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Category: Fiction

Mickey Rhea Had Diarrhea (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 8, 2018 periswriter

Mickey, poor Mickey, had a problem. He got explosive diarrhea when he got excited. Christmas time was the worst. His…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction, Travel

New Daddy (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 6, 2018 periswriter

Mommy said I had a new Daddy. He came to apartment one night. We ate spaghetti, garlic bread. I had…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

War Girl (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 4, 2018 periswriter

“Eat the rat meat.” The soldier spoke in a muddled Lancashire accent. He thrust a knobby stick at me that…

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Posted in: Fiction, History
So, This is Death Then? - bp coyle

So, This is Death Then? (bp coyle)

April 3, 2018 coylewriter

I thought it would be different. Where’s the bright light at the end of the tunnel that I was always…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Beginning of Everything (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 2, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

I am dead. Trapped in another dimension. The eleventh to be exact. Here is my story. Something can come from…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

Murder is Legal – Killing a Kid is a Misdemeanor (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 1, 2018 periswriter

There it was. In the New York Times and The Washington Post. MURDER IS LEGAL Murder is now legal. In…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction

The Food Chain (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 31, 2018 periswriter

For fuck sake. Monday again. The alarm didn’t go off. I woke up fifteen minutes late. I yelled at Katie…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

Maxene (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 29, 2018 periswriter

Maxene, stunning star of the silver screen, I love you. You are luminous. Your skin glows. There is a burnished…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

Charles (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 27, 2018 periswriter 2 Comments

It really was too far. But there it was. We are on a train north. To the moors. The Bronte…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

The American Spy (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 25, 2018 periswriter

It was 1955 and there were two things I was sure of. I loved my husband deeply and he was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

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