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Sister Suffragette - bp coyle

Sister Suffragette (bp coyle)

December 12, 2017 periswriter

Today gentlemen, we are here to honour the memory of Joseph Smith.  I know most of you have never heard…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Satire
she died - r c peris

She Died (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 periswriter

She died quietly. Anna. No rage. One second she was alive and the next second she was dead. My wife…

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Posted in: Fiction, Horror, Relationships

Suicide Seed (story by R.C. Peris)

December 11, 2017 periswriter

Hugo Westcombe, from the age of fourteen, wanted to write the next Great American novel after reading an article in…

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Posted in: Fiction
Not Just For Politicians - r c peris

Not Just for Politicians (story by R.C. Peris)

December 10, 2017 periswriter

Mrs. Garacetti was tiny, angular, with a grim set mouth. A severe, featherless bird. Her dress was navy blue and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
dirty - r c peris

Dirty (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 15, 2017 periswriter

My father was dying. My mother sent me a text. I was in Zaire giving vaccines. I couldn’t secure a…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, History
pretty pretty tales from jail i - r c peris

Pretty, Pretty – Tales from the Jail I (story by R.C. Peris)

December 14, 2017 periswriter

It was the second jail cell that it happened. We were all in for a 24-hour jail term. We were…

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Posted in: Adult, Crime

The Jilted Bride (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 13, 2017 periswriter

In June, two weeks before our wedding, my fiance left me for a woman at work. She was younger, slimmer,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized
the grandest of rooms - r c peris

The Grandest of Rooms (story by R.C. Peris)

December 12, 2017 periswriter

I was uncomfortable. A general malaise had descended upon me and I could no longer take a single breath without…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

P1239 (story by R.C. Peris)

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In my mother’s generation, there were human beings called men. Men were also fathers. I would have a father. It’s…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
don't make a woman angry - r c peris

Don’t Make a Woman Angry (story by R.C. Peris)

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They have ripped me from history like a superfluous page. I was a great queen. I had a brilliant mind…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Mythology

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