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Category: Romance

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A Spring I’ll Never Forget (bp coyle)

April 2, 2020 coylewriter

I think it’s fair to say that this isn’t a Spring that any of us will remember fondly. Goddamn coronavirus!…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Romance

Girl (Story by Risa Peris)

March 22, 2020 Brian Coyle

She was a nervous, fastidious girl who generally looked miserable if one could not see her eyes, because in her…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
bp coyle, brian

There Once Was A Girl (bp coyle)

January 30, 2020 coylewriter

There once was a girl, quite a pretty girl, who fell totally in love with a very silly man. He…

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Posted in: Romance

The Red Shoes (Story by Risa Peris)

January 20, 2020 Brian Coyle

Geez, all I needed was one music interview to meet my weekly story goal and make my editor happy. A…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
bp coyle, brian

Friday, I’m in Love (bp coyle)

December 19, 2019 coylewriter

Just one more sleep and it will be Friday. Just one more sleep and I will get to spend the…

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Posted in: Romance

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

Royals (Story by Risa Peris)

December 12, 2019 Brian Coyle

“Go gentle, my lamb, go gentle.” I patted his dry hand and was careful not to touch the IV. He…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

Silence (Story by Risa Peris)

December 8, 2019 Brian Coyle

He signed – I want to take your picture. I was perched on a window seat with a book of…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

The Fire (Story by Risa Peris)

October 15, 2019 periswriter

The hay and crops were on fire, but I turned my back on the haunting flames. Men were flinging buckets…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance

Words (Story by Risa Peris)

October 3, 2019 periswriter

You never cared for words, did you? I knew it. The moment I saw you. You zinged me. Like a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance Filed under: death, love, poems

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