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Category: Religion

Blue (Story by Risa Peris)

May 21, 2020 Brian Coyle

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
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In The Beginning (bp coyle)

March 16, 2020 coylewriter

In the beginning God created man in his own image, or so a a very old story goes. By and…

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Posted in: Religion, Science Fiction
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

An Angel (Story by Risa Peris)

February 7, 2020 Brian Coyle

It was a thin soup with some kind of strange looking dumplings in it. Angelino was expecting something unctuous and…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, History, Religion

The Silence (Story by Risa Peris)

January 6, 2020 Brian Coyle

It was at the end of the street for the entire time he lived on Whisk Avenue. The narrow, brick…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Religion

A Man Without Anger (Story by Risa Peris)

September 19, 2019 periswriter

I was in route to Tibet. I attended many classes about Buddhism while in Los Angeles. The classes were in…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion

The Opera Singer (Story by Risa Peris)

July 30, 2019 Brian Coyle

She had a bump on her nose that defiled the symmetry of her side profile. She also had a very…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion

Vinegar (Story by Risa Peris)

July 18, 2019 Brian Coyle

Sunday School was stifling during summer. The room it was held in was a small, box like area with one…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion, Social Issues

The Weight (Story by Risa Peris)

July 16, 2019 Brian Coyle

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

Life (Story by Risa Peris)

July 1, 2019 Brian Coyle

Moses was an old man and he took very long to do everything. Even when manna fell from heaven he…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Religion

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