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Category: Fable

The Mundane Egg (Story by Risa Peris)

November 5, 2020 Brian Coyle

According to a book I read, the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Hindus, and Japanese believed the Earth hatched from a mundane egg.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fable, Fiction

Barcelona (Story by Risa Peris)

December 30, 2018 periswriter

December 30. I had been walking the city for hours and my feet were sore despite wearing my jogging shoes.…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

Hall of Doom (Story by R.C. Peris)

October 4, 2018 periswriter

It was necessary to bow low before the Emperor of All the Kingdoms. So low that your nose might meet…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

Helena and the Beast (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 19, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

The Beast appeared during the time of the kings. King Monos, the third in a line of mighty warriors, ruled…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction
Cry Wolf - A Sheep's Tale - bp coyle

Cry Wolf – A Sheep’s Tale (bp coyle)

March 7, 2018 coylewriter 1 Comment

Oh my, I do not think this night is going to end well. The night sky is clear but the…

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Posted in: Fable, Humour

The Woman Who Glowed (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 27, 2018 periswriter

She bathed on the roof, under all the moonlight and starlight, and the light dappled her body so that it…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

Once Upon a Time (Story by Cherie Hanson)

December 22, 2017 periswriter

Once upon a time, there was time and the time sat around us and under us and carried us like a…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction
John Reilly - bp coyle

John Reilly (bp coyle)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

Sure, I knew him. Quite sort, kept to himself. Some called him lazy. Wasn’t exactly the type to break his…

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Posted in: Fable, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Humour
one day - bp coyle

One Day (bp coyle)

coylewriter

Legends say that one day our God will walk among us in the form of a man. He will be…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fable, Fiction, Religion, Satire

The Ministry of Non-Existence (story by R.C. Peris)

December 14, 2017 coylewriter

“As bitter as wormwood,” said the traveler. Lucy set a mug of root beer before him. She refilled his mug…

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Posted in: Fable, Fantasy, Horror, Religion, Satire

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