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Category: Humour

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Bookworm (bp coyle)

November 9, 2018 coylewriter

‘Let’s go out,’ I suggested. ‘It’s been a long day. There’s been more talk about redundancies at the factory, everyone…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships
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Sarah (bp coyle)

October 30, 2018 coylewriter

She looks like Béatrice Dalle in Betty Blue, he says. Maybe not quite as tall. Her name is Sarah, she’s…

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Posted in: Family, Humour, Relationships
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It’s Not Me, It’s You (bp coyle)

October 28, 2018 coylewriter

‘This is Maria speaking, I can’t get to the phone right now. If you wish to leave a message, please…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships
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Cats and Dogs (bp coyle)

October 24, 2018 coylewriter

letter for my funeral To all my children. Thanks to all of you for turning up today, I know have…

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Posted in: Humour
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Talking to God About Surgery (bp coyle)

October 22, 2018 coylewriter

After four hours in the hospital waiting room, my name was eventually called. A nurse guided me down a long…

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Posted in: Humour
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Cat Monkey (story by Michael Cosma)

October 19, 2018 coylewriter

We were so lost. A ways back we took the wrong path and now we were cutting through the thick…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction

I Think I Just…. (Story by R.C. Peris)

October 16, 2018 periswriter

“Who are you voting for?” My fingers were touching his fingers. “I’m not answering that.” He pulled his fingers away.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
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Sometimes You Walk Alone (bp coyle)

October 3, 2018 coylewriter

Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said, ‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death I don’t like…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Relationships
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Vodka (bp coyle)

October 1, 2018 coylewriter

The best thing about sharing a house full of foreign students is that we all frequently go home. For a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
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Three Crimes (bp coyle)

September 29, 2018 coylewriter

Three sins we’d been told, three sins was the absolute minimum. Anything less was to think yourself better than others.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Humour

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