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New Year’s Eve (bp coyle)

December 31, 2018 coylewriter

‘Let’s take our drinks onto the balcony,’ I suggest. ‘We can watch the fireworks. Only ten minutes to go.’ I…

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Posted in: Fiction

Barcelona (Story by Risa Peris)

December 30, 2018 periswriter

December 30. I had been walking the city for hours and my feet were sore despite wearing my jogging shoes.…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

Merry Christmas (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2018 periswriter

The sea was both silver and green and rippled in the weak sunlight. Light snow was falling and I watched…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Folklore, History, Holiday
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Sloop John B (bp coyle)

December 23, 2018 coylewriter

The Beach Boys were playing on the radio. I remember that clearly. You don’t hear much Beach Boys in this…

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Posted in: Fiction

Harmonize (Story by Risa Peris)

December 22, 2018 periswriter

My heart was broken. Cracked like old paint on a wall. I was in Florence, Italy and Marco had left.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
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The Longest Night (bp coyle)

December 21, 2018 coylewriter

1:00 am That’s fine, still got plenty of time to sleep. I need to get a couple of hours before…

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The Actress (Story by Risa Peris)

December 19, 2018 periswriter

The Cannes Film Festival was better than the Oscars as it gave me an excuse to leave LA. People think…

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Posted in: Fiction

The First of the Month (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 15, 2018 periswriter

By the first of the month, December, the month of sneezing and shopping; you had moved your cracked, stretched suitcase…

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Posted in: Fiction, Holiday, Romance

The Jacket (Story by Risa Peris)

December 12, 2018 periswriter

I bought the jacket at a second-hand shop in Cannes. The movie festival had ended and the city was emptying.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Red Period (Story by Risa Peris)

December 10, 2018 periswriter

It was Picasso’s Blue Period. The stretch of time between 1900 and 1904. All his paintings were blue or blue-green.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

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