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The Flood (Story by Risa Peris)

June 2, 2020 Brian Coyle

The rain began on Monday. A light drizzle that became an insistent downpour. My husband tended to the farm as…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships
Stewart Lindh

The Wooden Leg (story by Stewart Lindh)

June 1, 2020 coylewriter

Mark only saw it by itself at night, when she would remove it and lean it against the wall before…

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Posted in: Childhood
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Earth ver.8 (bp coyle)

May 22, 2020 coylewriter

Some would say that I was born in the saddest of times. Our planet was nearing its end. The skies…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

Blue (Story by Risa Peris)

May 21, 2020 Brian Coyle

I was painted blue. War time blue. I was like all my Pictish clan. We were to storm Hadrian’s Wall.…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, History, Religion

Deep Shrug (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2020 Brian Coyle

I was quite alone on the train. A nurse in pale gray heading for South England. I was called on…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political
Jim Woessner

Seat 23A, Seat 23B (story by Jim Woessner)

May 12, 2020 coylewriter

Mac boarded a flight in Boston. Bailey caught one out of New York. They changed planes in Chicago and sat…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Relationships
Vitalia Strait

AWWWFULLY ROMANTICK (story by Vitalia Strait)

May 9, 2020 coylewriter

Nancy sipped her tea and exhaled. “Maybe I have depression. Wouldn’t that be awfully romantic?” She dragged the “aw” and…

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Posted in: Fiction
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The Ring (story by G. W. Bael)

May 7, 2020 coylewriter 1 Comment

Its size was large yet reasonable, its edges filed away to form a perfect circle of crystal. It possessed a…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Man from Ireland (Story by Risa Peris)

May 3, 2020 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

What a quiet and dark man. He was like something in the night sky that could barely be seen and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Mental Health, Social Issues

The Great Fairy War (Story by Risa Peris)

April 23, 2020 Brian Coyle

One night Lucy, the Tooth Fairy, and Mary, the Tinkle Fairy, got into a fight as fairies tend to do.…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction

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