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Category: Fiction

the cannibals - r c peris

The Cannibals (story by R.C. Peris)

December 18, 2017 coylewriter

I was hot and weary. The bugs were consuming me. We hadn’t eaten in a day. We didn’t know what…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion
Murder - r c peris

Murder (story by R.C. Peris)

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I have five brothers and I was the youngest. I inherited nothing when my father died so I left the…

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Posted in: Fiction, History
The Monster Enjoys Elderberry Jam - rc peris

The Monster Enjoys Elderberry Jam (story by R.C. Peris)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

One night, when I was six, Mama told me about a monster who roams the house at night. “Stay in…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Horror

Hotah the Clown Warrior (story by R.C. Peris)

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When the university anthropologists, John Carlson and Noah Deever, arrived at the Lakota reservation in North Dakota there was a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mythology, Religion

Johnny Cash Ruined My Love Life (bp coyle)

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She is the sweetest girl I have ever met. And hot. So hot. She is clever and funny and interesting.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Relationships

Nothingness (story by R.C. Peris)

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I walked through the dense woods every Sunday after we got home from church. It’s all I thought about during…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion
falling - r c peris

Falling (story by R.C. Peris)

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Falling is always slow motion for the person falling. I am falling. I’ve been pushed (or did I jump) out…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting
one day - bp coyle

One Day (bp coyle)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

Legends say that one day our God will walk among us in the form of a man. He will be…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fable, Fiction, Religion, Satire
sun walker - r c peris

Sun Walker (story by R.C. Peris)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

Lady of the night. It was an old phrase my mom used to say. We would be driving in the…

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Posted in: Adult, Family, Fiction, Parenting
bow wow - bp coyle

Bow Wow (bp coyle)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

I suppose our beliefs must seem strange to those who come into our Church for the first time. The Divine…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Religion, Satire

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