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Category: Fiction

Dark, Dark (Story by Risa Peris)

August 21, 2019 periswriter

Nobody really talks about how dark it gets in the dark, dark night. He was a white man. The Master.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

Poison (Story by Risa Peris)

August 19, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

She pondered poison as she unloaded the dishwasher. Rat poison perhaps? She wiped her hands on the dishtowel. She surveyed…

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Posted in: Fiction

Time for the Whiskey (Story by Risa Peris)

August 17, 2019 periswriter

He was a poet. That didn’t mean much. Not at all. Nobody cared about poets. Well, maybe back in Ancient…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (bp coyle)

August 13, 2019 coylewriter

Hey John, How are things mate? Can you believe that it’s three months since I moved away? I finally got…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Cruise (Story by Risa Peris)

August 12, 2019 Brian Coyle

Brandy was reckless. I knew that. I’m not sure why we were friends. She was wild. She went to college…

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Posted in: Adventure, Childhood, Family, Fiction

This is the United States (Story by Risa Peris)

August 10, 2019 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

Her dad wasn’t there. He was usually there at 5PM. That’s when her after school program ended. Her dad worked…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political
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The Coffee Table (bp coyle)

July 31, 2019 coylewriter

I called over to my parents house to water the flowers while they were away. I think it was that…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

The Opera Singer (Story by Risa Peris)

July 30, 2019 Brian Coyle

She had a bump on her nose that defiled the symmetry of her side profile. She also had a very…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion
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Baby Blue (bp coyle)

July 29, 2019 coylewriter

When I returned with the pallet truck of nappy boxes, the assistant manager ran up to me. ‘Listen,’ he said,…

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Posted in: Fiction
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A Matter of Opinion (bp coyle)

July 25, 2019 coylewriter

‘What the Hell was that awful noise you were making in the shower just now?’ ‘What noise?’ ‘It was horrible.…

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Posted in: Fiction

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