Sam Spinelli

Joined January 2022

344 stories

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Trying to make real art the best I can, never Ai!

Help me write better! Critical feedback is welcome :)

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Icebreaker
He breaks through the ice He is but a splash of warmth And gone in a breath
By Sam Spinelli2 months ago in Poets
Skulls under the growth . Runner-Up in Roots and Branches Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
You see a tree? I get the idea, my grandparents are the trunk, my parents branches, me a stick My kids the leaves I get the concept
By Sam Spinelli3 months ago in Poets
“More Howls for Halloween” unofficial challenge winners!
Hello friends! Last month I hosted an unofficial writing challenge, prompting fellow writers to craft a werewolf horror story before Halloween :)
By Sam Spinelli3 months ago in Writers
Gatherers out of Eden
Picture paradise What do you see? I imagine a world Where we never gather or harvest In excess of need Where we laugh at the ideas of
By Sam Spinelli3 months ago in Poets
Open letter, to all vocal writers:
Hello fellow writers! I know it’s pretty audacious for me to address the broader community here, I’m literally just some guy.
By Sam Spinelli3 months ago in Writers
Let’s get smoky . Top Story - November 2025.
Let’s start a fire Just you and I Cuz we’re only here for a little while before we ... Die Not to be morbid but each minute counts
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Poets
Would you love a pornstar? . Content Warning.
Ask yourself: Could you ever date a pornstar? I’ve put this question to several friends— context may be important to declare— these friends admitted to consuming pornography with some regularity.
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Humans
Pouring cold . Honorable Mention in The Last Flame Challenge.
This isn’t the weather for light or for love This is the dampening march of Winter Once there was a little fire Under a roof
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Poets
I’m sorry I looked
Apologies to the Woman Who read my daughter’s oxygen You chose to be a pediatric nurse So I know you’re good and kind
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Confessions
The Pedestal
Moon I once adored you, I thought your beauty The grandest In The sky But lately I’ve come to realize In my heart
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Poets
Trick or Threat
Renee gazes at the live feed from their doorbell, her knuckles white on her phone... She watches the trick-or-treaters-- a witch, and a firefighter. They look to be about 6 and 7 respectively.
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Fiction
Rabid. Content Warning.
Father Thomas wakes from the nightmare and knows it was not a dream at all, because he is surrounded. There is the sound of flies buzzing, their nagging wings are drills and needles to his aching mind.
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Fiction