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Category: Fiction

tats - bp coyle

Tats (bp coyle)

August 15, 2018 coylewriter

‘I have a tat,’ she whispered nervously to me. ‘You know, a tattoo. On my back.’ We had not reached…

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Posted in: Fiction

Sweetie (Story by R.C. Peris)

August 14, 2018 periswriter

The girl, who was twelve, was bludgeoned to death. Sheriff Zion wasn’t sure who she was because her head was…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
Show Me The Way To Go Home - bp coyle

Show Me The Way To Go Home (bp coyle)

August 13, 2018 coylewriter

Almost home when we ran into three inebriated people. Best guess, a couple and a male friend. The friend wandered…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

Wings (Story by R.C. Peris)

August 12, 2018 periswriter

When I turned 8 years old my mother told me about nets and glue. She didn’t know my future but…

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the wait - bp coyle

The Wait (bp coyle)

August 6, 2018 coylewriter

They’ll come. One of these days they will come. I sit by the window and watch, waiting for the cars…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
All Teenage Girls Write Bad Poetry - bp coyle

All Teenage Girls Write Bad Poetry (bp coyle)

August 4, 2018 coylewriter

It’s true, I stand by this statement, all teenage girls really do write bad poetry. Okay, perhaps I should refine…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
the future - bp coyle

The Future (bp coyle)

August 2, 2018 coylewriter

We’ve been tracking this low life drug dealer for the past two weeks, hoping he slips up. Today my partner…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Lighter (Story by R.C. Peris)

August 1, 2018 periswriter

I’m a 48-year-old divorced woman with one dead child and another one with major psychological issues about to set a…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction
the girl with the suicide scar - bp coyle

The Girl With The Suicide Scar (bp coyle)

July 31, 2018 coylewriter

She had a nasty scar across her left wrist as though she had slashed it repeatedly some time in the…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance

Free Bird (Story by R.C. Peris)

July 30, 2018 periswriter

My husband left me, my kids (in college I might add) barely talk to me, I have debt, my car…

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Posted in: Fiction

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