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Category: Mystery

Dad (Story by Risa Peris)

April 11, 2019 periswriter

Indiana – 1972 “Always be careful, darling. There’s evil lurking out there. Always where you least suspect it.” Dad tucked…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mystery
whats he building in there? bp coyle

What’s He Building In There? (bp coyle)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

Since our boy dropped out of college and moved back home he hardly ever leaves his room. He seems to…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Mystery, Parenting
holiday - ainsley arin

Holiday (story by Ainsley Arin)

coylewriter

November 24 10AM Deirdre is driving. We left Albuquerque at 9AM. There air crackled and the clouds rolled. A storm…

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Posted in: Mystery, Relationships, Science Fiction

Order Me A Milkshake (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

God, I loved him. I told him we were soul mates two weeks after knowing him. We were close. Constant…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Relationships

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