Judy Darley @JudyDarley I sit in the waiting room of my local health clinic, rehearsing how to explain what’s ...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature2 min read

Two Point Creek

Mitchel David RingMarch 3, 2020

Two Point Creek written by: Mitchel David Ring @mitchel_ring Quiet footsteps and hushed voices passed down our street, knocking gently on doors, af...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature6 min read

Into The Black Maple

Rando MithloMarch 1, 2020

Into The Black Maple written by: Rando Mithlo @Rodhnoe The afternoon sunlight shines through the pointed leaves of this one-hundred-year-old Black ...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature11 min read

To Hold A Hand

Jim BatesFebruary 22, 2020

To Hold A Hand written by: Jim Bates "See you later," I waved, "Hope it goes well." My brother waved back and made his way to where the eye technic...

EnglishLiterature7 min read

My Phantom Ovaries

Catherine ShieldsJanuary 28, 2020

My Phantom Ovaries written by: Catherine Shields @Catshields1 The doctor wants to remove my what? I wasn’t sure I heard correctly. My uterus? My ov...

EnglishLiterature16 min read

The Party

Barbara AvonJanuary 3, 2020

The Party written by: Barbara Avon @barb_avon Raucous rock tunes drifted down to their apartment. The party was at its peak at the midnight hour. F...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

My Powerstation Wife

David M. DonachieDecember 26, 2019

My Powerstation Wife written by: David M. Donachie When the Mayor first suggested using my wife as power station for the town, it seemed like a sens...

EnglishLiterature4 min read

Eaten Alive

Jim BatesDecember 1, 2019

Eaten Alive written by: Jim Bates Maybe it was my delirium. Maybe panic. But suddenly I could see the headlines and they were disturbing, After Fran...

EnglishLiterature15 min read

Melanie and The Undead

Debbie ArutaOctober 30, 2019

Melanie and The Undead written by: Debbie Aruta @Debbie_Aruta Melanie gathered the items she had at home that were required to perform the ann...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature6 min read

The Blue Bomber

James Dean CollinsOctober 27, 2019

The Blue Bomber written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist There’s no better way to arrive at a Halloween party than in style. This is especial...

13 Days of HalloweenEnglishFeatured PostHalloweenLiterature42 min read

Bodies In The Basement

M. TaggartOctober 20, 2019

Bodies In The Basement written by: M. Taggart It was a crisp, damp, October night. “When we get to the Church I’ll go down first.” Colin was thinking...

13 Days of HalloweenEnglishFeatured PostHalloweenLiterature12 min read

Down East Incident

John R CobbOctober 3, 2019

Down East Incident written by: John R. Cobb @john_r_cobb The sweltering day had followed into evening, and nighttime air was heavy and lifeless. Mi...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature15 min read

Blonde Noir

DC DiamondopolousSeptember 19, 2019

Blonde Noir written by: DC Diamondopolous Kit Covington sat on the sofa in her Pacific Palisades mansion with a cigarette lodged in the side of her ...

EnglishLiterature21 min read

“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...