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The Body (Story by Risa Peris)

March 17, 2020 periswriter Leave a comment

I had never seen a body hacked to pieces. I approached stealthily. Like a cat about to pounce on prey.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, History, Social Issues

Vials and Powder (Story by Risa Peris)

March 9, 2020 periswriter Leave a comment

New York City, 1901 From the Lab Book of Dr. Cranston Hastings, General Surgeon at Merriam Hospital. February 2 A…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health

The Image in the Lake (Story by Risa Peris)

November 5, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

Story based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 3 But if thou live, remembered not to be, Die single and thine image dies…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction Filed under: family, fiction

Dirge for the Unknown (Story by Risa Peris)

October 17, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

  Mack the Knife was a dirge. Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin made it jazzy, catchy – an insidious song…

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Posted in: Fiction, Ghost Story

The Fire (Story by Risa Peris)

October 15, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

The hay and crops were on fire, but I turned my back on the haunting flames. Men were flinging buckets…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance

The Moon and The Fish (Story by Risa Peris)

October 11, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

He would encircle me in his arms and heft me up near shoulders. “The moon,” I would yell. It seemed…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction

Cold (Story by Risa Peris)

October 9, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

On a cold day, they stuck him in a cold coffin in the cold ground with the cold birds fluttering…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction, Parenting

Is This Irony? (Story by Risa Peris)

October 7, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

I dread teaching irony. My students were always confused and I was constantly trying to come up with a unique…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting, Relationships

Sloth (Story by Risa Peris)

October 5, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

“I was obliged to work hard. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed just as well.” -Bach No. I’m not getting…

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Bach, orchestra, violin

Words (Story by Risa Peris)

October 3, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

You never cared for words, did you? I knew it. The moment I saw you. You zinged me. Like a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance Filed under: death, love, poems

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