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The Barrier (Story by Risa Peris)

August 28, 2019 periswriter

There is a barrier that cuts the soul. Is oneness with anything even possible? I qualified to be an astronaut…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction
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Back to School (bp coyle)

August 26, 2019 coylewriter

Wow! How did that happen? The holidays are almost over, school starts again in a couple of days. It seem…

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Posted in: Humour
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Japan (bp coyle)

August 24, 2019 coylewriter

We always said we’d go to Japan some day, it was one of the first things we found out that…

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Posted in: 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
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Nutmeg (bp coyle)

August 22, 2019 coylewriter

‘Pass down the jar of whole nutmegs,’ Grandma instructs me. She’s a bit on the short side. She grabs it…

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Posted in: Dark Humour

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

Poison (Story by Risa Peris)

August 19, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

She pondered poison as she unloaded the dishwasher. Rat poison perhaps? She wiped her hands on the dishtowel. She surveyed…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Ask Her (bp coyle)

August 18, 2019 coylewriter

‘I swear, if you don’t go over there and ask her to dance, I’ll go over and tell her that…

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Posted in: Humour

Time for the Whiskey (Story by Risa Peris)

August 17, 2019 periswriter

He was a poet. That didn’t mean much. Not at all. Nobody cared about poets. Well, maybe back in Ancient…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction
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Happy Times (bp coyle)

August 15, 2019 coylewriter

So, I’ve decided to re-edit all of my memories of our time together. It’s been so long ago now that…

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Posted in: Romance

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