Six-word-memoirs Challenge
37signals (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/846-six-sells) is running a story about “six word m…
A sequel to Six Word Memoirs CHALLENGE
Six-word-memoirs Challenge
37signals (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/846-six-sells) is running a story about “six word m…
A sequel to Six Word Memoirs CHALLENGE
Eleanor James sat across from me smoking her cigarette, the smoke billowing up into the air.
Something about her made me susp…
A prequel to Investigation: Interview [Part 2]
...maybe even 1,024 characters!
The occasion: I’m celebrating having written my 150th ficlet. I love being a ficleteer (Is…
A sequel to Challenge: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Characters...
Well, alright, I will give her some credit.
She would notice but she wouldn’t put down the phone or stop talking – she woul…
A sequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 3]
I would complain about wanting to go out and play or not being able to find the TV remote and she wouldn’t listen, let alone …
A sequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 2]
It was excellent, let me tell you: thanks to my mother, I was able to experience my first nightclub, my first drink and subse…
A prequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 4]
My mother’s phone rings constantly.
I don’t think a second of the day goes by when her phone doesn’t ring or she’s not ince…
A sequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 1]
Well, alright, I will give her some credit.
She would notice but she wouldn’t put down the phone or stop talking – she woul…
A prequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 3]
I would complain about wanting to go out and play or not being able to find the TV remote and she wouldn’t listen, let alone …
A prequel to The Phone Addiction [Part 2]
Is there just one normal, average everyday thing some people do that you just think is a mortal sin?
Describe your perfect b…
A sequel to Nouvelle Bardot's Random Act of QUIZNESS
I feel inclined to write a challenge. Why? Maybe it’s because I have underdeveloped ideas, festering, not willing to break th…
A sequel to A Place for a Challenge
Whoo-hoo! Two hundred ficlets at long last! I’d like to say that I love this community, and Ficlets has gotten me into the mi…
A sequel to Pens Poses a CHALLENGE!
Fun, insane quiz for the people, by the people (aka Insert Pen Name Here)
1. what color/ pattern is the nearest tissue box t…
She hated the fact that there was never quiet in her house. Only silence. Ghosts drop hints and whisper things.
A smashed b…
A sequel to Held Together By Only Bits Of String
The devil choked and spit me out.
It is like he is having the most horrible nightmare. He knows she is gone and he senses t…
A sequel to It Hurts For Him To Miss To Death
Bec dragged on what was left of her cigarette before snubbing it against the side of the bed. It left a searing burn mark on …
A prequel to Bec Doesn't Get What She Wants
Her eyes stung. Teardrop on the fire of a confession. She looked around her, alarmed at not knowing where she was but then …
A sequel to Many Teardrops To Come
She hated the fact that there was never quiet in her house. Only silence. Ghosts drop hints and whisper things.
A smashed b…
A prequel to Held Together By Only Bits Of String
Try to find out, what makes you tick.
Punk rock blasted from her iPod as Bec painted her nails a thick black. She relished …
A sequel to Diary + Black + Resentment = Bec
The devil choked and spit me out.
It is like he is having the most horrible nightmare. He knows she is gone and he senses t…
A prequel to It Hurts For Him To Miss To Death
White…it’s all white. That’s all I can think of, strangely. The sheets on the bed, the floors, the walls…all of it is whi…
A prequel to It's All White [artistsrunwild's challenge]
How does it feel to stand on the edge of the world?
I wouldn’t know, but I’d imagine it’s a lot like this. With the right mi…
A prequel to On the Edge of Everything (Six Ficlet Challenge)
Lily opened the door with a broad smile on her face. “Derek’s in the den. He’s been waiting for you.”
I slowly stepped in an…
A prequel to Nice to Finally Meet You (artistsrunwild's 6 ficlet challenge)
Her lantern flickered and went out.
_Hear the little children,
summoned from below.
