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Category: Crime

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Take One For The Team (bp coyle)

April 27, 2018 coylewriter

The rule is simple: if someone dies during the exam everyone gets an A. No way any of us were…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part I [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 26, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

Oh, it sounded lovely when I stumbled across it on the map. Heath on the Hampshire. Undulating hills, blooming greenery,…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Lineup (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 12, 2018 periswriter

“Take your time, Margaret.” The police officer was standing to my left. Her voice was soft and firm at the…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
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DNA (bp coyle)

April 11, 2018 coylewriter

Papa was sent to death row and Mama changed our names. I went from being Scott Walker to being Jimmy…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Family, Fiction
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They Walk Among Us (bp coyle)

April 7, 2018 coylewriter

Aliens are here. They have been for a hundred years. I don’t mean illegal ones from across the border, I mean…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Science Fiction

Murder is Legal – Killing a Kid is a Misdemeanor (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 1, 2018 periswriter

There it was. In the New York Times and The Washington Post. MURDER IS LEGAL Murder is now legal. In…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
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Cold Call (bp coyle)

March 16, 2018 coylewriter

‘Hello?’ ‘Hey there, am I speaking to Jack Kerrigan?’ ‘Ye…yes… Who is this? Do I know you?’ ‘No sir, Haven’t…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

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
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
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Growl (bp coyle)

January 22, 2018 coylewriter

My husband was sitting up in bed when I woke. It was almost too dark to see. ‘What is…’ I…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Humour

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