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Category: Dark Humour

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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
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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
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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

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
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Lesson (bp coyle)

August 8, 2019 coylewriter

This is the day I dread each year. The day when I tell my class about food in history. I’ve…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Futuristic
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I Don’t Want To Hold Your Hand (bp coyle)

August 6, 2019 coylewriter

It feels so funny to be back in London after all these years, to be walking down Oxford Street again.…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

The Knife (Story by Risa Peris)

June 6, 2019 periswriter

He strode into the group with a swagger, flair, and a face cracked with wrinkles. He smiled. It was not…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
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One for Sorrow (bp coyle)

April 12, 2019 coylewriter

‘Quick,’ Granny screamed from the window. ‘Get the hell over here.’ I put down my schoolbook and wandered across the…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
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Panacea (bp coyle)

March 29, 2019 coylewriter

The old man was annoying me and he’d only been on the ward for an hour. He complained about everything.…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
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Loser (bp coyle)

February 28, 2019 coylewriter

It was the morning of my little sister’s big race. ‘Get off to a good start,’ our Dad advised her…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

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