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Risa Peris

The Beast (story by Risa Peris)

February 25, 2020 coylewriter

It was the morning and night our people lived by. The blazing sun. The setting sun. We set a prayer…

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Posted in: Folklore, Mythology, Religion
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Lift With Your Legs (bp coyle)

February 21, 2020 coylewriter 1 Comment

‘Lift with your legs, not your back,’ my Dad told me. I was helping him carry in some garden furniture,…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Girlfriend in a Coma (bp coyle)

February 16, 2020 coylewriter 1 Comment

I tried talking. That’s what they said to do. Talk, talk as if you were here beside me. Really here,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships
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Master of the Universe (bp coyle)

February 6, 2020 coylewriter

I don’t get it, I don’t understand at all. All of these people, talking when they have nothing to say.…

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Posted in: Creativity, Fiction
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They Grow Up So Fast (bp coyle)

February 2, 2020 coylewriter

I remember when Saturdays were for hangovers and reading. Now it’s off to the park, to the playground, at the…

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Posted in: Humour, Parenting
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There Once Was A Girl (bp coyle)

January 30, 2020 coylewriter

There once was a girl, quite a pretty girl, who fell totally in love with a very silly man. He…

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Posted in: Romance
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What’s My Age Again? (bp coyle)

January 26, 2020 coylewriter 1 Comment

‘How old am I?’ asked Granny. ‘You’re ninety four Granny,’ I told her as I stirred the water around the…

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Posted in: Family
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Out of Tune (story by Mary E Sullivan)

January 23, 2020 coylewriter

i have a flute.  the “E” key is flat.  sort of like my life.  when the world was flat.  nobody…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health
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Paddy (bp coyle)

January 22, 2020 coylewriter

We both reached for our cigarettes as soon as we had passed through the hospital gates. I sat down on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health
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Hello (bp coyle)

January 16, 2020 coylewriter

‘Hello’ ‘Hey. This is Simon, Paul’s friend. Paul Brennan. We met in the pub last Saturday night. I don’t know…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships

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