mess Archives - Spillwords

Home

mess

The Haunted Saucepan

Lynn White·December 1, 2022

The Haunted Saucepan written by: Lynn White “You’ll be in the soup if you go out in...

Poetry Haunted Holidays English

·1 min read

The Birthday Surprise

Nina Taylor·May 15, 2022

The Birthday Surprise written by: Nina Taylor ‘It’s old lady’s birthday. So what can we do?’ ‘We...

Poetry English

·1 min read

She Found Herself Tripping Over Miracles

RC Larlham·May 6, 2022

She Found Herself Tripping Over Miracles written by: RC Larlham @Mohawk742 She found herself tripping over miracles…...

Literature Poetry

·3 mins read

A Long Day

Nikki Watson·September 28, 2021

A Long Day written by: Nikki Watson @nikaweez It’s been a long day already and it’s only...

Literature English

·3 mins read

Eddie Went To School

Karen Rey·August 7, 2020

Eddie Went To School written by: Karen Rey eddie went to school with a broken heart because...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Environmental Harm

James Bell·July 4, 2020

Environmental Harm written by: James Bell @bel_avocat Why do we create such harmful waste; Endless rubbish, all...

English Poetry

·1 min read

CHRISTMAS WITH CATS

Dianne Moritz·December 16, 2019

CHRISTMAS WITH CATS written by: Dianne Moritz Just days before Christmas, the house is a mess. I’m...

Poetry Christmas English

·1 min read

Green Mop

Dan Leicht·August 10, 2018

Green Mop written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk Life is like a wet mop always filthy always dirty...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Terrible Mess

devereaux frazier·November 8, 2016

Terrible Mess written by: devereaux frazier @marylandpoet You asked me to call but smashed the phone And...

English

·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

May Girl

Boy with a Box Full of Wasps

The Wedding Gift

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – David R Mellor

Spotlight On Writers – Heidi MacCulloch

Interview Q&A With Sanu Sharma

The Sheep We Are

Can’t Sleep While Someone is in My Room

Living Mess

Regardless

A Poet’s Grotto

Late Residents of the Cemetery (or, Zonnet)

Fugly

mess

The Haunted Saucepan

The Birthday Surprise

She Found Herself Tripping Over Miracles

A Long Day

Eddie Went To School

Environmental Harm

CHRISTMAS WITH CATS

Green Mop

Terrible Mess

Milo’s Safe

The Sheep We Are

Can’t Sleep While Someone is in My Room

Interview Q&A With Sanu Sharma

Winter’s Bane

Spotlight On Writers – David R Mellor

May Girl

Symphony of Tears

Goodness

The Sheep We Are

Blooming Clouds