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I'm at a payphone - bp coyle

I’m At A Payphone (bp coyle)

December 13, 2017 coylewriter 1 Comment

Alone on the top deck of the bus, so it was a surprise when the phone rang. He guessed it…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour
very happy meal - bp coyle

Very Happy Meal (bp coyle)

coylewriter

It was not long after Christmas 2010. My girls were three years old at the time. Among other things, Santa…

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Posted in: Humour, Parenting

The Jilted Bride (Story by R.C. Peris)

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In June, two weeks before our wedding, my fiance left me for a woman at work. She was younger, slimmer,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized
Christmas present - bp coyle

Christmas Present (bp coyle)

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I am tying this note onto the leg of a little snow bunting. If by some miracle it should find…

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Posted in: Adult, Dark Humour, Fantasy
Scent -bp coyle

Scent (bp coyle)

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‘I like your smell.’ That’s what she said. Not sure why exactly. I have never gone in for fancy Cologne…

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Posted in: Fiction
whistling johnny - bp coyle

Whistling Johnny (bp coyle)

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So there’s this guy, right? Livin’ in the next room to me. This place in a dump. Roaches, rats. Paper…

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Posted in: Fiction
the grandest of rooms - r c peris

The Grandest of Rooms (story by R.C. Peris)

December 12, 2017 periswriter

I was uncomfortable. A general malaise had descended upon me and I could no longer take a single breath without…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

P1239 (story by R.C. Peris)

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In my mother’s generation, there were human beings called men. Men were also fathers. I would have a father. It’s…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
don't make a woman angry - r c peris

Don’t Make a Woman Angry (story by R.C. Peris)

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They have ripped me from history like a superfluous page. I was a great queen. I had a brilliant mind…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Mythology
It Blows - bp coyle

It Blows (bp coyle)

periswriter

It is so unfair of Daddy to force me to keep doing it. A twelve-year-old girl should be able to…

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Posted in: Humour

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