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Category: History

Merry Christmas (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2018 periswriter

The sea was both silver and green and rippled in the weak sunlight. Light snow was falling and I watched…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Folklore, History, Holiday

When Billy Bragg Opened His Mouth (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 6, 2018 periswriter

I was a miner, I was a docker, I was a railway man, between the wars, I raised a family,…

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Posted in: Fantasy, History, Religion

The Russian Tea Room: Smoke (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 4, 2018 periswriter

The Czar balanced, like a tiny bird with quivering wings, the slender icy glass of vodka in his palm. Before…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Romance

The Russian Tea Room: Orphan (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 2, 2018 periswriter

I knew him only as Alexey. He might have said his last name but I can’t seem to remember it.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, History

The Smile (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 25, 2018 periswriter

Marie, an aid worker from France, helped a family walk two miles to fill their buckets with clean water. The…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

My Own Meteor (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 23, 2018 periswriter

I came from a long line of Bedouins. When the Israeli state was created we were disrupted from our lands…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

Freud in America (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 13, 2018 periswriter

It really was inconvenient not to have public restrooms on every corner. What were Americans thinking? They invite me to…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

Shame (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 11, 2018 periswriter

“Can you please tell me, Mr. Stenorious, how many did you torture? How many did you harm for the crime…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

Ghost Dance (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 4, 2018 periswriter

I’m not sure why they think our ancestors can help us. I asked my mama and she slapped me. “Our…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

The Austrian (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 14, 2018 periswriter

I moved into the house on Ginger Lane in the fall. The trees in the neighborhood were turning shades of…

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Posted in: Fiction, History

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