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Author: Brian Coyle

A Fortune (Story by Risa Peris)

November 3, 2019 Brian Coyle

“When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, and dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field…Then being asked, where all thy…

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Posted in: Folklore Filed under: fiction

In Honor of the Day of the Dead (Story by Risa Peris)

November 1, 2019 Brian Coyle

  Dita and the House of Faces Dita lives in an old and quite dusty Victorian mansion, stuffed precariously on…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Family, Fiction Filed under: family, fiction

Never Leaving Wonderland (Story by Risa Peris)

October 31, 2019 Brian Coyle

Composed and performed by Risa Peris   All in all, it was a white rabbit that got me in trouble.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Fiction

No (Story by Risa Peris) (A reimagining of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 1)

October 29, 2019 Brian Coyle

“Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thy Self thy foe, to thy sweet…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Fiction Filed under: crime, family, fiction

Crow Missive (Poem by Risa Peris)

October 25, 2019 Brian Coyle

Music composed by Beethoven performed by Risa Peris   that’s all you need sometimes a suggestion of death like upselling…

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Posted in: Fiction, Poem Filed under: childhood, death, poem, suicide

Green (Story by Risa Peris)

October 23, 2019 Brian Coyle

Music composed and performed by Risa Peris     Like a beast from worn, ancient hills and hidden caves riddled…

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Posted in: Fiction, Poem Filed under: Adam and eve, bible, fiction

Funeral (Story by Risa Peris)

October 21, 2019 Brian Coyle

  I was the coffin maker’s daughter. Papa made the most lovely coffins. Deep, roomy, lined in French silk, smoothed…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction, Horror

Jezebelle (Story by Risa Peris)

October 1, 2019 Brian Coyle

The sky was yellowing. It looked like an egg yolk and the steamy air made it melt – ooze as…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Fiction

The Cruise (Story by Risa Peris)

August 12, 2019 Brian Coyle

Brandy was reckless. I knew that. I’m not sure why we were friends. She was wild. She went to college…

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Posted in: Adventure, Childhood, Family, Fiction

This is the United States (Story by Risa Peris)

August 10, 2019 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

Her dad wasn’t there. He was usually there at 5PM. That’s when her after school program ended. Her dad worked…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political

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