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Category: Fantasy

The Great Fairy War (Story by Risa Peris)

April 23, 2020 Brian Coyle

One night Lucy, the Tooth Fairy, and Mary, the Tinkle Fairy, got into a fight as fairies tend to do.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction
Emily Adler

A Short Essay on Humans (story by Emily Adler)

April 11, 2020 coylewriter

My name’s Reggie, and I’m a rat. No, I mean, I’m literally a rodent. Rattus Norvegicus, they call us. We’ve…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Humour

To Lie With Dogs (Story by Risa Peris)

June 17, 2019 periswriter

They said I had sex with dogs. Fools. My body grew hot with anger when my aide told me that…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction, Political

666 (Story by Risa Peris)

June 4, 2019 periswriter

The night I was born a great storm swelled the seas and wrecked the sky. The sea gypsies, in their…

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Posted in: End of the World, Fantasy, Fiction

The Egg (Story by Risa Peris)

May 23, 2019 periswriter

If you find a dragon egg then you must keep the dragon egg. Dragons were nearly extinct in our land.…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction

Toys (Story by Risa Peris)

March 20, 2019 periswriter

The rains came first and then the wind. It was a hurricane. I was a drunk who paid no attention…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction

The Sword (Story by Risa Peris)

February 6, 2019 periswriter

She was just a girl. Her parents made her work on the farm. She fed the chickens, the ducks, the…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction

It’s Not Easy Being a Witch (Story by Risa Peris)

January 18, 2019 periswriter

Oh, I was quite done with it all. It’s not easy being a witch. I was tired of being ogled…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore

When Billy Bragg Opened His Mouth (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 6, 2018 periswriter

I was a miner, I was a docker, I was a railway man, between the wars, I raised a family,…

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Posted in: Fantasy, History, Religion
Michael A Cosma

The White Witch (story by Michael A. Cosma)

October 23, 2018 coylewriter

A harsh wind was blowing and I wondered who had been chasing me. Between the golden dust and sand in…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Horror

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