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• Hunger in it’s Most Mortal of Definitions

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago

  “Simone” knew hunger. Not just desire or lust, but hunger in it’s most mortal of definitions. She needed to feed on the life-...

• Where On Earth Did the Name Stovohobo Come From?

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  It’s a burning question I’ve been asked many times. People seem to be attached to this particular query, hurling it in forcef…

• Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Barbie, and..

  by One Time, One Chance about 1 year ago

  We all know the stories about Britney Spears, Barbie, and Paris Hilton.

  But what you don’t know is this: the REAL story.

  We…

• Time pt.1

  by The Ghost in the Machine about 1 year ago

  Time.Above all things, this was the world’s most important resource.In the year 2035, time could make a country great, but al…

• Public Service Announcement: Didaskaleinophobia and the Harmful Effects Your Child Encounters

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Didaskaleinophobia. Every child in America is affected by this terrible sickness. They go through the pain, every single day,...

• Lost

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Kate blew off the dust of the faded photograph.

  “Look at this…” she said, gesturing at Frederick.

  He crawled over and fro…

• I'm Free, Free Falling

  by FourSeven about 1 year ago

  This is a sequel (I guess) to the phobia contest post thing. I almost feel like I shouldn’t participate because I dont consid…

• Old Friends

  by Nick about 1 year ago

  Simon screamed in pain, his retinas were on fire and he had no clue what was happening.

  “Oz,” Simon heard Blake say.

  “Hell-...

• The Interstate

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  As I travel down the interstate,
  The skies are turnin’ gray;
  The signs’ lights above are flickered on
  To light my dreary way….

• Hollywood Heroin

  by Stovohobo 12 months ago

  Notice: The people from the Gossip Girl franchise came and told me I couldn’t use the name anymore…so from now on, I’m Ho…

• She and I

  by Stovohobo 12 months ago

  I can hear her sigh softly as she caresses me. I curse myself—how embarrassing it was for me to have such flaky skin, of a…

• Five Years

  by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

  “Speaking of which,” Lucifer added, “you have five years to sigh in.”

  Blake raised his eyebrows. “You’re a Bowie fan?”

  Lu…

• HoLy CrAp 50 FiClEtS

  by llamaluvsmenotu 12 months ago

  this is a challenge that isnt very challenging. at all. but every other challenge is taken and probly this one too but im too…

• What Happens When a Bored Kid Named After a Twisted Version of His Name and a Hobo Meets Music? Just About THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST EVER...Well, Maybe Not (But the Longest Title for a Ficlet Ever, Definitely)

  by Stovohobo 12 months ago

  1. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left—Andrew Bird (a recent find, great!)

  2. Thick as Thieves—Dashboard Conf…

• Through the Eyes of A Tired Insomniac.

  by insomniac 12 months ago

  It’s not that I don’t mind not annoying people that aren’t like you, but I really don’t hate what you are, so that doesn’t me…

• Rules For Friendship

  by Brebelles 12 months ago

  Here are a few of my Rules for friendship:
  1. Know who your REAL friends are
  2. Love and cherish and honor you friends
  3. Put…

• Happy Birth-Day

  by Mac-alicious 12 months ago

  Those bright eyes. Those tiny fingers, those tiny toes. That soft skin. Those adorable little dimples. That precious smile. T…

• take the time

  by Ms Kit Kat 12 months ago

• The Wonder

  by Autumn Night 12 months ago

  As I sit here and look around, I find that words are my only friend. Not just any words, oh no. Only the words I type underst…

• The Secret Number

  by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

  “A number. For my sister. Angela, about your age, black hair and blue eyes. And needs to start dating again. She’s into that …

• Friendly me

  by Stoner 12 months ago

  Can I be your friend? I wanna be your friend. Can I lick you? What’s that smell? Let’s be friends. Pet me. Look at that! You’...

• Wow, 50 ficlets! Must mean a challenge is in your future... (Lyric Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 12 months ago

  Woo-hoo! It’s official: I’ve published 50 ficlets! This means a challenge is in store for you, kids. So here ‘tis…

  Pick a …

• The Deviant and the Victim {Stoner's challenge}

  by blueyedwonder 12 months ago

  He looked, with wide 4-year-old eyes, at this boy in front of him, holding out his hand and tapping his foot.

