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Category: Dark Humour

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

Puffin (Story by Risa Peris)

July 28, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

It was more shadows than complete darkness. I could see outlines of things if they were very near me. I…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
Jim Woessner

Looking Down (story by Jim Woessner)

April 7, 2020 coylewriter Leave a comment

“What’s going on?” It was a uniformed Bridge Patrol officer dismounting his bicycle in the center of the span. “It’s…

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Posted in: Creativity, Dark Humour, Fiction
bp coyle, brian

Remember When… (bp coyle)

March 24, 2020 coylewriter Leave a comment

Remember when the shops had everything you wanted every time, rather than you just being happy to find anything at…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Dark Humour

England and the Thunder (Story by Risa Peris)

February 20, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

What do you do when you are hungry? You seek. The overeater goes to the grocery store or restaurant. The…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, History
bp coyle, brian

The Final Page (bp coyle)

November 4, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

Well, I finally did it. I finished War and Peace! I first tried to read it when I was sixteen.…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Vegetarians (bp coyle)

October 18, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘Oh God, I’m so sorry. I really don’t know what happened.’ ‘Well, at least we won’t have to worry about…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Jack (bp coyle)

October 8, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

The man looks frantic, on the point of tears. ‘Sorry to bother you,’ he begins. ‘Did anyone hand in a…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
bp coyle, brian

Care (bp coyle)

September 20, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘We’ve decided to go for palliative care,’ my doctor informed me. ‘What? I don’t understand.’ She smiled sympathetically. ‘It means…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Nutmeg (bp coyle)

August 22, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘Pass down the jar of whole nutmegs,’ Grandma instructs me. She’s a bit on the short side. She grabs it…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

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