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Category: Religion

Hotah the Clown Warrior (story by R.C. Peris)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

When the university anthropologists, John Carlson and Noah Deever, arrived at the Lakota reservation in North Dakota there was a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mythology, Religion
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Sea Girl (story by R.C. Peris)

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I am the Sea Girl. The tribes have many names for me. I live in the frigid water with my…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Mythology, Religion
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When A Child Disappears (story by R.C. Peris)

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Queen Fraga, who is the daughter of Lady Defrey and grandchild to Princess Coralla, was only queen for five days…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Mythology, Parenting, Religion

Nothingness (story by R.C. Peris)

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I walked through the dense woods every Sunday after we got home from church. It’s all I thought about during…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion
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One Day (bp coyle)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

Legends say that one day our God will walk among us in the form of a man. He will be…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fable, Fiction, Religion, Satire
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Bow Wow (bp coyle)

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I suppose our beliefs must seem strange to those who come into our Church for the first time. The Divine…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Religion, Satire

Strange Country (story by R.C. Peris)

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Sanity is a strange country. Everything is right side up and manageable. You don’t get too mad there. You don’t…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction, Parenting, Relationships, Religion

The Ministry of Non-Existence (story by R.C. Peris)

December 14, 2017 coylewriter

“As bitter as wormwood,” said the traveler. Lucy set a mug of root beer before him. She refilled his mug…

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Posted in: Fable, Fantasy, Horror, Religion, Satire

Brigid (story by R.C. Peris)

December 9, 2017 periswriter

On my knees, I breathe and through each breath, I pray. My God is not kind. He can be capricious…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction, Religion

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