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Category: Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part II [A Lucy Lore Mystery] – (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 28, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

It was strange. A small town in rural England and no one liked the veterinarian. In the morning, before I…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

Bee Daddy (Story by Todd Thommes)

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The world has a big problem. It’s called “Colony Collapse Disorder”. This is not the request by eminent British psychiatrists…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Take One For The Team (bp coyle)

April 27, 2018 coylewriter

The rule is simple: if someone dies during the exam everyone gets an A. No way any of us were…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part I [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 26, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

Oh, it sounded lovely when I stumbled across it on the map. Heath on the Hampshire. Undulating hills, blooming greenery,…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
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Cole (story by Hank Helman)

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Henry took the few scraps of paper out of his shirt pocket and placed them on the dais. He glanced…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

The Red Rock Train (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 24, 2018 periswriter

First of all, there are two bases on Mars. Base Z is primarily for scientists and engineers and Base S…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction, Travel

Tricky (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 22, 2018 periswriter

In 2153 CE sex got tricky. First of all, Earth was a mess. The northern hemisphere was an arid frozen…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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On The 8th Day God Created Quantum Physics (bp coyle)

April 21, 2018 coylewriter

Hey, I am only God you know. I make have to make it all up as I go along There’s…

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It’s Raining Rubies (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 20, 2018 periswriter

My name is Nadia Luke. I’m frightened. They want to murder me. With the introduction of artificial intelligence into the…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Small Town Blues (bp coyle)

April 19, 2018 coylewriter

Nobody knows who first introduced the drugs to the town. The high school kids were blamed of course, they always…

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