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Home Alone (bp coyle)

December 29, 2019 coylewriter

It’s funny, I don’t ever really notice how empty my place is until this time of year. I get on…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday
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That Could Have Gone Better (bp coyle)

December 26, 2019 coylewriter

We sat in the car for a long time without a word. I put the key in the ignition but…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday

The Baby (Story by Risa Peris)

December 5, 2019 Brian Coyle

Hush little baby don’t you cry, Mama’s going to buy you a mockingbird. Hmmmmm. Laaaaaaaalaaaaaa. Tiny Elizabeth was cradled in…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
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Trimming the Tree (bp coyle)

November 30, 2019 coylewriter

‘Trimming the tree’ my Grandmother called it. Do people use that expression any more? Seems like a long time since…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family
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23 Years (bp coyle)

November 23, 2019 coylewriter

Once they were sure all of the mourners had gone, detectives Molloy and Hughes approached the open grave. Molloy took…

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Posted in: Crime, Family

Die Eternity (Story by Risa Peris)

November 18, 2019 Brian Coyle

Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing; Whose speechless song, being many, seeming one, Sings this to thee:…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction

Son (Story by Risa Peris)

November 13, 2019 Brian Coyle

“So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon: Unlook’d, on diest unless thou get a son.” -Shakespeare Sonnet 7   Story…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

Ten (Story by Risa Peris)

November 11, 2019 Brian Coyle

“Make some sweet vial; treasure thou some place…That’s for thy self to breed another thee, Or ten times happier, be…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
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Do You Believe in Fairies? (bp coyle)

November 10, 2019 coylewriter

‘Hey sweetie. How was your day with Grangran?’ ‘We had fun! I like staying with her.’ ‘She’s always been good…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family

The List (Story by Risa Peris)

November 9, 2019 Brian Coyle

“Then were not summer’s distillation left, a liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass” -Shakespeare’s Sonnet 5 Based on Shakespeare’s…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction

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