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Category: Travel

One Moment (Story by Risa Peris)

November 25, 2019 Brian Coyle

Music composed and performed by Risa Peris (though love is a song played with a smile) I was busking in…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

Beware of Ghosts (Story by Risa Peris)

April 21, 2019 periswriter

And there was the green ghost. Something was stalking us on the ice but more of the men were scared…

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Posted in: Fiction, Ghost Story, Travel

Pedro (Story by Risa Peris)

April 9, 2019 periswriter

There was always talk of those penguins in Antarctica. The ones that committed suicide. It happened nearly every week. You…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Travel

Arc (Story by Risa Peris)

April 5, 2019 periswriter

“They’re just a bunch of heathens if you ask me.” Reginald was steering with one hand and let his other…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

The Choice (Story by Risa Peris)

April 1, 2019 periswriter

Cannibalism is a choice. Most often, at least for those weaned on Western Civilization, it is a very desperate choice.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

The Pieta (Story by Risa Peris)

March 23, 2019 periswriter

Our second day in Rome we went on a tour of Vatican City. We bought a tour package because we…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

Funk Girl (Story by Risa Peris)

January 7, 2019 periswriter

She was a girl in a funk. Indeed, in a funk. She escaped Idaho. Boarded a bus in Boise. Somehow,…

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Posted in: Adult, Fiction, Travel

Human (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 31, 2018 periswriter

They had been extracting blood for years after the human genome was mapped. Who are we? What culture or race…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

The Sound of a Ghost (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 29, 2018 periswriter

What sound does the sunrise make? Dr. Clark decided it was the sound of trickling water. He had a memory,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel

The Red Rock Train (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 24, 2018 periswriter

First of all, there are two bases on Mars. Base Z is primarily for scientists and engineers and Base S…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction, Travel

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