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Category: Family

The Lighter (Story by R.C. Peris)

August 1, 2018 periswriter

I’m a 48-year-old divorced woman with one dead child and another one with major psychological issues about to set a…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction

The TWA Bag (Story by R.C. Peris)

July 22, 2018 periswriter

I had my issues with my mother but I was loyal. I wasn’t going to turn on her. She was…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

Not the Best Mom (Story by R.C. Peris)

June 16, 2018 periswriter

I never really wanted children. My mother was difficult and mentally ill. She struggled with me as she struggled with…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
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Over the Hill to Granny’s House (bp coyle)

June 11, 2018 coylewriter 1 Comment

I dropped in on Granny today on my way home from school. Just to check that she was okay. I…

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Posted in: Family, Humour

East End (Story by R.C. Peris)

June 10, 2018 periswriter

“I don’t ave’ any bees and honey and besides, I ave’ cock and hen lil’ ones. I can do it…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
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Cry Baby Cry (bp coyle)

May 22, 2018 coylewriter

Your heart would go out to them. They are hardly more than children themselves and with a baby that looks…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting
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DNA (bp coyle)

April 11, 2018 coylewriter

Papa was sent to death row and Mama changed our names. I went from being Scott Walker to being Jimmy…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Family, Fiction

Mama (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 10, 2018 periswriter

Three little girls. All in a row. And then there were none. Good night, girls. Good night, mama. I told…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting

New Daddy (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 6, 2018 periswriter

Mommy said I had a new Daddy. He came to apartment one night. We ate spaghetti, garlic bread. I had…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
The Project - bp coyle

The Project (bp coyle)

March 5, 2018 coylewriter

Uncle Frank spent all of his time in the garden shed. From the crack of dawn until the small hours…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

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