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Category: Political

The Politician (Story by Risa Peris)

August 5, 2020 Brian Coyle

You see the thing about Yuri was that he was not a high-ranking or particularly effective KGB officer. Back in…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

Deep Shrug (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2020 Brian Coyle

I was quite alone on the train. A nurse in pale gray heading for South England. I was called on…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

The Presidential Couple (Story by Risa Peris)

January 14, 2020 Brian Coyle

She had ran unopposed for two years as student president. Two whole years. She got soda machines back in the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political
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Have You Voted Yet? (bp coyle)

December 11, 2019 coylewriter

I never like coming to this shop, it’s close but the owner is a jerk. He tosses my smokes on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Political

Dark, Dark (Story by Risa Peris)

August 21, 2019 periswriter

Nobody really talks about how dark it gets in the dark, dark night. He was a white man. The Master.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

This is the United States (Story by Risa Peris)

August 10, 2019 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

Her dad wasn’t there. He was usually there at 5PM. That’s when her after school program ended. Her dad worked…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political

The Weight (Story by Risa Peris)

July 16, 2019 Brian Coyle

Meredith Von Wieth uttered what she thought was a true and innocent statement. “The Palestinian people have rights – to…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political, Religion

Maybe If You Were a Man (Story by Risa Peris)

July 11, 2019 Brian Coyle

I was not a person people tended to like. I was a fighter even as a child. I used to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

The Grief (Story by Risa Peris)

July 3, 2019 Brian Coyle

There was an image scorched into my young, plastic flexible brain. An Enlishman whose hair was a mix of white…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

Daring (Story by Risa Peris)

June 29, 2019 Brian Coyle

He arrived like a sheep. His Arabic was awful. The nomads would laugh at him. Daring would laugh with them.…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

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