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Author: coylewriter

Mud - r c peris

Mud (story by R.C. Peris)

December 14, 2017 coylewriter

He giggling and smashing mud between his hands. Little Eddie. He was enthralled by the mud. He was sitting in…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting
Harbnger

Harbinger (bp coyle)

coylewriter

It always amazes me how soon the news hits home. How quickly the tears come. I suppose the uniform puts…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

Bad Day For Mommy (bp coyle)

coylewriter

She was three and ‘helping’ me make dinner. We were cooking stew and I had only the potatoes left to…

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Posted in: Family, Humour, Parenting
Inbox - bp coyle

Inbox (bp coyle)

coylewriter

I am just going to send the story in and then forget about it. It will take them days to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

Nothing Is Destroyed (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

The spaceship contained thirty-three humans. It had been in space for three hundred and thirty generations. Their knowledge of Earth…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

The Ministry of Non-Existence (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

“As bitter as wormwood,” said the traveler. Lucy set a mug of root beer before him. She refilled his mug…

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Posted in: Fable, Fantasy, Horror, Religion, Satire
I'm at a payphone - bp coyle

I’m At A Payphone (bp coyle)

December 13, 2017 coylewriter 1 Comment

Alone on the top deck of the bus, so it was a surprise when the phone rang. He guessed it…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
very happy meal - bp coyle

Very Happy Meal (bp coyle)

coylewriter

It was not long after Christmas 2010. My girls were three years old at the time. Among other things, Santa…

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Posted in: Humour, Parenting
Christmas present - bp coyle

Christmas Present (bp coyle)

coylewriter 1 Comment

I am tying this note onto the leg of a little snow bunting. If by some miracle it should find…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fantasy
Scent -bp coyle

Scent (bp coyle)

coylewriter

‘I like your smell.’ That’s what she said. Not sure why exactly. I have never gone in for fancy Cologne…

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Posted in: Fiction

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