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A Happy Story (bp coyle)

April 18, 2020 coylewriter

Tell me a story please. I asked. I could really do with someone telling me a story. Okay then. She…

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Posted in: Creativity, Fiction
Stewart Lindh

The First (story by Stewart Lindh)

April 14, 2020 coylewriter 1 Comment

Mark was eight; playing with boys he met while visiting his aunt. They took off down the slumbering summer streets…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction
Emily Adler

A Short Essay on Humans (story by Emily Adler)

April 11, 2020 coylewriter

My name’s Reggie, and I’m a rat. No, I mean, I’m literally a rodent. Rattus Norvegicus, they call us. We’ve…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Humour
bp coyle, brian

A COVID-19 Abecedarian [part one] (bp coyle)

April 9, 2020 coylewriter

A is for aspirin, they won’t help this time. B is for Brian, and I’m feeling fine. ***** C is…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Humour
Jim Woessner

Looking Down (story by Jim Woessner)

April 7, 2020 coylewriter

“What’s going on?” It was a uniformed Bridge Patrol officer dismounting his bicycle in the center of the span. “It’s…

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Posted in: Creativity, Dark Humour, Fiction

This is My Plague Year (Story by Risa Peris)

April 3, 2020 Brian Coyle

At first, it was the rats that died. They cluttered the streets and alleys like putrid feces with fur. Their…

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Posted in: End of the World, Fiction, Horror, Mental Health, Social Issues
bp coyle, brian

A Spring I’ll Never Forget (bp coyle)

April 2, 2020 coylewriter

I think it’s fair to say that this isn’t a Spring that any of us will remember fondly. Goddamn coronavirus!…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Romance
bp coyle, brian

Remember When… (bp coyle)

March 24, 2020 coylewriter

Remember when the shops had everything you wanted every time, rather than you just being happy to find anything at…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Dark Humour

Girl (Story by Risa Peris)

March 22, 2020 Brian Coyle

She was a nervous, fastidious girl who generally looked miserable if one could not see her eyes, because in her…

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Posted in: Fiction, Romance

The Body (Story by Risa Peris)

March 17, 2020 periswriter

I had never seen a body hacked to pieces. I approached stealthily. Like a cat about to pounce on prey.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, History, Social Issues

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