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Category: Relationships

Is This Irony? (Story by Risa Peris)

October 7, 2019 periswriter

I dread teaching irony. My students were always confused and I was constantly trying to come up with a unique…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting, Relationships
bp coyle, brian

Your Mother (bp coyle)

September 26, 2019 coylewriter

‘Hey Sis, sorry for calling over so late. Molly kicked me out.’ ‘Damn! Did you stay out all night drinking…

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Posted in: Relationships

Free (Story by Risa Peris)

September 21, 2019 periswriter

I was a pale bride. An ivory statue. My parents were thrilled about the marriage. Damian was an executive on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships
bp coyle, brian

Perfect Teeth (bp coyle)

September 16, 2019 coylewriter

You made that joke tonight, the ones you always make about how your Mother’s new husband looks like Kojak with…

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Posted in: Relationships
bp coyle, brian

Let’s Go Out Tonight (bp coyle)

September 10, 2019 coylewriter

‘Let’s go out tonight, let’s do something special. Have a treat.’ ‘What? Why?’ ‘Just for a change, it would be…

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Posted in: Relationships

Superposition (Story by Risa Peris)

September 9, 2019 periswriter

The kiss is a strange thing. A subtle one feels like the wings of a pixie or the breath of…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction

I Will Go Now (Story by Risa Peris)

September 5, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

The moon glowed so brightly that it illuminated the dust on the dresser and your hairbrush riddled with hair. You…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships
bp coyle, brian

Famous Blue Raincoat (bp coyle)

August 29, 2019 coylewriter

‘Hayley? What are you doing?’ ‘Seriously? What does it look like I’m doing? I’m packing. I’m gone. I’m out of…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships

The Barrier (Story by Risa Peris)

August 28, 2019 periswriter

There is a barrier that cuts the soul. Is oneness with anything even possible? I qualified to be an astronaut…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction
bp coyle, brian

Japan (bp coyle)

August 24, 2019 coylewriter

We always said we’d go to Japan some day, it was one of the first things we found out that…

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Posted in: Relationships

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