stories Archives - Spillwords

Around The Fire

Peg PrendevilleApril 1, 2020

Around The Fire written by: Peg Prendeville Around the fire we sat each night Chairs pulled together nice and tight Dad made sure the turf was in M...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

#First World Problems

CJ DelousDecember 12, 2019

#First World Problems written by: CJ Delous Swept along by the causal tide, riding the waves of time or if the numbers cease to speak & th...

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An Eavesdropper At Large

Joe CushnanNovember 22, 2019

An Eavesdropper At Large written by: Joe Cushnan @JoeCushnan You have rice with it. Everybody does. You do not have chips With chicken a la king. Th...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Papa Ben’s Last Laugh

Emilia PaulSeptember 12, 2019

Papa Ben's Last Laugh written by: Emilia Paul Sometimes funny things happen at the most unlikely moments. Benjamin’s, or Papa Ben as we called him, ...

EnglishLiterature7 min read

Kill Your Darlings

Mike KannerSeptember 1, 2019

Kill Your Darlings written by: Mike Kanner @MDKanner “Baroness, PLEASE!” It was not the first time that the man had this argument with the elegantl...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature4 min read

Diving Deep

ReBecca DeFazioAugust 16, 2019

Diving Deep written by: ReBecca DeFazio @MisplacedPetals There is something peaceful about burying my feet in the sand. Laying back; pieci...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Seeing Spirits

Roger TurnerJune 17, 2019

Seeing Spirits written by: Roger Turner @titansdad For years, Tim had the visions Seeing things that no one could If he spoke of them, he's crazy ...

EnglishPoetry4 min read

Spinning Yarn Again

Daisy KingNovember 1, 2018

Spinning Yarn Again written by: Daisy King @stormsinteacupby Tremble by tremble, Cold, low-burning headlights, a beautiful disused sentence fol...

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The Reader

Löst VikingOctober 14, 2018

The Reader written by: Löst Viking He would sit on his daughter’s bed, Reading tales before she’d sleep, About the frog that turned into a prince, ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Bedtime Stories

David WagonerAugust 14, 2018

Bedtime Stories written by: David Wagoner I never told you bedtime stories, where the princess waits powerless in a bag on the way to a bower g...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Edelfrei Knecht

Troy DeFratesAugust 7, 2018

Edelfrei Knecht written by: Troy DeFrates The free born knight is a force in his own right He fears no foe wherever he may go He has looked Death in...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

In Search of America – Hitchhiking Tales

Jake Cosmos AllerJuly 31, 2018

In Search of America Hitchhiking Tales written by: Jake Cosmos Aller When I was young and foolish Broke and stubborn I hitchhiked across the U...

EnglishPoetry4 min read

Bus Rides In America’s Underbelly

Jake Cosmos AllerJuly 13, 2018

Bus Rides In America's Underbelly written by: Jake Cosmos Aller the Bus – Travels Through America’s Underbelly I am a bus rider That makes me u...

EnglishPoetry3 min read

Galactic Proportions

Paul Anthony ObeyJuly 10, 2018

Galactic Proportions written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Far galaxies, noble cause, all are present here, Fight of evil over good taking ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Denise D’Souza lives with her husband in Surrey in the UK. After graduating with a BA in English and Religious Studies, she worked for the Salvation Army publishing department. She worked on publications in print and online, writing and editing news items and creating page layouts. When she gave up her job in publishing to become a carer she missed writing and joined an online writing group. She currently works in carer support. Her short stories, articles and poems have been published in e-magazines such as Spillwords and the Inner Circle Writers’ Group anthologies Cadence, Miracle, Blaze, Poetica, Gleam and Lantern.

Spotlight On Writers - Julia R. DeStefano

Julia R. DeStefano is a Red Queen who wears many hats but one crown. A confessional poet, she captures moments and preserves them in the glistening amber of language. She also believes in the penning of Paradise into existence through powerful verse. Julia is a woman driven by love and healed by intimacy who uses imagery to paint vivid pictures of darkness and sensuality. Julia believes that the most challenging things in life are those that ultimately end up being the most worth it; that to be loved well is to have won at life; and that the heart will never, ever lead the head astray. Look for Julia atop her throne of books.