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One Life To Live (bp coyle)

May 5, 2019 coylewriter

We said we would always be close, how could we not be after all we had been though? After all…

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Posted in: Fiction

Legos (Story by Risa Peris)

May 4, 2019 periswriter

“He puts his hands on me. Here and here.” She pointed to her stomach and buttocks. She swung her legs…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Fiction
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You Used To Love Me (bp coyle)

May 2, 2019 coylewriter 1 Comment

You used to love me, I know it’s true. I have all the emails, the birthday cards, the book with…

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Posted in: Relationships

The Writer (Story by Risa Peris)

May 1, 2019 periswriter

He had married an author. A poetess and author. A master of the English language. He did very little now,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
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Minecraft (bp coyle)

April 29, 2019 coylewriter

‘Sarah!’ I shouted from my computer. ‘Sarah!!!!’ My eight year old daughter rushed into the room. ‘Yes Dad?’ I took…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting

Manifest Destiny (Story by Risa Peris)

April 28, 2019 periswriter 1 Comment

She was born in the sea. That’s what her Pa said. Bailey would laugh and curl up in her comforter.…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Astronaut (Story by Risa Peris)

April 25, 2019 periswriter

The parade was surprisingly long under the hot Illinois sun. Bethville was a small town and most people moved away…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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At The End Of The Day (bp coyle)

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I’m in bed, sipping a glass of ten year old single malt with the collected poems and drawing of Stevie…

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Posted in: Fiction

Full Fathom Five (Story by Risa Peris)

April 23, 2019 periswriter

I let her lifeless body sink full fathom five. The Shakespearean reference was not lost on me. We had a…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Ghost Story
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A Change in the Weather (bp coyle)

April 22, 2019 coylewriter

‘There’s going to be a storm tonight,’ I tell her in excitement.  ‘A big one.’ ‘Yeah,’ she answers in a…

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Posted in: Relationships

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