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Category: Dark Humour

Marc Littman

Buried Dreams (story by Marc Littman)

January 26, 2021 coylewriter

We buried my brother with his dreams. On colored scraps of paper my young son, Teddy, and I scrawled all…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Humour

Puffin (Story by Risa Peris)

July 28, 2020 Brian Coyle

It was more shadows than complete darkness. I could see outlines of things if they were very near me. I…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
Jim Woessner

Looking Down (story by Jim Woessner)

April 7, 2020 coylewriter

“What’s going on?” It was a uniformed Bridge Patrol officer dismounting his bicycle in the center of the span. “It’s…

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Posted in: Creativity, Dark Humour, Fiction
bp coyle, brian

Remember When… (bp coyle)

March 24, 2020 coylewriter

Remember when the shops had everything you wanted every time, rather than you just being happy to find anything at…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Dark Humour

England and the Thunder (Story by Risa Peris)

February 20, 2020 Brian Coyle

What do you do when you are hungry? You seek. The overeater goes to the grocery store or restaurant. The…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, History
bp coyle, brian

The Final Page (bp coyle)

November 4, 2019 coylewriter

Well, I finally did it. I finished War and Peace! I first tried to read it when I was sixteen.…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Vegetarians (bp coyle)

October 18, 2019 coylewriter

‘Oh God, I’m so sorry. I really don’t know what happened.’ ‘Well, at least we won’t have to worry about…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Jack (bp coyle)

October 8, 2019 coylewriter

The man looks frantic, on the point of tears. ‘Sorry to bother you,’ he begins. ‘Did anyone hand in a…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
bp coyle, brian

Care (bp coyle)

September 20, 2019 coylewriter

‘We’ve decided to go for palliative care,’ my doctor informed me. ‘What? I don’t understand.’ She smiled sympathetically. ‘It means…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
bp coyle, brian

Nutmeg (bp coyle)

August 22, 2019 coylewriter

‘Pass down the jar of whole nutmegs,’ Grandma instructs me. She’s a bit on the short side. She grabs it…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

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