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Unending Spring (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 26, 2018 periswriter

The quality of my thoughts affects the quality of my life. All life. On this lonely planet, there are three…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fiction

First Love (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 24, 2018 periswriter

September was a fever. Summer faded to fall and my love of Michael blossomed into an obsession. Every moment I…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Country Singer (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 22, 2018 periswriter

You won’t like this story. There’s no twist at the end. I’m going to share a straight life with no…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Lovely Savage (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 20, 2018 periswriter

As I ate chicken and rice at a cafe in La Paz, Bolivia a German man, who blocked the sunlight…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

I Can Alter My World, Said the Princess (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 18, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

He had chased me through the garden with the clipped, orderly hedges, the prim and pretty flowers, the flagstone path,…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fiction

The Exchange Student (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 16, 2018 periswriter

As the police officer fingerprinted me he scowled. “You should be ashamed of yourself, beating up a child.” He then…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships

The Butcher Valentine (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 14, 2018 periswriter

I love funerals. I fell in love at a funeral. My cranky grandma died. My mom was blubbering and my…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction

Ruby Jewel Red (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 12, 2018 periswriter

In 1955 I had one friend. She lived in town, in a Queen Anne style house, with her parents and…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

Thank You, Mr. Davis (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 10, 2018 periswriter

My name is Bill. Bill Wilder. I moved to the frontier a year ago from Boston. I’m pretty and I…

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Posted in: Fiction

High Heels (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 8, 2018 periswriter

Oh…I just love a woman in heels. I love going into the office. All those women in high heels. Some…

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Posted in: Fiction

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