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Superposition (Story by Risa Peris)

September 9, 2019 periswriter

The kiss is a strange thing. A subtle one feels like the wings of a pixie or the breath of…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction

ire (Story by Risa Peris)

September 7, 2019 periswriter

it was always men who rankled my ire. i mean can’t a woman get a drink – a nice, neat…

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Posted in: Fiction

I Will Go Now (Story by Risa Peris)

September 5, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

The moon glowed so brightly that it illuminated the dust on the dresser and your hairbrush riddled with hair. You…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

The Unicorn (Story by Risa Peris)

September 1, 2019 periswriter

I lost my legs in Iraq. I was the first batch of Marines in and my unit got caught in…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Barrier (Story by Risa Peris)

August 28, 2019 periswriter

There is a barrier that cuts the soul. Is oneness with anything even possible? I qualified to be an astronaut…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction

A Terrible Weed (Story by Risa Peris)

August 23, 2019 periswriter

In the deep core of love is evil. One cannot love without knowing the deep, elemental scar of hate. I…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

Dark, Dark (Story by Risa Peris)

August 21, 2019 periswriter

Nobody really talks about how dark it gets in the dark, dark night. He was a white man. The Master.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

Poison (Story by Risa Peris)

August 19, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

She pondered poison as she unloaded the dishwasher. Rat poison perhaps? She wiped her hands on the dishtowel. She surveyed…

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Posted in: Fiction

Time for the Whiskey (Story by Risa Peris)

August 17, 2019 periswriter

He was a poet. That didn’t mean much. Not at all. Nobody cared about poets. Well, maybe back in Ancient…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

The Death (Story by Risa Peris)

June 23, 2019 periswriter

A date for death is spooky. Unreal. My doctor said I had inoperable cancer. It was malignant. I would die…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships

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