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Date Night - bp coyle

Date Night (bp coyle)

February 1, 2018 coylewriter

You know how these things go, your friend asks a girl out on a date and she says ‘sure’, but…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Relationships

Failure (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 31, 2018 periswriter

I beat my father up at Walmart and as I was thrashing him with a ten pack of Hanes socks…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction
Feedback - bp coyle

Feedback (bp coyle)

January 30, 2018 coylewriter

A shithole Irish pub in west London. Our second Friday night in a row and there was a chance of…

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Posted in: Fiction
Ma - R. C. Peris

Ma (story by R. C. Peris)

January 29, 2018 periswriter

He was a bad bloke. The kind of bloke you should avoid. I was the bartender at the local pub…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
The People Next Door bp coyle

The People Next Door (bp coyle)

January 28, 2018 coylewriter

A young couple moved in last year. Too many children to count. Not rude children, but not polite either. Children…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

The Woman Who Glowed (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 27, 2018 periswriter

She bathed on the roof, under all the moonlight and starlight, and the light dappled her body so that it…

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Posted in: Fable, Fiction

You’re an Ugly Girl (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 26, 2018 periswriter

Once upon a time, there was a girl, Ella. She was an ugly girl. Quite plain, tall, with a great…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fiction
Saturday evening blues

Saturday Evening Blues (bp coyle)

January 25, 2018 coylewriter

I got to know a few of the other fathers over time. Standing around together in the freezing rain watching…

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Posted in: Family, Parenting, Relationships
Tea For Two

Two For Tea (bp coyle)

January 24, 2018 coylewriter

What sort of sandwich do you serve to an alien? Not a question I had ever wondered about until one…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
Ireland Risa Peris

Ireland (Story by R.C. Peris)

January 23, 2018 periswriter

Dear Mom, Ireland has been wonderful. No. Dear Mom, Ireland has been delightful. No. Dear Mom, Ireland has been amazing.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour

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