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• An Unreasonable Request

  by Elliot Ryan about 1 year ago

  Her smile was contagious. I couldn’t help but return the brilliant expression ten fold.

  As the hot water drowned her teabag…

• Ali G Interviews YodaOnCrack

  by YodaOnCrack 9 months ago

  Ali G: Booyakeshah, Big Up Yaself! I iz here with
  my main man tha’ master of jedi masters, Mr. YodaOnCrack.
  YOC: Hmmm…...

• Shark

  by Music-Hearted 9 months ago

  I slipped behind a wall, leaning against it for support and gasping for breath. He’d been a shark- one of those people that d…

• Survivor XIX

  by ItsNotEasy_BeingGreen 9 months ago

  Jen peered through the trees, her eyes searching her surroundings.

  A twig cracked behind her.

  She turned, breathing in. She…

• This X is Impossible

  by [pens&feathers] 9 months ago

  go
  read my palm
  please, conjure up the ultimate solution
  to this delicate conundrum

  “you’re a study in contradictions,”
  they…

• Halloween Challenge Mashup Posted

  by YodaOnCrack 8 months ago

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

• The YodaOnCrack Rap Song

  by YodaOnCrack 7 months ago

  My name is Yoda

  That’s what I told-ya

  Come an inch closer and I’ll smoke-ya

  with my light saber or a _jedi mind tric…

• VAMPIRE CHALLENGE!

  by RoosterFish54 6 months ago

  I didn’t really believe in all that.
  I know that’s what they all say isn’t it? “Oh I never knew!”
  But it’s true.
  He told me …

• I Don't Like Spam

  by Melia 6 months ago

  Your small breasts need not be the cause of your embarrassment. Just remember: ordinary men have ordinary sex, so your breast…

• Her First Time

  by Nouvelle Bardot 5 months ago

  “I’ve never been to Central Park before,” she said sweetly, clutching to his arm. It was her first time to the city, she was …

• Nothing Better Than... [hardtoexplainmyownfeelings' 100th ficlet challenge/kiss challenge]

  by Officially 5 months ago

  A small little girl toddled down the side walk in a way that only toddlers really can.

  She was decked out in an outfit that …

• Passion and Comfort (Kiss Challenge)

  by Melia 5 months ago

  Gabriel held her as she wept. He stroked her hair, remaining silent and calm as the sobs racked her body. He marveled at the …

• Her First Time Feeling Scared

  by Nouvelle Bardot 5 months ago

  Nancy didn’t get off at the next stop. The train had cleared, and she found a suitable spot to sit. She wanted to ask for hel…

• Last night

  by J.B. Williams 5 months ago

  As the music played, I danced with her. I gave way to the music, to her dancing, to the moment. I felt my problems go away, f…

• The Superhero Obituaries

  by Hobo Beard Bob 5 months ago

  Philadelphia, PA – Davey Daniels, alter-ego of the 70’s vigilante, Captain Wreckless, died in his home on Thursday, a spokesm…

• Stage two of five

  by Ethelthefrog 4 months ago

• Worst EVER!

  by imanidiot4u 4 months ago

• Can You Spot the Hidden Message?

  by .:band baby:. 4 months ago

  so i have finally Reached 150 ficlets =) actually passed it, which would be the thrid time i have passEd the so called ‘Mark….

• From 18 to 1

  by Bag of Sand 4 months ago

  I can’t begin to tell you the anguish you’ve caused me, the nights I’ve spent obsessing over you.

  When I saw you eating in t…

• Hot Mailman Haiku

  by Gloria Bold 4 months ago

  Hot MAILMAN silly
  Not HOTMAIL man, you goof.
  I like real people

  Hot MailMan, went away.
  What will I do with out you
  Oh, Ho…

• Chrysanthemum

  by Vertically Challenged 4 months ago

  As she slowly drifted away from us, I handed her a chrysanthemum, her favorite flower. She felt it in her hands and smiled. A…

• An idea- and writers block.

  by Dreamer 4 months ago

  Ok, so I have this idea.
  It’s a series of series, called the ‘I am’ series of series.
  They will be called:
  I am Nerd
  I am Slu…

