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Category: Folklore

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
Risa Peris

The Beast (story by Risa Peris)

February 25, 2020 coylewriter Leave a comment

It was the morning and night our people lived by. The blazing sun. The setting sun. We set a prayer…

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Posted in: Folklore, Mythology, Religion

Deprived (Story by Risa Peris)

December 18, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

In the morning, I ate a hunk of bread, some cheese (even if moldy), and perhaps some fried pork if…

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Posted in: Fiction, Folklore, Romance

A Fortune (Story by Risa Peris)

November 3, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

“When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, and dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field…Then being asked, where all thy…

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Posted in: Folklore Filed under: fiction

The Power (Story by Risa Peris)

March 8, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

And then they laughed at me. A goddess. The children were very cruel. They cared nothing about gods and goddesses.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Folklore

The Hunter (Story by RIsa Peris)

March 5, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

My father quieted me. I had been humming and there was the sound of my boots crunching on the snow…

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Posted in: Fiction, Folklore

It’s Not Easy Being a Witch (Story by Risa Peris)

January 18, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

Oh, I was quite done with it all. It’s not easy being a witch. I was tired of being ogled…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore

Merry Christmas (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2018 periswriter Leave a comment

The sea was both silver and green and rippled in the weak sunlight. Light snow was falling and I watched…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Folklore, History, Holiday

The Music (Story by Risa Peris)

December 17, 2018 periswriter Leave a comment

I could hear music. Phantom music. Music in the background like a soundtrack. It was never perfect or melodic. It…

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Posted in: Folklore, Romance
peace process - bp coyle

Peace Process (bp coyle)

January 5, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

The war between the elves and the fairies has been going on for over two hundred years now. Ever since…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Folklore, Humour

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