They beckon and they beg,
for you to go a…
A sequel to The Song of the Pitchforked Children
I’ve just finished highschool and everything in my life is turning upside down so I guess its appropriate to just vent a litt…
A sequel to Five Realisations
Write a 64 character ficlet that is captivating and imaginative.
And the winner is . . .
WOW the 1st got here really fast -...
A sequel to Exact minimum length ficlet [And the winner is . .]
1. I’m afraid that everybody hates me, I’m annoying, and dumb, and…
2. I wish that everything in my life could just be “no…
A sequel to A New & Improved 5 things I've Never Told Anyone, with a few touch-ups
1. I have never been in love. I give people advice about it like I know everything but I really dont know a thing.
2. I want…
A prequel to Five Truths
He didn’t quite know how to react. He was grateful that she had told him. Carrying that weight way too far. He wanted to he…
A sequel to He Tries To Fix The Wounded
It always happened like this. He would get home and collapse in a sprawl on the couch, drained and broken, not a thought to g…
A prequel to Bottle Bound
Her eyes stung. Teardrop on the fire of a confession. She looked around her, alarmed at not knowing where she was but then …
A prequel to Many Teardrops To Come
Now I know it’s common folklore and tradition that when a ficlet writer comes of age: has written 100 ficlets – it is their d…
A sequel to 20 Ficlets: This Calls For A Challenge
So is it better to tell and hurt or lie to save their face?
She knew she had scared him with her tears. She sat up, ashame…
A sequel to Creating The Special Two
Try to find out, what makes you tick.
Punk rock blasted from her iPod as Bec painted her nails a thick black. She relished …
A prequel to Diary + Black + Resentment = Bec
He drank her in. Breathless and on again. His skin burned where her fingers had absentmindedly scrawled her name. He recipr…
A sequel to He Turns Into Dust Around Her
He didn’t quite know how to react. He was grateful that she had told him. Carrying that weight way too far. He wanted to he…
A prequel to He Tries To Fix The Wounded
She felt him tug at her hand and he pulled her up without saying a word. She felt light and heavy at the same time. _I don’t …
A sequel to The Question Of A Heart Attack
So is it better to tell and hurt or lie to save their face?
She knew she had scared him with her tears. She sat up, ashame…
A prequel to Creating The Special Two
Blake slowly closed his cell phone. He turned, gradually, to Simon. “Yeah,” Blake said, “it’s all true.”
“Whazzitnow?” Simon…
A sequel to Patient Zero
The chubby hausfrau wriggled and moaned in Alec’s arms. Then her heart stopped and Alec was no longer interested. He dropped …
A prequel to Alec's Very Bad Night
Old doubt and a girl by your side.
He felt her sit down but he wasn’t brave enough to look. She shifted her weight. He held…
A sequel to She Joins Him On The Star Mile
He drank her in. Breathless and on again. His skin burned where her fingers had absentmindedly scrawled her name. He recipr…
A prequel to He Turns Into Dust Around Her
Ah, the sweet sound of red. Red tells no lies. Red keeps my secrets, though it won’t share them with me either. I am the red;...
A sequel to The King of the Red
Kent walked with measured strides through the dim halls of Poplar Hill, head down, avoiding eye contact. He could hardly stan…
A prequel to The Halls of Poplar Hill
The orb of the moon shone too bright into her window. The breeze was too loud; the tick of her clock too irritating. She sat …
A sequel to Done With Losing Sleep
“I.. I can’t.” His hand slipped out of hers and carried to the stars. “Look at them!” He said, turning away and pointing a sh…
A prequel to starshine drama
She felt him tug at her hand and he pulled her up without saying a word. She felt light and heavy at the same time. _I don’t …
A prequel to The Question Of A Heart Attack
The air was thick around him. Sweaty bodies pulsated around the crowded dance floor.
So cliche, he thought.
_They both go to…
A sequel to He's Sick Of Spray-On Pants
Old doubt and a girl by your side.
He felt her sit down but he wasn’t brave enough to look. She shifted her weight. He held…
A prequel to She Joins Him On The Star Mile
The bicycles inside your skull send you away and off you go.
