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Category: History

War Girl (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 4, 2018 periswriter

“Eat the rat meat.” The soldier spoke in a muddled Lancashire accent. He thrust a knobby stick at me that…

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Charles (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 27, 2018 periswriter 2 Comments

It really was too far. But there it was. We are on a train north. To the moors. The Bronte…

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Dangerous Children (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 21, 2018 periswriter

Takasatsu emerged from the warren of caves on Iwo Jima. He was afraid and looking for food and provisions. Anything…

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Murder (story by R.C. Peris)

December 18, 2017 coylewriter

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

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Dirty (Story by R.C. Peris)

December 15, 2017 periswriter

My father was dying. My mother sent me a text. I was in Zaire giving vaccines. I couldn’t secure a…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, History

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