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Category: Fiction

The Politician (Story by Risa Peris)

August 5, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

You see the thing about Yuri was that he was not a high-ranking or particularly effective KGB officer. Back in…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

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

Flies (Story by Risa Peris)

July 21, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

Around midday, the sky darkened with flies. They filled the sky with annoyance and doom. Maybe this was the end.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Folklore, Horror

The Books (Story by Risa Peris)

July 10, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

  “Sergei…I was able to make some thin soup out of the two potatoes and one carrot I scavenged for.…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

The Soul (Story by Risa Peris)

June 28, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

“No, you dimwit. Shirts go to the left and pants to the right.” The aging, overweight woman in a regulation…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Gathering (Story by Risa Peris)

June 15, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

“Have you found Braxton?” I was tearful and shivering. The interrogation room I was in had a constant flow of…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Horror, Marriage

The Flood (Story by Risa Peris)

June 2, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

The rain began on Monday. A light drizzle that became an insistent downpour. My husband tended to the farm as…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships

Blue (Story by Risa Peris)

May 21, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

I was painted blue. War time blue. I was like all my Pictish clan. We were to storm Hadrian’s Wall.…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, History, Religion

Deep Shrug (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

I was quite alone on the train. A nurse in pale gray heading for South England. I was called on…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political
Jim Woessner

Seat 23A, Seat 23B (story by Jim Woessner)

May 12, 2020 coylewriter Leave a comment

Mac boarded a flight in Boston. Bailey caught one out of New York. They changed planes in Chicago and sat…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Relationships

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