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Author: periswriter

It’s Not Easy Being a Witch (Story by Risa Peris)

January 18, 2019 periswriter

Oh, I was quite done with it all. It’s not easy being a witch. I was tired of being ogled…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore

Eva (Story by Risa Peris)

January 16, 2019 periswriter

It was the eve of my marriage. My friends, men from my college days, hired a stripper. They showed me…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fiction

Bikini (Story by Risa Peris)

January 14, 2019 periswriter

Nobody knew I was sad. Why would they? I smiled. Shook hands. Signed deals. Played with my kids when I…

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Posted in: Adult, Fiction

Flower (Story by Risa Peris)

January 12, 2019 periswriter

“It’s here. I know it’s here.” He kept directing my driving. “Drive here. Drive there.” We ended up on the…

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Posted in: Fiction

Filet of Fish (Story by Risa Peris)

January 10, 2019 periswriter

She really was impossible. Fish please, she said every Friday. I’m Catholic you know. Wait. Catholics don’t have to do…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

Funk Girl (Story by Risa Peris)

January 7, 2019 periswriter

She was a girl in a funk. Indeed, in a funk. She escaped Idaho. Boarded a bus in Boise. Somehow,…

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Posted in: Adult, Fiction, Travel

Katya (Story by Risa Peris)

January 3, 2019 periswriter

I am a spy. I really have no way of mitigating that statement. That is what I am. I was…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

Chip Shop (Story by Risa Peris)

January 1, 2019 periswriter

Northern Ireland. 1985. I had one thing in my mind. Madonna. Well, two things. Colm. My friend Sheena went to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political

Barcelona (Story by Risa Peris)

December 30, 2018 periswriter

December 30. I had been walking the city for hours and my feet were sore despite wearing my jogging shoes.…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

December 24, 2018 periswriter

We’ve had a great year of creativity. We pushed ourselves and wrote even more stories this year than last year.…

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Posted in: Holiday

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