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Hey, It’s DNA (Poem/Podcast) by Risa Peris

February 14, 2025 periswriter

Podcast for February 14, 2025 The biggest trick they pulled was saying all of you was DNA Mommy humiliated you,…

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Posted in: Article, Creativity, Poem, Political, Social Issues Filed under: freedom of speech, poem, politics

The Center by Risa Peris (Short Story)

February 13, 2025 periswriter

In the center of the world was a kingdom; in the center of the kingdom was a forest; in the…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Religion Filed under: culture, fiction, religion

My Body is a Crime by Risa Peris (Poem)

February 10, 2025 periswriter

Podcast Memento mori, remember death. Do you remember life in death? I remember death in life. A body tortured is…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Poem, Political, Social Issues

The Path of Poets by Risa Peris (Poem)

February 6, 2025 periswriter

I was born. I was born in the fever of winter when the silver surfs cracked into granite and the…

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Posted in: Creativity, End of the World, Poem, Political, Religion Filed under: death, poem, politics

The Sweet Way by Jon Barry

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Suicide was inevitable, we were born for each other. But how to, crawling through my years. Not what method, exactly:…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction, Mental Health Filed under: suicide

Beauty and the Beach by Robin Mills

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I stare down my reclined, naked body. Legs extended, ankles crossed, bay breeze gently grazing me. I gaze past my…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Romance Filed under: beach, romance, women

The Wasteland Grows (Chapter 1, Part 1) – Novel by Risa Peris

February 4, 2025 periswriter

“I’ll pop a bitch.” That was Miranda. Tawny skin, wavy hair, with a saucy sailor’s tongue who always seemed on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Social Issues, Thriller Filed under: cia, coup, politics, thriller, usa

The Copy by Risa Peris (Short Story)

February 2, 2025 periswriter

There are moments in our lives when we achieve clarity – a sharp, crystallized, hyper-real vision – and grasp, with…

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Posted in: Fiction, Friendship, Futuristic, Science Fiction Filed under: ai, android, dogs, future, love, pets

Butchered Tongue by ZM Broome

October 24, 2024 periswriter

Afterwards, he’d been dragged through the woods. A short slice of a knife took out his tongue. At home, his…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fantasy, Horror

Posit (Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah)

August 31, 2024 periswriter

I know you. I know your body smells everywhere I go. I see the smell rising in the street after…

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Posted in: Creativity, Fiction

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