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Tears of the Sky (Story by Risa Peris)

September 11, 2019 periswriter

I could hear the secular sound of lightning. Yes, I said secular. Many might call it an act of God;…

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Posted in: Fiction
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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

ire (Story by Risa Peris)

September 7, 2019 periswriter

it was always men who rankled my ire. i mean can’t a woman get a drink – a nice, neat…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Short Changed (bp coyle)

September 6, 2019 coylewriter

12:30 pm I knew it. I absolutely knew it. She short changed me. That bi… That woman at the supermarket.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

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
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Civil War (bp coyle)

September 4, 2019 coylewriter

‘The worst kind of war is a civil war,’ Granny constantly told us when we were young. She had lived…

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Posted in: Fiction, History
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An Imperfect World (bp coyle)

September 2, 2019 coylewriter

When I was still quite small, my brother told me that the US military could press a button and blow…

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Posted in: Humour

The Unicorn (Story by Risa Peris)

September 1, 2019 periswriter

I lost my legs in Iraq. I was the first batch of Marines in and my unit got caught in…

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Posted in: Fiction
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

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