“Are you even listening to me?”
She turned; she’d been thinkin…
A sequel to Not Yet A Bright And Free Brick
The orb of the moon shone too bright into her window. The breeze was too loud; the tick of her clock too irritating. She sat …
A prequel to Done With Losing Sleep
That night he couldn’t sleep. He thought of her, all of her.
_We’ll build a fire in your eyes. Cold desire makes the moon w…
A sequel to Gold Lion's Gonna Tell Him
The air was thick around him. Sweaty bodies pulsated around the crowded dance floor.
So cliche, he thought.
_They both go to…
A prequel to He's Sick Of Spray-On Pants
Heres a new challenge ! Its not that hard. What i know is that most people out there who like to write stories also like to …
A sequel to The Write Out Loud Challenge: For Any Singer/ Songwriter
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 …
A sequel to Wow, 50 ficlets! Must mean a challenge is in your future... (Lyric Challenge)
_Jump from the hook. You’re not obliged to swallow anything you despise. See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life, and …
A sequel to Meeting Lessons
The bicycles inside your skull send you away and off you go.
“Are you even listening to me?”
She turned; she’d been thinkin…
A prequel to Not Yet A Bright And Free Brick
this is a challenge that isnt very challenging. at all. but every other challenge is taken and probly this one too but im too…
A sequel to HoLy CrAp 50 FiClEtS
I watch as they crowd around. The instruments they use and the struggle she puts up. I discuss her future with the doctor. I …
A sequel to A Confrontation With The Red
Ah, the sweet sound of red. Red tells no lies. Red keeps my secrets, though it won’t share them with me either. I am the red;...
A prequel to The King of the Red
The pain, it sucks me down, down into the never ending pit of my own stomach. I try to retch their poisons that dull my sense…
A sequel to A Nap Before Armageddon
I am aware of what is happening. They are naïve and ignorant; they will believe what they want to.
It only takes a few moment…
A prequel to The Experiment
Kermitgorf, Kermit being the, ‘it’s not easy being green’ star of Sesame Street, the Muppet Show and countless Muppet movies …
A sequel to Kermitgorf: Backstory
Many moons ago, a group of undergraduates studying anthropology stayed up far in to the night, speaking of the world at large…
A prequel to The Legend of Batak Beatrix
That night he couldn’t sleep. He thought of her, all of her.
_We’ll build a fire in your eyes. Cold desire makes the moon w…
A prequel to Gold Lion's Gonna Tell Him
Betrayal can be so powerful. Not as powerful as me. I lay here in the land of white, the realm of the sterile and sanctified;...
A sequel to Being and Not Being
The pain, it sucks me down, down into the never ending pit of my own stomach. I try to retch their poisons that dull my sense…
A prequel to A Nap Before Armageddon
“It’s a method of measurement…” Nicòle shook her head. “It’s all very confusing. It is said that when used properly, one ca…
A sequel to Mole
“Who’s there?” Nicòle called into the light. A tall figure revealed himself to them.
“Terribly busy. Terribly busy. Formulat…
A prequel to Confusion
I’m afraid, so far, I have been very unlucky in love.
It’s not that I’m not pretty or that I don’t have a good personality – ...
A prequel to What's That You Say? Althaiophobia? That Sounds Absurd!
I know I’m weird, okay?
I mean, it’s not your everyday person that has Clausetrophobia, or whatever, right?
What, there’s a l…
A prequel to Really Bad Karma
Fears. Everyone has them, I suppose. But I was never a cliche. I could sleep without a light, I didn’t mind spiders. I could …
A prequel to An Ironic Fear
Ok. It’s funny.
The thing that got me here is the very thing I’m afraid of.
Lyssophobia it’s called.
I always hated it whe…
A prequel to I Cured Myself
Streetlights cut cones of light into the morning fog along State Route 73. Feeling foggy herself, Geri guided her Volvo, old …
A prequel to Something Like That
Kate boarded the plane, shoving her bag in the over head. Sat down and called the attendant and ask for a drink.