• Letters to Amberly: Run.

  by Nouvelle Bardot 4 months ago

  Dear Amberly,

  Thank you for the letter. It came in due time. Although, you never once mentioned Alec. I am curious as to whe…

• On Thin Ice

  by YodaOnCrack 4 months ago

  Kuruk had been separated from the rest of the Algonquin tribe while hunting alone. He hadn’t eaten in days, and he knew he wo…

• Letters to Amberly: A bottle of scotch

  by Nouvelle Bardot 4 months ago

  Hello Kingsley,

  I feel really embarrassed now for telling you how I feel. I should know better when dealing with you, no sup…

• I am Jock

  by Dreamer 4 months ago

  We’re waiting for the bell to ring so we can go to 6th hour. Why was I cursed with this late 3rd lunch?We stand around in a h…

• Zombies Are People Too

  by Melia 4 months ago

  The idea that zombies aren’t mindless walking corpses is still a stereotype we struggle with today. If one is raised properly…

• Prime Tractor?

  by Dave 4 months ago

  John was relieved when the doorbell rang. It meant that the pizza he’d ordered had finally arrived. He quickly paid the deliv…

• The Death of Liam O'Connor, Part 1

  by Melia 4 months ago

  From the journal entries of Desmond McGee:

  It started with a phone call in the middle of the night. Charlotte has since fo…

• Professional Consultation: Polish vs. Ghoulish

  by THX 0477 4 months ago

  Dr. Bellini,

  I am writing in regards to your request for a peer consultation in the most fascinating case of Mr. L.O. I regr…

• The Death of Liam O'Connor, Part 6

  by Melia 3 months ago

  The rest of the day passed uneventfully. Charlotte had set up a protection spell around the grounds that would alert us if an…

• The First Illusion

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 3 months ago

  “This place? It’s a zoo. You’re on display, just like all the other animals. And if you don’t leave, that’s all you’ll ever b…

• The Resurrection of Liam O'Connor, Part 4

  by Melia 3 months ago

  It was just a few weeks ago that Liam and I talked about families. He’s always been so good with CherryPop. I can’t count the…

• Tempest (1980's Arcade Games Challenge)

  by ChrisWDP 3 months ago

  “Oh gee, another wave.”, Captain Theurer muttered sarcastically. Swarms of the creatures were coming up towards him from the …

• Better Safe Than Sorry

  by Ana Cristina 3 months ago

  I twirled the rose in my hand, amazed at how perfect its petals were.

  “I’m probably just on the rebound. You know I haven’t …

• The Labyrinth Revisited

  by Jenunique 3 months ago

  “You remind me of the babe.”

  “What babe?” Kara asked annoyed and swatted a bee as it tried to nest in her hair for what seem…

• The Difference Between Zombies

  by Melia 3 months ago

  Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…

• Zombie Types [Stovo's Zombie Challenge]

  by Melia 3 months ago

  Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…

• [Challenge] Baby Names

  by Ridcully Calvert 3 months ago

  Fact:

  1.) Mrs Calvert and I are expecting our second child on the 2nd of April

  2.) It is a girl

  3.) We do not know what to…

• Philosophical Questions and Vampire Tomes

  by THX 0477 3 months ago

  As the two boys sat in holy reverence of the pilfered tome, Sean wondered about what his friend had said. Philosophically spe…

• In Heavy Traffic [1980s Arcade Game Challenge]

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Traffic was heavy on the interstate. I weaved and bobbed my sports car amid the traffic. There only seemed to be a few kinds …

• Holy Saturday

  by uselessness 3 months ago

  Once we saw grace. It seems so long ago now. How could any love so perfectly welcome the company of the broken and alienated?...

• The Princess Bride's Rescuer Trouble

  by uselessness 3 months ago

  Sadly, the old man was right. Inigo and Fezzik had rushed the miracle man, and in return, they got a pretty rotten miracle. T…

• CherryPop Can't Save Them All

  by Melia 3 months ago

  The last zombie rally didn’t start off bad. I showed up near city hall at dusk to set up. That would have been around 7pm, wh…

• Checkmate

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 3 months ago

  “So, Derek,” her father said.

