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Category: Political

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

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

The Presidential Couple (Story by Risa Peris)

January 14, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

She had ran unopposed for two years as student president. Two whole years. She got soda machines back in the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political
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Have You Voted Yet? (bp coyle)

December 11, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

I never like coming to this shop, it’s close but the owner is a jerk. He tosses my smokes on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Political

Dark, Dark (Story by Risa Peris)

August 21, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

Nobody really talks about how dark it gets in the dark, dark night. He was a white man. The Master.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

This is the United States (Story by Risa Peris)

August 10, 2019 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

Her dad wasn’t there. He was usually there at 5PM. That’s when her after school program ended. Her dad worked…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political

The Weight (Story by Risa Peris)

July 16, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

Meredith Von Wieth uttered what she thought was a true and innocent statement. “The Palestinian people have rights – to…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political, Religion

Maybe If You Were a Man (Story by Risa Peris)

July 11, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

I was not a person people tended to like. I was a fighter even as a child. I used to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

The Grief (Story by Risa Peris)

July 3, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

There was an image scorched into my young, plastic flexible brain. An Enlishman whose hair was a mix of white…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

Daring (Story by Risa Peris)

June 29, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

He arrived like a sheep. His Arabic was awful. The nomads would laugh at him. Daring would laugh with them.…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

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