lawn Archives - Spillwords

Home

lawn

Dew Drops

Nafisa Shabbir·February 27, 2023

Dew Drops written by: Nafisa Shabbir The dew Sparkling on the leaves That hang on the tree...

Poetry English

·1 min read

I’m Not A Good Liar

Linda Chandanais·April 10, 2022

I’m Not a Good Liar written by: Linda Chandanais “Good morning, Molly,” Mrs. Stevens calls from her front...

English Literature

·1 min read

Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

Features

Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Thoughts Threaded

Echoes of Atlantis

Same Old Same Old

Mr. Fix-It

History of Fate Toss

When Nothing and Everything is Overblown

Dainty Dreams in Downpour

lawn

Dew Drops

I’m Not A Good Liar

Great Scott!

Thin is The New Thin

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Think Me Not A Fool

Finding Refuge

Blood Territory

An Expression of Me

If I Were a Poem

Waiting

The Agony of a Cut Pine