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Move it to Your Right Bob! - bp coyle

To Your Right Bob! (bp coyle)

June 23, 2018 coylewriter

This week I have been working nights. In at ten, home at six when the world is waking up. It’s…

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Posted in: Humour

Love Lost (Story by R.C. Peris)

June 22, 2018 periswriter

I met him on Grafton Street in Dublin. He was playing the guitar and singing Sunday Bloody Sunday. Or rather…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance
cosplay - ainsley arin

Cosplay (story by Ainsley Arin)

June 21, 2018 coylewriter

I had been reading Cosmo articles on how to bring a bit of life back to the bedroom. And okay,…

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Posted in: Adult, Humour
rain - bp coyle

Rain (bp coyle)

coylewriter

We met on a Sunday afternoon towards the end of a very mild autumn. We had not seen each other…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Romance
far away places - bp coyle

Far Away Places (bp coyle)

June 19, 2018 coylewriter

We have lost our little girl. We wanted her to be a teacher, like us. Her father and I teach…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

The Money Experience (Story by R.C. Peris)

June 18, 2018 periswriter

Here’s the thing. Even dating is a money experience. You meet a guy at a bar, online, or at Starbucks.…

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Posted in: Fiction
signage - colin taylor

Signage (story by Colin Taylor)

June 17, 2018 coylewriter

After a spate of bad luck, Tony Asif stood nervously waiting for the sign writers to turn up at his…

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Posted in: Humour
first kiss - bp cpyle

First Kiss (bp coyle)

coylewriter

So, yeah, I ended up marrying the first boy I kissed. I am that woman. I was fourteen, he was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

Not the Best Mom (Story by R.C. Peris)

June 16, 2018 periswriter

I never really wanted children. My mother was difficult and mentally ill. She struggled with me as she struggled with…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
lost time - bp coyle

Lost Time (bp coyle)

June 15, 2018 coylewriter

My name is Richard Waters. I am 37 years old, an accountant working for a small construction firm. I have…

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Posted in: Fiction

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