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Category: Family

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Grudge (bp coyle)

June 22, 2019 coylewriter

I handed him his coffee and said, all casual like. ‘Oh, by the way, Jack called this afternoon.’ He snorted…

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Posted in: Family

Moments (Story by Risa Peris)

June 21, 2019 periswriter

What does life consist of if not moments stitched together to form a quilt or perhaps even a spider web…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction
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Tell Us a Story (bp coyle)

April 20, 2019 coylewriter

The last Friday of every mother was my parents ‘special night’, as they liked to call it. They would go…

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Posted in: Family, Science Fiction

Da’s Are Bad (Story by Risa Peris)

April 15, 2019 periswriter

Da brought home an alien killing machine. It had the length of a rifle but was curved at the end…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Science Fiction
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Old Photographs (bp coyle)

April 10, 2019 coylewriter

Dear David, It’s been such a long time. I guess I must be the last person you were expecting to…

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Pedro (Story by Risa Peris)

April 9, 2019 periswriter

There was always talk of those penguins in Antarctica. The ones that committed suicide. It happened nearly every week. You…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Travel
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Kids (bp coyle)

April 3, 2019 coylewriter

Jason was three when his mother packed her bags and moved out. He was the youngest. Katie was five, Alice…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
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Pelmet (bp coyle)

March 31, 2019 coylewriter

Every summer my parents would redecorate the house. New wallpaper on the walls, new paint on the windows and doors.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family
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Family Matters (bp coyle)

March 21, 2019 coylewriter

My father left when I was two, just disappeared. He’d emptied out the family bank account, left a huge amount…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

Breasts (Story by Risa Peris)

February 27, 2019 periswriter

My story with breasts began early. I wasn’t breastfed but when my mother hugged to her or clasped me to…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

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