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All Teenage Girls Write Bad Poetry - bp coyle

All Teenage Girls Write Bad Poetry (bp coyle)

August 4, 2018 coylewriter

It’s true, I stand by this statement, all teenage girls really do write bad poetry. Okay, perhaps I should refine…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
the future - bp coyle

The Future (bp coyle)

August 2, 2018 coylewriter

We’ve been tracking this low life drug dealer for the past two weeks, hoping he slips up. Today my partner…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
the girl with the suicide scar - bp coyle

The Girl With The Suicide Scar (bp coyle)

July 31, 2018 coylewriter

She had a nasty scar across her left wrist as though she had slashed it repeatedly some time in the…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance
flutterbys - bp coyle

Flutterbys (bp coyle)

July 29, 2018 coylewriter

That’s what she called butterflies. ‘Flutterbys.’ Every single time. In a kind of lisping voice. ‘Oh, look at the pretty…

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Posted in: Relationships
My restless heart - bp coyle

My Restless Heart (bp coyle)

July 26, 2018 coylewriter

‘Oh dear,’ my young GP said to me. ‘It would appear from the results that you are quite dead.’ I…

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Posted in: Humour
you got it - bp coyle

You Got It (bp coyle)

July 23, 2018 coylewriter

My eyes have always been sensitive to light. It hurts. From a very young age I wore special glasses with…

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Posted in: Childhood
Blood on the Ceiling

Blood on the Ceiling (bp coyle)

July 21, 2018 coylewriter

There was blood on the ceiling. My blood. My brain refused to believe it. My brain had retreated from the…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Horror
moll - bp coyle

Moll (bp coyle)

July 19, 2018 coylewriter

Isn’t it always the way? You meet a guy. He seems nice. Sweet. You go on a couple of dates.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Humour
unusual suspects part three - bp coyle

Unusual Suspects [part three] (bp coyle)

July 17, 2018 coylewriter

The door opened. Silence descended. This time the sergeant had a little old lady with him. Hat and glasses, clutching…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
Unusual Suspects [part two] (bp coyle)

Unusual Suspects [part two] (bp coyle)

July 15, 2018 coylewriter

He was deposited along with the others in a large, tiled basement. They were told to form a line, then…

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Posted in: Fiction

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