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Category: Family

Pagan (story by R.C. Peris)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

Papa was Lord of the Sea. Our mother and my three sisters lived in a castle in the hills. When…

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Posted in: Family, Fantasy, Mythology

Two Candles (story by Ainsley Arin)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

We have been in the fallout shelter for two years today. Dad made a chocolate cake with two candles, though…

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Posted in: Family, Parenting, Relationships, Science Fiction

Strange Country (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

Sanity is a strange country. Everything is right side up and manageable. You don’t get too mad there. You don’t…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction, Parenting, Relationships, Religion
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Dirty (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 15, 2017 periswriter

My father was dying. My mother sent me a text. I was in Zaire giving vaccines. I couldn’t secure a…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, History
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Unlovable (story by R.C. Peris)

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He thought he was unlovable. When he murdered my mother he thought he became unlovable. “I’m so sorry,” he thickly…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Parenting, Relationships
Taken - R. C. Peris

Taken (story by R.C. Peris)

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In the summer of my tenth year, kids went missing. Kids went missing all the time but it seemed it…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting
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For Him (bp coyle)

December 14, 2017 coylewriter

He’s resting now. We are all trying to be quiet. He has been drinking a lot recently. Work is hard.…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships
Mud - r c peris

Mud (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

He giggling and smashing mud between his hands. Little Eddie. He was enthralled by the mud. He was sitting in…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting

Bad Day For Mommy (bp coyle)

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She was three and ‘helping’ me make dinner. We were cooking stew and I had only the potatoes left to…

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Posted in: Family, Humour, Parenting

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