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Paradise (Story by R.C. Peris)

October 2, 2018 periswriter

“Kuwait,” said the minister, “does not ban books. It censors them. Now, stop this silly protesting and go back to…

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Posted in: Fiction, Religion
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Vodka (bp coyle)

October 1, 2018 coylewriter

The best thing about sharing a house full of foreign students is that we all frequently go home. For a…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

Hello… (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 30, 2018 periswriter

I was idealistic when I was young. Who isn’t, really? When you’re young and you have parents who care for…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Three Crimes (bp coyle)

September 29, 2018 coylewriter

Three sins we’d been told, three sins was the absolute minimum. Anything less was to think yourself better than others.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Humour

My People (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 28, 2018 periswriter

The fundraiser was a success. I raised $750,000 for the Republican candidate in our upcoming election. I held the fundraiser…

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Posted in: Fiction
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High Heeled Blues (bp coyle)

September 26, 2018 coylewriter

It’s hard not to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations. Especially when you’re stuck in an emergency room with nothing else…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

The Smile (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 25, 2018 periswriter

Marie, an aid worker from France, helped a family walk two miles to fill their buckets with clean water. The…

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Posted in: Fiction, History
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Worse Things Happen at Sea (bp coyle)

September 24, 2018 coylewriter

‘It could be worse,’ she says, as I knew she would. She’s right, of course it could be worse. No…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

My Own Meteor (Story by R.C. Peris)

September 23, 2018 periswriter

I came from a long line of Bedouins. When the Israeli state was created we were disrupted from our lands…

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Posted in: Fiction, History
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Rainy Days (bp coyle)

September 22, 2018 coylewriter

I always hated rainy days when I was a kid. This is Ireland, we get a lot of rainy days…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

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