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Author: periswriter

The Cold Water Ordeal (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 1, 2018 periswriter

Fernanda, Spanish by birth and raised in Nice, was a tour guide. She usually met tourists in Cannes and drove,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance

Question (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 30, 2018 periswriter

I don’t want to, no, no… Look inward, ah, that ratty soul. Shaded and busy cobwebs all foul. If you…

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Posted in: Poem

Breasts (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 29, 2018 periswriter

There are mornings, disordered but soaked in clarity. French perhaps, Italian perhaps, I wanted and was confused. I’ve yearned in…

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Posted in: Poem

The Kelly Confession (Story by R.C. Peris)

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“No, I can’t do this. Please stop. I just…I just can’t take this. Really.” She was angry. Frantic. Pierre was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

She’s An Artist (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 27, 2018 periswriter

Guillermo steered the car with both hands gripping the smooth steering wheel. She was next to him. Fernanda. Her hair…

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Posted in: Fiction

Hard California Rain (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 26, 2018 periswriter

This hard California rain. The kind that digs in your soul with a spoon. Not in months and then drains…

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Posted in: Poem

Not Even Myself (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 25, 2018 periswriter 2 Comments

Her nose, a slightly large one with a less than straight profile, wrinkled and then her glossy lips, the ones…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

Sinking Into the Ocean (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 23, 2018 periswriter

He walked in, like an old man, stooped shoulders, a halting gait and sleet slid from his raincoat and doused…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

Deranged [A Poem] (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 22, 2018 periswriter 3 Comments

Yes, I do love you. But there is reckless terrain scattered, By the gods to navigate. The funny field’s bounty…

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Posted in: Poem

Drunken Terror [A Poem] (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 21, 2018 periswriter

I slept in drunken happiness. And arose in terror. Their organs are hooked fish. They tick tacked through the hall.…

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Posted in: Poem

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