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Category: Fiction

Pirates (Story by Risa Peris)

June 13, 2019 periswriter

Captain Meredith Marcello, of both English and Italian descent, was hot. On deck, the heat was suffocating. She was security…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Political

The Dragon and Princess Maria (Story by Risa Peris)

June 10, 2019 periswriter

The corruption was voluminous. It was like watching corn kernels go in the popper at the movie theater and then…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Uninvited Guest (bp coyle)

June 7, 2019 coylewriter

I don’t care what you say, or how much you cry, we are not keeping the kitten. We’ll bring it…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Knife (Story by Risa Peris)

June 6, 2019 periswriter

He strode into the group with a swagger, flair, and a face cracked with wrinkles. He smiled. It was not…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
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Sleep Buddy (bp coyle)

June 5, 2019 coylewriter

I remember someone telling me about it, I think it was Sara ironically, when we had just begun to date.…

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Posted in: Fiction

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 Queen (Story by Risa Peris)

June 2, 2019 periswriter

“Golly, yes.” The invitation came in the mail. It was ivory with gold lining. The print was in gold as…

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Posted in: Fiction

Zoo (Story by Risa Peris)

May 31, 2019 periswriter

She walked easily and with a carefree manner as if the world were a safe, good place. She smiled widely…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

Lucent (Story by Risa Peris)

May 29, 2019 periswriter

Lucent was a dead town near a now-closed nuclear reactor. Ten years ago, the nuclear reactor had a meltdown and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

Hastings (Story by Risa Peris)

May 27, 2019 periswriter

He didn’t have the gift of words but he could compose music and sing. Someone, he really couldn’t remember where…

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Posted in: Adult, Fiction

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