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Category: Fiction

Hungry (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 10, 2018 periswriter

They brought thick, stacked pancakes, sizzled bacon, frosted donuts, fried eggs, country potatoes and a big mug of coffee with…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Slipple, Slapple Brawny and Mengele Show

January 8, 2018 periswriter

Dear Bob Hope: I am writing to provide you with an excellent comedic addition to your USO Show currently touring…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
Daddy's Girl - bp coyle

Daddy’s Girl (bp coyle)

January 7, 2018 coylewriter

I never thought of myself as the fatherly type. I had no interest in kids at all. Honestly, when my…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting
I'm a woman - r c peris

I’m a Woman (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 6, 2018 periswriter

They think they know what’s best for me. Everyone. They all think they know what’s best for me. My parents,…

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Posted in: Adult, Fiction
limbo - r c peris

Limbo (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 4, 2018 periswriter

I ate his purple liver by candlelight. “Delicious,” I murmured with a full mouth. The liver had a spicy note…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
No Plans To Be Smart - r c peris

No Plans to Be Smart (story by R.C. Peris)

January 2, 2018 periswriter

I need. I really need. I am needy. Some people don’t need anything at all. I need everything all at…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
help - r c peris

Help – (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 29, 2017 periswriter

The drive from the freeway to my home in Palos Verdes was long. Too long. Miles and miles by street.…

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Posted in: Fiction

It’s Just a Word (story by R.C. Peris)

December 26, 2017 periswriter

“And you’re a cunt,” mumbled the sluggish woman with a frown that made her look half-dead. Two of the mothers…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Relationships

Christmas Story (bp coyle)

December 24, 2017 coylewriter

Every year Mother would say the same thing: ‘We have to invite her, we’re all the family she’s got.’ ‘But…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Humour

Once Upon a Time (Story by Cherie Hanson)

December 22, 2017 periswriter

Once upon a time, there was time and the time sat around us and under us and carried us like a…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

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