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The Pearly Knife – Part IV [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 4, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

Nigel was the color of an electric burner set on medium. Bright red and on the verge of boiling hottest…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
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Cemetery Gates (bp coyle)

May 3, 2018 coylewriter

On days when it is not too cold or wet, she comes to the graveyard during lunch hour and sits…

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Posted in: Ghost Story

Bee Daddy – Part II (Story by Todd Thommes)

May 2, 2018 periswriter

I had left the hospital and was still recovering from the killer bee attack when the compulsions started. I drew…

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Posted in: Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part III [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

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One day ago, the veterinarian for Heath on the Hampshire was found dead in the community pool with a pearly…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
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Everybody’s Changing (bp coyle)

May 1, 2018 coylewriter

My wife was the first one. The first of them to Change.. One day as she was writing out a…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Science Fiction
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Moongirl (bp coyle)

April 29, 2018 coylewriter

Moonbeam Peaches Apple-Blossom Johnson did not like her name at all and asked everybody to call her ‘Sue’. This made…

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Posted in: Humour

The Pearly Knife – Part II [A Lucy Lore Mystery] – (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 28, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

It was strange. A small town in rural England and no one liked the veterinarian. In the morning, before I…

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Bee Daddy (Story by Todd Thommes)

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The world has a big problem. It’s called “Colony Collapse Disorder”. This is not the request by eminent British psychiatrists…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Take One For The Team (bp coyle)

April 27, 2018 coylewriter

The rule is simple: if someone dies during the exam everyone gets an A. No way any of us were…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part I [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 26, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

Oh, it sounded lovely when I stumbled across it on the map. Heath on the Hampshire. Undulating hills, blooming greenery,…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

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