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Category: Relationships

A Terrible Weed (Story by Risa Peris)

August 23, 2019 periswriter

In the deep core of love is evil. One cannot love without knowing the deep, elemental scar of hate. I…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

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
bp coyle, brian

Nobody’s Perfect (bp coyle)

July 21, 2019 coylewriter

‘How did the date go late night honey?’ ‘Meh.’ ‘Oh no dear, not another one. What went wrong this time?…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships
bp coyle, brian

Portrait of a Sloppy Mind (bp coyle)

July 15, 2019 coylewriter

I knew the invitation had been sent to me by mistake. I am still on his mailing list and he…

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Posted in: Relationships
Rachel Lister

The First Time (story by Rachel Lister)

July 14, 2019 coylewriter

‘They say nothing prepares you and they’re right. It’s changed me profoundly. Opened my eyes, without question.’ ‘I know what…

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Posted in: Relationships

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 Gift (Story by Risa Peris)

July 9, 2019 Brian Coyle

She was not popular. She was a little chubby, had corkscrew chocolate colored curls, her clothes were often dirty and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting, 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

The Death (Story by Risa Peris)

June 23, 2019 periswriter

A date for death is spooky. Unreal. My doctor said I had inoperable cancer. It was malignant. I would die…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships

Child Bride (Story by Risa Peris)

June 15, 2019 periswriter

“I’d like to ask for your daughter’s hand in marriage.” Marvin was a tall man with muscular arms and a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting, Relationships

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