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Question (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 30, 2018 periswriter

I don’t want to, no, no… Look inward, ah, that ratty soul. Shaded and busy cobwebs all foul. If you…

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Posted in: Poem

Breasts (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 29, 2018 periswriter

There are mornings, disordered but soaked in clarity. French perhaps, Italian perhaps, I wanted and was confused. I’ve yearned in…

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Posted in: Poem

The Kelly Confession (Story by R.C. Peris)

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“No, I can’t do this. Please stop. I just…I just can’t take this. Really.” She was angry. Frantic. Pierre was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
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So, What Do You Do? (bp coyle)

November 28, 2018 coylewriter

They always ask it, sooner or later. Usually sooner though. Almost always sooner. ‘So, what do you do?’ What difference…

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Posted in: Fiction

She’s An Artist (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 27, 2018 periswriter

Guillermo steered the car with both hands gripping the smooth steering wheel. She was next to him. Fernanda. Her hair…

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Posted in: Fiction

Hard California Rain (Poem by R.C. Peris)

November 26, 2018 periswriter

This hard California rain. The kind that digs in your soul with a spoon. Not in months and then drains…

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Posted in: Poem
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Strangers on a Plane (bp coyle)

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‘First time flying long distance?’ ‘First time flying quite so far. I brought a nice fat novel to keep me…

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Posted in: Humour

Not Even Myself (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 25, 2018 periswriter 2 Comments

Her nose, a slightly large one with a less than straight profile, wrinkled and then her glossy lips, the ones…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
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I Hear She’s a Schoolteacher Now (bp coyle)

November 24, 2018 coylewriter

There was a time when they were hailed as the next big thing. The critics raved. The new album got…

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Posted in: Fiction

Sinking Into the Ocean (Story by R.C. Peris)

November 23, 2018 periswriter

He walked in, like an old man, stooped shoulders, a halting gait and sleet slid from his raincoat and doused…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

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