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planet x - bp coyle

The End of Planet X (bp coyle)

December 15, 2017 coylewriter

Just when it was all looking so good. Just when things were about to kick off big time, it all…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
weaponized - r c peris

Weaponized (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

Near the end of the Time of Echoes the human population was dwindling. This was not due to sickness or…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
you decide - bp coyle

You Decide (bp coyle)

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Oh yeah folks, have we got a show for you tonight? Two cold blooded murders. One walks free. One get…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Satire
not even love - r. c. peris

Not Even Love (story by R.C. Peris)

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I did love her. I loved her a great deal but our cultural differences were so vast. There was a…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Humour, Relationships
planet x - bp coyle

Return To Planet X (bp coyle)

coylewriter

If you wait long enough, pray hard enough and keep all fifty of your fingers crossed enough of the time,…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
dirty - r c peris

Dirty (Story by R.C. Peris)

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My father was dying. My mother sent me a text. I was in Zaire giving vaccines. I couldn’t secure a…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, History
unlovable - r c peris

Unlovable (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

He thought he was unlovable. When he murdered my mother he thought he became unlovable. “I’m so sorry,” he thickly…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Parenting, Relationships
petty cash - bp coyle

Petty Cash (bp coyle)

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She was cute, like really cute. A little Pakistani girl who worked in Accounting as a junior. I had only…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships
Taken - R. C. Peris

Taken (story by R.C. Peris)

coylewriter

In the summer of my tenth year, kids went missing. Kids went missing all the time but it seemed it…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting

Kids These Days (bp coyle)

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Next year they start turning eighteen, the first ones. Able to vote. Most of them run their own businesses already.…

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Posted in: Parenting, Science Fiction

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