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family history - bp coyle

Family History (bp coyle)

February 21, 2018 coylewriter

A quick jump through time, fifty years into the past. I’ve earned a good living all my life and saved…

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Posted in: Family, Science Fiction

The Lovely Savage (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 20, 2018 periswriter

As I ate chicken and rice at a cafe in La Paz, Bolivia a German man, who blocked the sunlight…

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Posted in: Fiction, Travel
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Dilemma (bp coyle)

February 19, 2018 coylewriter

What would you have done? I agreed to babysit for this girl in work. I found her crying in the…

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Posted in: Fiction

I Can Alter My World, Said the Princess (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 18, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

He had chased me through the garden with the clipped, orderly hedges, the prim and pretty flowers, the flagstone path,…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fiction
A Dying Breed - bp coyle

A Dying Breed (bp coyle)

February 17, 2018 coylewriter

I was nervous, I admit it. Old people can be unpredictable. This was my first solo outing as a social…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

The Exchange Student (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 16, 2018 periswriter

As the police officer fingerprinted me he scowled. “You should be ashamed of yourself, beating up a child.” He then…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Relationships
School Blaze - bp coyle

School Blaze (bp coyle)

February 15, 2018 coylewriter

What a party we had the night our old school burned down. I had dropped out by then and was…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction

The Butcher Valentine (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 14, 2018 periswriter

I love funerals. I fell in love at a funeral. My cranky grandma died. My mom was blubbering and my…

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Posted in: Crime, Dark Humour, Fiction
My Girl - bp coyle

My Girl (bp coyle)

February 13, 2018 coylewriter 1 Comment

She was waiting there for me, early for once. I hung back and watched her unnoticed. Damn, she was looking…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships

Ruby Jewel Red (Story by R.C. Peris)

February 12, 2018 periswriter

In 1955 I had one friend. She lived in town, in a Queen Anne style house, with her parents and…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction

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