She took a …
A prequel to Polyphobia
“Flashlight, misting water bottle, and a storybook,” he said. “What else? They don’t fight fair.”
“Do not look in their ey…
A prequel to At War with the Clinophobics {Phobia Challenge}
“You have What??,” said Mr. Givengibbs to his college grad son, Corky.
“Ergophobia,” Corky said in a knows everything way th…
A prequel to Get A Job
“When I was seven, I dreamt my closet was full of stringbeans. They enveloped me and I couldn’t breathe. When I was ten…” D…
A prequel to LinoPhobia
There they were, all in a row, the empty shells of five human bodies, unconscious, unfeeling, unaware.
Their peacefulness wa…
A prequel to The Unwelcome Rest of an Endless Night
“They’re here,” he whispered, his bloodshot eyes darting around the dingy subway station. “They’re among you, all of you.”
T…
A prequel to It's In the Eyes
this isn’t an obscure phobia. in fact it’s probably one of the most common
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Their laughter rang in my ears l…
A prequel to homophobia-fear of me
Someone was waiting for her at Pyle’s Yard.She’d always heard that strange things happened there, but being a person who was …
A prequel to Diaspora's Leukophobia
Someone was waiting for her at Pyle’s Yard.She’d always heard that strange things happened there, but being a person who was …
A prequel to Diaspora's Leukophobia
“Excellent!” read the bright red words on my paper._Oh! How cruel! How could she? Simply writing “98%” wasn’t enough! She had…
A prequel to Allodoxaphobia-- a fear of opinions
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i hav a fear of spellin things wrong….
A prequel to wierd
“Excellent!” read the bright red words on my paper.
Oh! How cruel! How could she? Simply writing “98%” wasn’t enough! She ha…
A prequel to Allodoxaphobia
The pews of St. John’s Episcopal Church were filled with young children, each dressed in white and navy blue with patches dep…
A prequel to Pupaphobia--fear of puppets.
Macy was nervous to see her first band performance. It wasn’t that big; it was only a local band. But didn’t know why. She di…
A prequel to Aulophobia
“Ok, so, let’s have sharing time!” said the cheery young man.
Someone screamed and ran out of the room.
Androphobia, I though…
A prequel to Zemmiphobiac and Company
I’m looking down.There’s nothing on this sidewalk in my way, I’m just embarrassed. As I step inside the office I immediately …
A sequel to Prequel
Didaskaleinophobia. Every child in America is affected by this terrible sickness. They go through the pain, every single day,...
A prequel to Public Service Announcement: Didaskaleinophobia and the Harmful Effects Your Child Encounters
She cringed at the sight of it, almost breaking down in tears. Wow, I thought what’s her problem?
“She soooo has hippopotomon…
A prequel to Long words
This is a sequel (I guess) to the phobia contest post thing. I almost feel like I shouldn’t participate because I dont consid…
A prequel to I'm Free, Free Falling
It’s nine o’ clock in the morning, but I won’t wake up. Let me be late to school again, let the principal yell at me again, l…
A prequel to Optophobia
I can’t write this. I need to stop. What can I do? I think I have graphophobia. Maybe I have cyberphobia. Is there such a thi…
A prequel to Phobias, Phobias, Everywhere
The subway; now why should i be on this subway?!?
This was all Shana could be thinking of at this point. She’s been suff…
A prequel to Making it Off the Subway
“Don’t touch me!”, Hannah pulled back roughly from the strangers light touch.
“Sorry Ma’m I just wanted to give you your recp…
A prequel to Aphenosmphobia and Hannah
“Am I cute enough yet, or do you need more to drink?” a man came up and asked me.
“There’s not enough drinks in the world.” ...
A prequel to Androphobia And HORRIBLE One-Liners [Phobia Challenge]
It’s that time of year again. The time when I usually stay inside. I really don’t know why everyone enjoys it so much. I have…
A prequel to Boo!
