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Category: Dark Humour

good luck charm - r c peris

Good Luck Charm (story by R C Peris)

June 29, 2018 coylewriter

I bought the binoculars for $89.99 on Amazon. They arrived in two days. I took the day off from work…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Relationships
theres something about mary - a nursery tale - bp coyle

There’s Something About Mary – A Nursery Tale (bp coyle)

June 5, 2018 coylewriter

That bloody lamb just won’t leave me alone, it follows me everywhere. Yes all of the children laughed and played…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fairy Tale, Humour

Rocket to Mars (R.C. Peris)

June 2, 2018 periswriter

The neighborhood nominated me. To travel on the rocket to Mars. Old Man Beets had been tinkering for a while…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Science Fiction

A Poison Gut Trip to the Getty (Story by R.C. Peris) [Longer Story]

May 23, 2018 periswriter

Babababa. Baaabaaabaaa. Corey squished his eyes shut tightly. It was there, somewhere. Not here, but elsewhere. He knew it. Bababa.…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
Everybody's Changing - bp coyle

Everybody’s Changing (bp coyle)

May 1, 2018 coylewriter

My wife was the first one. The first of them to Change.. One day as she was writing out a…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Science Fiction
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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
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Cole (story by Hank Helman)

April 26, 2018 coylewriter

Henry took the few scraps of paper out of his shirt pocket and placed them on the dais. He glanced…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
They Walk Among Us - bp coyle

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

The Food Chain (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 31, 2018 periswriter

For fuck sake. Monday again. The alarm didn’t go off. I woke up fifteen minutes late. I yelled at Katie…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

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