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Category: Holiday

A Very Covid Carol (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2020 Brian Coyle

No amount of education and training can prepare you for death or a pandemic. I knew a doctor who went…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Fiction, Holiday
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When The Lights Go Out (bp coyle)

January 5, 2020 coylewriter

I just turned off the Christmas lights for the final time. I waited until everyone had gone to bed. I’ll…

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Posted in: Holiday
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Happy New Year (bp coyle)

December 31, 2019 coylewriter

‘Hey’ ‘Hey mate. Please tell me you have found a new year’s eve party for us to go tonight.’ ‘Well..’…

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Posted in: Holiday, Humour
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Home Alone (bp coyle)

December 29, 2019 coylewriter

It’s funny, I don’t ever really notice how empty my place is until this time of year. I get on…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday
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That Could Have Gone Better (bp coyle)

December 26, 2019 coylewriter

We sat in the car for a long time without a word. I put the key in the ignition but…

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Posted in: Family, Holiday

The Chestnut (Story by Risa Peris)

December 24, 2019 Brian Coyle

Christmas never arrived for Chelsea. On Christmas Eve she woke up with a sense of excitement. Christmas was only a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Holiday

The Holidays (Story by Risa Peris)

November 29, 2019 Brian Coyle

The holidays! I love you. I get to unearth the boxes from the garage. It’s Friday. Thanksgiving is over. I…

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Posted in: Fiction, Holiday

Thanksgiving Ghost (Story by Risa Peris)

November 27, 2019 Brian Coyle

  “We need to talk.” Two years later and the words still echo across the canyons of my soul. We…

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Posted in: Fiction, Friendship, Holiday

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

December 24, 2018 periswriter

We’ve had a great year of creativity. We pushed ourselves and wrote even more stories this year than last year.…

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Posted in: Holiday

Merry Christmas (Story by Risa Peris)

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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

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