  “I’ll give you…

• Tattered Souls

  by Stovohobo 12 months ago

  Everyone, including me, passed by him every day. He would sit there on his grimy blanket, noncommittally stirring the few coi…

• A Quarter Is A Quarter. A Challenge is a Challenge.

  by Yeah Write! 12 months ago

  On my way home from school, everyday I would walk down First St. It was a marvelous street, the street where all the shops of…

• Robert's first stromboli

  by cainegreene 11 months ago

  “Hey Luigi! Dis a guy wanna tofu inna his a stromboli!”

  “Madona! Mario you gotta be kidding me. Who is a dis guy?”

  “Vene qu…

• Orange(color challenge, prolly way more than late)

  by Mask By The Moon 11 months ago

  Orange.
  The color of the setting sun,
  The color of a basketball,
  The color of an RSS icon,
  The color of happiness.

  Then agai…

• I Miss Yellow

  by THX 0477 11 months ago

  I wake, as usual, to the sound of machinery. The whole place shudders and whines with the generator’s efforts, from the algae…

• The Stranger in the Mirror is You (Sick Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 11 months ago

  The wig was dark red and straight, not like her short brown curls. It was also long, almost to the small of her back.

  -Do I …

• Not of This World

  by SKermitgorf 11 months ago

  Lacey had the flu and was feeling dizzy. On the car radio her mother had a country music station playing, a new artist named …

• Green.

  by Yeah Write! 11 months ago

  “Well, it’s… the color of grass,” That didn’t help Mya, who had never seen grass. “Umm… leaves, cabbage…” she mumbled t…

• Gray (Colour Challenge)

  by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

  Author’s Note: It is only natural that I chose gray.

  It was past the time for snow, but too early the vibrant colors of sp…

• Gumshoe Challenge

  by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

  I’m sorry, but I couldn’t wait for ten more ficlets to write a challenge (they are, traditionally, made in increments of 50.)...

• Nevermore

  by Wil Wheaton 11 months ago

  The birds did not scatter as Roland expected. Instead, they fell silent and still.

  Leaves crunched beneath his feet as he w…

• {Lyric Challenge} Do You Ever...?

  by Sue London 11 months ago

  “Are you one of the fortunate kind, alone but not lonely?”

  Jessie tapped her thumb on her knee in time to the music as she…

• The Waite Library (pt. 3)

  by Howie Amourscow 11 months ago

  Simon stepped inside the library. The door shooshed shut behind with a smothered thump. Simon suddenly had a mental image t…

• Bullets and Death

  by Nick 11 months ago

  The first officer turned back towards the doorway, Simon’s voice from the hall shocking him into action. The second officer, ...

• The Godfather of Soul-Sucking?

  by ChuckEye 11 months ago

  Some time in the year 1867, a fishing smack sailed from Boston. One of the sailors was a Portuguese, who called himself “Jame…

• Halloween Challenge Mashup Posted

  by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

  For those of you who wanted to view it, Google video finally cooperated and allowed me to post my YodaOnCrack halloween ficle…

• Purgatory

  by Nick 11 months ago

  Where are your two bits? the hooded man — Charon — howled, his voice the darkness at the center of a void.

  “Don’t got ‘em,...

• YodaOnCrack's Halloween Challenge Round 2 Vod/Podcasts

  by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

  Round 2 of Yodaoncrack’s Halloween ficlet challenge is here, which includes the next 4 or so entries as podcasts.

  http://vid…

• What You've all been wating for....the wonderful..the Magnificent...the mind bogglingly awesome .......PLAYLIST!!!!!!!!BY ME!!!!!!!!!(sounds of roaring applause (raaaahhhhhh!)) =))))))Sorry to leave you wating so long. I know it must've been kiling you.XD

  by Sailor Emo 11 months ago

  1)”The Good left Undone”by Rise Against (purely wonderful amazement)
  2)”Fix you” by ColdPlay
  3)”Wake Up Call” by Maroon Five
  ...

