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Marc Littman

Buried Dreams (story by Marc Littman)

January 26, 2021 coylewriter Leave a comment

We buried my brother with his dreams. On colored scraps of paper my young son, Teddy, and I scrawled all…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Humour
Beware The Beast

Beware The Beast (story by Aidan Coyle)

January 20, 2021 coylewriter Leave a comment

Confusion and chaos lifted. All was still and clear in his mind. Only hours earlier he was filled with misery,…

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Posted in: Horror
Career Choice (story by Eliza Mimski)

Career Choice (story by Eliza Mimski)

January 19, 2021 coylewriter 1 Comment

In eighth grade, I wore tons of make-up to Catholic school. I was a rebel. Trying to hide my outbreaks,…

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Posted in: Childhood
Purple Hands (story by Aidan Coyle)

Purple Hands (story by Aidan Coyle)

January 11, 2021 coylewriter Leave a comment

When I was a small child my grandparents would take me blackberry picking. It was usually late August when the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family

A Very Covid Carol (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

No amount of education and training can prepare you for death or a pandemic. I knew a doctor who went…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Fiction, Holiday

The Mundane Egg (Story by Risa Peris)

November 5, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

According to a book I read, the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Hindus, and Japanese believed the Earth hatched from a mundane egg.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fable, Fiction

My Dream of a Computer (Story by Risa Peris)

October 20, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

I had only one job – decipher a human being from a computer. I was a professor of philosophy with…

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Posted in: Fiction, Futuristic, Science Fiction

The Answer (Story by Risa Peris)

October 8, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

It was deemed the “The Answer”. Algae. It has been present on Earth for about a billion years. It was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction Filed under: algae, environment
bp coyle, brian

Letter to the People of the 21st Century (bp coyle)

October 3, 2020 coylewriter 2 Comments

End of Term Class Project: 14th May 2403 A Letter to the People of the 21st Century Hey guys! I…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

I Should Have Listened to My Mother (Story by Risa Peris)

October 2, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

I knew I should have stayed snug in my cave gorging on benthic fish or simply resting. That day, however,…

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: coelacanth, fishing, ocean

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