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Category: Fiction

Cat Lady - r c peris

Cat Lady (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 22, 2017 periswriter

They come to me. They keep coming to me. Fat ones, skinny ones, mangy ones, silky ones. They curl on…

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Posted in: Fiction

Cornflake Man (story by R.C. Peris)

December 20, 2017 periswriter

I could eat cornflakes out of his skull. I ate cornflakes out of his skull. I love cornflakes. I hate…

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Posted in: Fiction

Acknowledgement (bp coyle)

coylewriter

Dear Mary, Thank you for the five hundred prayers you offered up to God yesterday. On behalf of everyone here…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Religion
delicate cycle - r c peris

Delicate Cycle (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 18, 2017 periswriter

There was always talk of it. Finding love. Exercising to find love. The right shade of lip gloss to find…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance
she died - r c peris

She Died (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 periswriter

She died quietly. Anna. No rage. One second she was alive and the next second she was dead. My wife…

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Posted in: Fiction, Horror, Relationships

Suicide Seed (story by R.C. Peris)

December 11, 2017 periswriter

Hugo Westcombe, from the age of fourteen, wanted to write the next Great American novel after reading an article in…

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Posted in: Fiction
Not Just For Politicians - r c peris

Not Just for Politicians (story by R.C. Peris)

December 10, 2017 periswriter

Mrs. Garacetti was tiny, angular, with a grim set mouth. A severe, featherless bird. Her dress was navy blue and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
Hasta La Vista Maybe - bp coyle

Hasta La Vista, Maybe (bp coyle)

December 18, 2017 coylewriter

‘Goodbye’ you said to me. ‘Go to hell,’ you said to me. ‘I would rather burn in hell myself than…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships
brother and sister - r c peris

Brother and Sister (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

They were born five years apart. He took pride in being the big brother. At six, he held her in…

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Posted in: Adult, Family, Fiction, Relationships

Seriously? (bp coyle)

December 18, 2017 coylewriter

So we’re all like just sitting down to lunch and this new girl rolls up to the table and asks…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction

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