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Category: Fiction

The Dog (Story by Risa Peris)

January 31, 2020 Brian Coyle

There was a black and white messy dog in the street licking his dick. Occasionally, his tail would thump on…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Mental Health

Perfect (Story by Risa Peris)

January 28, 2020 Brian Coyle

I was born on the ice. I’m not lying. My mother, a former ice skater, went on the rink the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction
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Out of Tune (story by Mary E Sullivan)

January 23, 2020 coylewriter

i have a flute.  the “E” key is flat.  sort of like my life.  when the world was flat.  nobody…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health
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Paddy (bp coyle)

January 22, 2020 coylewriter

We both reached for our cigarettes as soon as we had passed through the hospital gates. I sat down on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health

The Red Shoes (Story by Risa Peris)

January 20, 2020 Brian Coyle

Geez, all I needed was one music interview to meet my weekly story goal and make my editor happy. A…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

The Presidential Couple (Story by Risa Peris)

January 14, 2020 Brian Coyle

She had ran unopposed for two years as student president. Two whole years. She got soda machines back in the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political

Red (Story by Risa Peris)

January 10, 2020 Brian Coyle

Little Red Riding Hood didn’t know the way to grandma’s house. Her mother told her to cross a field and…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fairy Tale, Family, Fiction
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Fresh Off The Boat (bp coyle)

January 9, 2020 coylewriter

I met a nice young chap in the pub today. Fresh off the boat he was, from the old country.…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

The Silence (Story by Risa Peris)

January 6, 2020 Brian Coyle

It was at the end of the street for the entire time he lived on Whisk Avenue. The narrow, brick…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Religion

The Pit and the Piano (Story by Risa Peris)

December 30, 2019 Brian Coyle

They were a pit of snakes. Their iridescent skins shimmied and swayed. Their faces painted like a Renaissance portrait gone…

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Posted in: Fiction

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