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Next Page (bp coyle)

January 20, 2019 coylewriter

I kept pressing the icon on my laptop, the ‘next page’ one, but nothing was happening. This had been going…

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Posted in: Fiction
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This Is How It Is (bp coyle)

January 19, 2019 coylewriter

I used to be a surgeon, back in the day. Okay, I was a plastic surgeon, making aging women look…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
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No Regrets (bp coyle)

January 17, 2019 coylewriter

Edith Piaf had no regrets. Frank Sinatra had too few to mention. Dave Wilcox, on the other hand, has got…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
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When You Are Older (bp coyle)

January 13, 2019 coylewriter

There was an old Protestant church across the way for our house when I was younger. It stood abandoned for…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction
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Think About What You’ve Done (bp coyle)

January 11, 2019 coylewriter

‘Get out of my sight,’ my father growled. ‘Go to bed. I don’t want to see you again today.’ ‘Are…

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Posted in: Childhood
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Polling Day (bp coyle)

January 8, 2019 coylewriter

The lady behind the counter had bagged the last of the shopping, for a second I thought we might make…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Stars (bp coyle)

January 6, 2019 coylewriter

‘I bet I can name more stars than you,’ she declared. He sighed. ‘It wouldn’t surprise me.’ They were lying…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Again! (bp coyle)

January 4, 2019 coylewriter

‘Again!’ ‘Seriously? You want me to read Dear Zoo again?’ I stole a look at my watch. Eight o’clock. On…

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Posted in: Humour
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The Mandela Effect (bp coyle)

January 2, 2019 coylewriter

‘Dad, have you heard of The Mandela Effect?’ ‘Nope, can’t say that I have. What is it?’ ‘It’s the way…

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Posted in: Humour
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New Year’s Eve (bp coyle)

December 31, 2018 coylewriter

‘Let’s take our drinks onto the balcony,’ I suggest. ‘We can watch the fireworks. Only ten minutes to go.’ I…

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Posted in: Fiction

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