The 200 Word Short Story

Hey, It’s DNA (Poem/Podcast) by Risa Peris

periswriter — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:14:34 +0000

Podcast for February 14, 2025 The biggest trick they pulled was saying all of you was DNA Mommy humiliated you,…

periswriter — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:38:09 +0000

In the center of the world was a kingdom; in the center of the kingdom was a forest; in the…

periswriter — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:08:51 +0000

Podcast Memento mori, remember death. Do you remember life in death? I remember death in life. A body tortured is…

periswriter — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:43:32 +0000

I was born. I was born in the fever of winter when the silver surfs cracked into granite and the…

periswriter — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:34:49 +0000

Suicide was inevitable, we were born for each other. But how to, crawling through my years. Not what method, exactly:…

periswriter — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:24:40 +0000

I stare down my reclined, naked body. Legs extended, ankles crossed, bay breeze gently grazing me. I gaze past my…

periswriter — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:35:24 +0000

“I’ll pop a bitch.” That was Miranda. Tawny skin, wavy hair, with a saucy sailor’s tongue who always seemed on…

periswriter — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 04:34:34 +0000

There are moments in our lives when we achieve clarity – a sharp, crystallized, hyper-real vision – and grasp, with…

periswriter — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:40:27 +0000

Afterwards, he’d been dragged through the woods. A short slice of a knife took out his tongue. At home, his…

periswriter — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:06:23 +0000

I know you. I know your body smells everywhere I go. I see the smell rising in the street after…