The challenge is done. The confetti has been showered and the champagne has been drunk. It’s time for the awards.
Winner – *...
A prequel to PHOBIA CHALLENGE WINNERS!
I…am…rage. This mortal dream has begun to bore me. How dare they insult my divinity with the indignity wrought upon what …
A sequel to I Am Rage
Betrayal can be so powerful. Not as powerful as me. I lay here in the land of white, the realm of the sterile and sanctified;...
A prequel to Being and Not Being
Henri ran through the streets. Why did that girl think I knew them? Who do I reminds her of? The only way to get his questi…
A sequel to Every Night
“It’s a method of measurement…” Nicòle shook her head. “It’s all very confusing. It is said that when used properly, one ca…
A prequel to Mole
By sequeling this ficlet, you have dared to enter the first annual YodaOnCrack Hellloween Ficlet Challenge from HELL!
Yo…
A sequel to YodaOnCrack Halloween Challenge
Jerry sat alone in his living room, the daily news spread open on his knees. The eerie light from the television flickered ag…
A prequel to Another Incident
Write me the most poetic thing that you can accomplish without using rhyme, assonance, consanance, meter, stanza’s, purposefu…
A sequel to Need a challenge?
Ich bin Auslander und spreche nicht gut Deutsch..
Ich bin Auslander und spreche nicht gut Deutsch..
Bitte sprechen sie doch l…
A prequel to I'm A Foreigner And I Don't Speak German Well [In German!]
Henri waited at the bus stop, his hair blacker than ever in the rain. “Henri?” asked a distinctly female voice. “Oh, Henri, I…
A sequel to He Doesn't Know
Henri ran through the streets. Why did that girl think I knew them? Who do I reminds her of? The only way to get his questi…
A prequel to Every Night
Life is like the thread, you see. Alone and unaffected it is a small and insignificant thing. Wound tightly enough, life infl…
A sequel to Hidden Destruction
I…am…rage. This mortal dream has begun to bore me. How dare they insult my divinity with the indignity wrought upon what …
A prequel to I Am Rage
Life is like the thread, you see. Alone and unaffected it is a small and insignificant thing. Wound tightly enough, life infl…
A prequel to Hidden Destruction
Henri glanced down the alleyway before continuing on. He stuck his hands into the deep pockets of his pea coat. His black hai…
A sequel to Human Connection
Henri waited at the bus stop, his hair blacker than ever in the rain. “Henri?” asked a distinctly female voice. “Oh, Henri, I…
A prequel to He Doesn't Know
kloster lehnin by Thomas Mues
The boy rushes to the cupboard and pulls out his game console. The same red “Repo” letters he saw before are scrawled over th…
A sequel to The Red Word - Part 5
The sun rises the next day as it always has: streaming in through the boy’s east-facing window. The hot sunlight forces the b…
A sequel to Repo - Part 4
The boy wakes with a start. He pants and claws at his covers, wrenching them off his sweat-drenched body. It was a nightmare….
A prequel to Reality - Part 6
His mother dishes him out a brown chunk of meat, conveniently positioned on top of some unrecognisable greens. The meal is th…
A sequel to The Party - Part 3
The boy rushes to the cupboard and pulls out his game console. The same red “Repo” letters he saw before are scrawled over th…
A prequel to The Red Word - Part 5
Today he sits in front of the television, furiously tapping at the game controller. A blurry version of a fight between Super…
A sequel to The Game - Part 2
The sun rises the next day as it always has: streaming in through the boy’s east-facing window. The hot sunlight forces the b…
A prequel to Repo - Part 4
He has never been very popular with the other kids in his class. He never goes out dancing with them and he doesn’t have a gi…
A sequel to Virtual Reality - Part 1
His mother dishes him out a brown chunk of meat, conveniently positioned on top of some unrecognisable greens. The meal is th…
A prequel to The Party - Part 3
Today he sits in front of the television, furiously tapping at the game controller. A blurry version of a fight between Super…
A prequel to The Game - Part 2