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Category: Folklore

Flies (Story by Risa Peris)

July 21, 2020 Brian Coyle

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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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