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Bad Day For Mommy (bp coyle)

December 14, 2017 coylewriter Leave a comment

She was three and ‘helping’ me make dinner. We were cooking stew and I had only the potatoes left to…

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Posted in: Family, Humour, Parenting
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Inbox (bp coyle)

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I am just going to send the story in and then forget about it. It will take them days to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
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Pretty, Pretty – Tales from the Jail I (story by R.C. Peris)

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It was the second jail cell that it happened. We were all in for a 24-hour jail term. We were…

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Posted in: Adult, Crime

Nothing Is Destroyed (story by R.C. Peris)

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The spaceship contained thirty-three humans. It had been in space for three hundred and thirty generations. Their knowledge of Earth…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

The Ministry of Non-Existence (story by R.C. Peris)

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“As bitter as wormwood,” said the traveler. Lucy set a mug of root beer before him. She refilled his mug…

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Posted in: Fable, Fantasy, Horror, Religion, Satire
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I’m At A Payphone (bp coyle)

December 13, 2017 coylewriter 1 Comment

Alone on the top deck of the bus, so it was a surprise when the phone rang. He guessed it…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
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Very Happy Meal (bp coyle)

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It was not long after Christmas 2010. My girls were three years old at the time. Among other things, Santa…

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Posted in: Humour, Parenting

The Jilted Bride (Story by R.C. Peris)

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In June, two weeks before our wedding, my fiance left me for a woman at work. She was younger, slimmer,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized
Christmas present - bp coyle

Christmas Present (bp coyle)

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I am tying this note onto the leg of a little snow bunting. If by some miracle it should find…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fantasy
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Scent (bp coyle)

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‘I like your smell.’ That’s what she said. Not sure why exactly. I have never gone in for fancy Cologne…

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Posted in: Fiction

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