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Author: periswriter

The M Word (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 6, 2018 periswriter

When I was thirteen and my brother was sixteen, we were walking in the woods behind our house. My brother…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

This is My Death (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 4, 2018 periswriter

I knew how I would die. Every day I went to the corner newsstand, bought the Globe, a coffee, and…

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Posted in: Fiction

Hannah (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 2, 2018 periswriter

And the wine flowed fiercely like the Nile and it gave me respite like the sweet waters of the river.…

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Posted in: Fiction

Failure (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 31, 2018 periswriter

I beat my father up at Walmart and as I was thrashing him with a ten pack of Hanes socks…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
Ma - R. C. Peris

Ma (story by R. C. Peris)

January 29, 2018 periswriter

He was a bad bloke. The kind of bloke you should avoid. I was the bartender at the local pub…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Woman Who Glowed (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 27, 2018 periswriter

She bathed on the roof, under all the moonlight and starlight, and the light dappled her body so that it…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

You’re an Ugly Girl (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 26, 2018 periswriter

Once upon a time, there was a girl, Ella. She was an ugly girl. Quite plain, tall, with a great…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fiction
Ireland Risa Peris

Ireland (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 23, 2018 periswriter

Dear Mom, Ireland has been wonderful. No. Dear Mom, Ireland has been delightful. No. Dear Mom, Ireland has been amazing.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

The African Elephant (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 21, 2018 periswriter

We ran out of money in Los Angeles. Chris pawned his stamps and I sold my graduation ring with the…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel
Bloody

Bloody (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 19, 2018 periswriter

There was tall Carl and short Carl. Tall Carl kept my glass full of gin. Short Carl kept staring at…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

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