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Category: Religion

Blue (Story by Risa Peris)

May 21, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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
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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

An Angel (Story by Risa Peris)

February 7, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 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

Life (Story by Risa Peris)

July 1, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

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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