• The Growing Storm

  by Compound Fracture 11 months ago

  Dr. Speven looked up from the report. “Do you have any idea what sort of panic would rip across the planet if the general pub…

• Time

  by Christnemichelle 11 months ago

  Time goes by in so many ways that some of us don’t see.
  Time is the years that go by while you wait to see a mircal happen.
  ...

• The Hush of Battle

  by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

  A trio of men cowered in a trench under the full moon and starry sky. Crickets and night-flying birds were the loudest sounds…

• Overdose

  by uselessness 10 months ago

  The rhythm is pounding, pounding, pounding.

  A million writhing bodies, bathed in pulsating greens and purples, move wildly b…

• [Abstinence] Size Seven Boots

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

• [Abstinence] Delicious Milkshakes

  by YodaOnCrack 10 months ago

• Five Things You Always Wished You Knew About Brick Wall 2

  by FlirtingWithaBrickWall 9 months ago

  4. My friends are my life. Family is very important, but they’re chosen for you. Friends are there because they want to be, n…

• Officially answers A Fun But Insane Quiz From Insert Pen Name Here's Very Insane Mind.

  by Officially 9 months ago

  1. It is pink. With lots of small pink flowers on it. Needless to say, I didn’t buy it.

  2. I am home and my feet are cold.

  ...

• 3. Journal Assignment (Stovohobo Challenge)

  by Storykeeper of Fae 8 months ago

  1/29/07
  _I must say, I lead a boring life. What’s the point of keeping a daily journal if nothing separates the days? Why k…

• A Girl Called Jack

  by W.J. Kocik, Jr. about 1 year ago

  This much I know: I was six years old the day I murdered my infant brother. Most of the rest is a haze of smeared memories; d…

• You Got Robbed, Sucka!

  by Never Explain 8 months ago

  I had to rob the store. Yes, it is very immoral, but this is life and death.
  Plus I looked like a twelve-year-old Rambo, cons…

• The Sweater Dilemma

  by Zenist about 1 year ago

  Alex surveyed the field of potential candidates, and tried to pick one. He was selecting a sweater for his lover, Doris, who …

• Nirvana

  by Never Explain 7 months ago

  She is talking to Anna….Not good.
  Mel is going to be angry if she finds out that I used to go out with her best friend.
  I…

• Obituary

  by Pearl about 1 year ago

• Dinosaur Dilemma

  by Ridcully Calvert 6 months ago

  “The avians are starting hostilities again” the T-Rex loremaster mind-sent during the earthvoice communion.

  “But we had an a…

• NewChallenge [[Hear Ye Challenge]]

  by Louise Madison 5 months ago

  HEAR YE, HEAR YE
  LOUISE MADISON’S FIRST-EVER CHALLENGE

  As my first challenge, I know it’s gotta be a good one. So it’s g…

• The Book Of i

  by Rose about 1 year ago

  Lo, Saint i did lift up the imaginary numbers from where they were placed among the lowly footnotes of impossibility. Saint…

• 8/6/45

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  August 6, 1945
  Tokyo, Japan

  The control operator suddenly leaned forward in his chair, adjusting switches and controls. His …

• Time is on your side [Song paroday challenge]

  by Ridcully Calvert 5 months ago

  Slime, is on your side, yes it is!
  Slime, is on your side, yes it is!

  When you kissed that frog prince, who would have thoug…

• Mushy Sad Love Storry

  by User 2232 about 1 year ago

  There once was a couple. They had been seeing each other for a while now. After a date when the boy was driveing home the gir…

• Re: Hi

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago

  Hail, Your Lordship, future ruler of the Galilean Dominion!

  I appreciate your predictions on my coming ascendancy to the Mar…

• It's me Lucy!

  by Mystiquee about 1 year ago

  Call me ape! That compliment. He roach. Being hairy no sin. Him no let me shave. I found out ‘bout waxing. I should have list…

• Yep

  by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

  “Hello, Jimmmy. I’m Dr. Grant. How did you OD on jelly
  beans?”

  “After I ate ‘em, my mind was blank, yep, as
  blank as ever,...

