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Category: Fiction

The Ghost (Risa Peris)

December 8, 2018 periswriter

It’s been happening for some time. I’m on the Rock in Monaco and it’s the changing of the guard. From…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

Cannes (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 6, 2018 periswriter

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Lodger (bp coyle)

December 5, 2018 coylewriter

After Father passed, Mother took in a lodger to help cover the bills. Mr Rice was an elderly man who…

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Posted in: Fiction

Clean (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 3, 2018 periswriter

She was clean. She felt it. Warm and reassuring. Like when you hold a hand over a candle flame. Yes.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Cold Water Ordeal (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 1, 2018 periswriter

Fernanda, Spanish by birth and raised in Nice, was a tour guide. She usually met tourists in Cannes and drove,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance
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Fore! (bp coyle)

November 30, 2018 coylewriter

Little Katie has crept into my room, climbed into bed with me. She always does when they are fighting. She…

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Posted in: Childhood, Family, Fiction

The Kelly Confession (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 29, 2018 periswriter

“No, I can’t do this. Please stop. I just…I just can’t take this. Really.” She was angry. Frantic. Pierre was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
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So, What Do You Do? (bp coyle)

November 28, 2018 coylewriter

They always ask it, sooner or later. Usually sooner though. Almost always sooner. ‘So, what do you do?’ What difference…

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Posted in: Fiction

She’s An Artist (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 27, 2018 periswriter

Guillermo steered the car with both hands gripping the smooth steering wheel. She was next to him. Fernanda. Her hair…

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Posted in: Fiction

Not Even Myself (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 25, 2018 periswriter 2 Comments

Her nose, a slightly large one with a less than straight profile, wrinkled and then her glossy lips, the ones…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

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