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The Wren

Clive Grewcock·May 29, 2021

The Wren written by: Clive Grewcock I halt upon my country stroll With your flashing shape I...

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A Winter Night

Spillwords·January 24, 2021

A Winter Night a poem by Robert Burns When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’...

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To A Mouse

Spillwords·August 26, 2018

To A Mouse a poem by Robert Burns Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s...

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Halloween

Spillwords·October 29, 2017

Halloween by Robert Burns Upon that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans dance, Or owre the...

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Ald Langs Syne at spillwords.com Happy New Years 2016

Auld Lang Syne

Spillwords·December 31, 2016

Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should...

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Red, Red Rose

Spillwords·September 25, 2016

Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung...

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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

Finding Refuge

If I Were a Poem

Blood Territory

A Dream

Burns Night

A Vision

Donnie The Craw

Address To Beelzebub

Robert Burns

The Wren

A Winter Night

To A Mouse

Halloween

Auld Lang Syne

Red, Red Rose

Great Scott!

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Think Me Not A Fool

Blood and Salt

Pure Revenge

Hello, Young Friend

Apocalypse-Skull-God

To My Past and Future

Surviving the Winter’s Wrath

Trauma