• A Thing For Beauty

  by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago

  That night, as she drifted off to sleep, Annie wondered about the woman, as she had the last few days.
  In the morning, there…

• Trees Below the Castle in the Air

  by [pens&feathers] 4 months ago

  Gabrielle stopped, resting against a tree that looked eerily human. Her long, golden hair stuck to her sweaty, dirty face. Sh…

• this is what you wanted

  by thebeekeeper about 1 year ago

  No! she screamed, No! no no no no no! this cant be happening, no! she stood ther thrashing around, throwing herself at the co…

• Australia! Yes! Sucker!

  by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago

  I have him now! Gaze at my secret map of the world, and notice _Australia is worth two free armies, and can only be attacke…

• The Most Secure Place on the Planet

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  Derringmark Prison was the most secure place on the planet.

  Nestled in the remote mountains east of the Hub, it rose up like…

• Weirdest Sister Ever

  by Mask By The Moon 3 months ago

  Maxine put a piece of Stride in her mouth and chewed.

  “I still can’t believe you like Charles,” she told Sarah.

  “Oh, shut u…

• Microfiction: Jennifer's Eyes

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  Jennifer always looked at him with that glance, and he hated it. It would make his food taste bland and paste-like. Her glanc…

• Breaking Up is Hard (Though Rocket Launchers Make it Significantly Easier)

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago

  Gates turned the corner in full sprint, and skidded to a stop. “Bollocks!” he shouted. Another hallway. Another dead-end.

  Ga…

• Experimental Ficlet Number 33

  by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

  .......Who are they and what have they done? These are the questions that haunt me at night…...

• Mad Maddy

  by Mask By The Moon about 1 year ago

  “He said what?!?” Maddy was pushing chairs over with her strong mental powers, which were out of control now that she was ang…

• Odd Clouds at Morning

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  Aaron stamped his feet impatiently on the damp ground, “This can’t go on much longer.”

  Kyrie shushed him and turned back Col…

• Good Girls Go to Heaven, Jenny Goes Everywhere

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 2 months ago

  “Doc,” Jenny said, gesturing at the missile that hung frozen inches away, “we don’t got time.”

  “What was your name again?” G…

• Premonition

  by Lone Writer 2 months ago

  “What do you mean other half?” Anna asked.
  Angela sighed in exasperation. “What part of “you and James are connected” are yo…

• Blackout

  by Cobweb about 1 year ago

  “So how has your day been?” Evan asked. It wasn’t often that he got to meet his girlfriend Laura for lunch.

  “Oh, nothing ter…

• The Extraordinary H.A.K. Wilson-Jones

  by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago

  When he was born on Old Earth, his mother had named him Herman Alexander Keltner Wilson-Jones (his mother, the last daughter …

• One iPhone to Rule Them All…

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago

  No one noticed when Apple Corp finally assumed control of our lives.

  For years, Jobs and his cronies were flooding the mark…

• Perspective: Something Hasn't Changed

  by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago

  Okay, so some people gripe about things. But let me ask you: would you really want to go back to an era of disease, war, ha…

• Drowning in One-Sentence Ficlet Nirvana

  by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

  This is the end this is the end this is the end this is the end this is the end this is the end, a single thought played it…

• Giants on the Rebound

  by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago

  “You must choose the trial, Qubeah,” Yllith said, ignoring the young man’s wince as he wrapped and firmly tied the dock leaf …

• Elixor

  by Lizz L. Sykes about 1 year ago

  I am Elixor. Born of flame and darkness. I am not evil but evil is consuming my soul.

  No one sees life through eyes like mi…

• Synopsis of Our Lives

  by FlirtingWithaBrickWall about 1 year ago

  Standing alone in the dark, she let her mind wander to things past- her old friends, enemies, and those that professed to be …

• The Mind?

  by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

  Why do people pay $8 for a ticket, $5 for a large pop corn, and $1.50 for a drink, to sit in a theatre for 2 hours?

  Why do p…

• The Mind relieved

  by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago

  Reading used to be my thing.

  You know, slap down 20 bucks, sit in a crabby ol’ room with poor lighting and read for maybe an…

• L.oss O.f L.anguage

  by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago

  I’m not much of a “lol” person. I prefer a good old-fashioned “haha.” or sometimes, just a succinct “ha”.

  Then again, I’m n…