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Category: Social Issues

Hey, It’s DNA (Poem/Podcast) by Risa Peris

February 14, 2025 periswriter

Podcast for February 14, 2025 The biggest trick they pulled was saying all of you was DNA Mommy humiliated you,…

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Posted in: Article, Creativity, Poem, Political, Social Issues Filed under: freedom of speech, poem, politics

My Body is a Crime by Risa Peris (Poem)

February 10, 2025 periswriter

Podcast Memento mori, remember death. Do you remember life in death? I remember death in life. A body tortured is…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Poem, Political, Social Issues

The Wasteland Grows (Chapter 1, Part 1) – Novel by Risa Peris

February 4, 2025 periswriter

“I’ll pop a bitch.” That was Miranda. Tawny skin, wavy hair, with a saucy sailor’s tongue who always seemed on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Social Issues, Thriller Filed under: cia, coup, politics, thriller, usa

The Man from Ireland (Story by Risa Peris)

May 3, 2020 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

What a quiet and dark man. He was like something in the night sky that could barely be seen and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health, Social Issues

This is My Plague Year (Story by Risa Peris)

April 3, 2020 Brian Coyle

At first, it was the rats that died. They cluttered the streets and alleys like putrid feces with fur. Their…

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Posted in: End of the World, Fiction, Horror, Mental Health, Social Issues

The Body (Story by Risa Peris)

March 17, 2020 periswriter

I had never seen a body hacked to pieces. I approached stealthily. Like a cat about to pounce on prey.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, History, Social Issues

Vinegar (Story by Risa Peris)

July 18, 2019 Brian Coyle

Sunday School was stifling during summer. The room it was held in was a small, box like area with one…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion, Social Issues

Hope Was Once a Friend (Story by Risa Peris)

July 5, 2019 Brian Coyle

It started after her miscarriage. The malaise. The moods. The lack of ability to take care of herself or her…

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Posted in: Fiction, Social Issues

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