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Category: Holiday

A Very Covid Carol (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

No amount of education and training can prepare you for death or a pandemic. I knew a doctor who went…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Fiction, Holiday
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When The Lights Go Out (bp coyle)

January 5, 2020 coylewriter Leave a comment

I just turned off the Christmas lights for the final time. I waited until everyone had gone to bed. I’ll…

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Posted in: Holiday
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Happy New Year (bp coyle)

December 31, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘Hey’ ‘Hey mate. Please tell me you have found a new year’s eve party for us to go tonight.’ ‘Well..’…

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Posted in: Holiday, Humour
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Home Alone (bp coyle)

December 29, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

It’s funny, I don’t ever really notice how empty my place is until this time of year. I get on…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday
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That Could Have Gone Better (bp coyle)

December 26, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

We sat in the car for a long time without a word. I put the key in the ignition but…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday

The Chestnut (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

Christmas never arrived for Chelsea. On Christmas Eve she woke up with a sense of excitement. Christmas was only a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Holiday

The Holidays (Story by Risa Peris)

November 29, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

The holidays! I love you. I get to unearth the boxes from the garage. It’s Friday. Thanksgiving is over. I…

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Posted in: Fiction, Holiday

Thanksgiving Ghost (Story by Risa Peris)

November 27, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

  “We need to talk.” Two years later and the words still echo across the canyons of my soul. We…

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Posted in: Fiction, Friendship, Holiday

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

December 24, 2018 periswriter Leave a comment

We’ve had a great year of creativity. We pushed ourselves and wrote even more stories this year than last year.…

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Merry Christmas (Story by Risa Peris)

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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

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