  Oh, boy, I thought. Here it comes.

  “Ellen tells me you’re an investigator of sorts.”

  I s…

• One Moment

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  The sound of the crashing waves. That’s all she could hear. At four in the morning- it was the first time the cruise was, _si…

• I Can't Wait to be _Her Hero_

  by a lost boy 3 months ago

  Its safe to say now that she is mine, and I am happy to say that I am hers. If there is one word to discribe her it is cute...

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #1: Paragraph Spacing

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Open any book or magazine article. What do you see? Paragraphs! Paragraphs where you can _easily tell where one ends and the …

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #5: Edit Yourself

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  One of the most important parts of writing a ficlet is self-editing. With only 1024 characters to get a complete mini-story…

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #6: Tags, You're It

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  In some newer ficlets writers, I’ve noticed some confusion about how to use tags. Some people don’t even seem to use them at …

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #7: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  You wouldn’t show up at a job interview in your PJs, with 5 o’clock shadow and halitosis, would you? Of course not. Likewise,...

• At what cost

  by Blank 3 months ago

  “No… Just shut up and listen to yourself.”

  “Right, like you’re the voice of reason all of sudden. I know perfectly what I’...

• Second Life Buddha (2157 AD)

  by YodaOnCrack 3 months ago

  THE SETTING: SECOND LIFE
  DATE: 2,157 A.D.
  PLACE: Virtual Buddhist Temple

  “Faith Moore here, reporting from the Sanjin temple…

• Titles( Non-Fiction)- { More of a Rant than a Story}

  by SKermitgorf 3 months ago

  I know you won’t mind if I sequel your ficlets, since that was one of your beefs that not enough ficleteers do.

  My rant is a…

• forever lost, forever gone

  by chealsea puff.... 3 months ago

  i guess alot can happen in four short months.
  i miss him, i really do, but i know that i can’t get him back now. he didn’t l…

• By Their Fruit You Shall Know Them

  by CayenneChris Conroy 3 months ago

  As soon as the Serpent slithered into the tree, the Fruit knew it’s intentions were evil. The Serpent, for it’s part could fe…

• CherryPop Goes For Help

  by Melia 3 months ago

  “We have to go back.”

  Liam pulled back and looked at me. “What? No. There’s too many. I can’t protect you from them all.”

  I…

• History In The Making

  by flute faerie 3 months ago

  Whether you realize it or not, we are now making history. Hundreds of years from now, it will be our names and faces that yo…

• 'Til Kingdom Come

  by thebetweenspace 3 months ago

  Cowboy Jack, a long-haired, brown-bearded, Jesus-looking, chain-smoking, psychopathic-killer, rolled into town on his Harley …

• To Rebuild A Man

  by kaellinn18 3 months ago

  I awoke slouched in a metal folding chair, my mouth and throat parched. I worked my tongue around in an effort to reboot my s…

• One last poem to my Love

  by Inspired 3 months ago

  One last poem before I’m gone into the wilderness never to venture to your love again.
  Rest and be at ease as I apologize fo…

• 0000FF

  by ChrisWDP 3 months ago

  Within the office, there is one room that is different from the others. It is a user’s office, but more than just a user. Wit…

• Rocking on the Front Porch

  by [pens&feathers] 3 months ago

  Sometimes when I wake in the middle of the night, when the house is still, I can almost hear the creak of her rocking chair o…

• 008000

  by ChrisWDP 3 months ago

  The issue was, I was envious.

  Now was that so hard to say?

  Beta was right. I can’t remember when he’s not. But how often …

• Doomed Montague

  by atllta 3 months ago

  <snick>

  Hmm, it appears I’ve been outflanked by a lifetoid. By the sounds of it, some sort of handheld weaponry is current…

• Velvet

  by Voinic 3 months ago

  She awoke to the sound of a bold BANG! bold

  “What the….”
  She jumps out of bed to find that it was only Danny. Danny! ...

• We're Going to Need a Bigger Axe

  by Melia 3 months ago

  “You’re bleeding darlin’.” Dad said, worry in his eyes. He was looking at my left arm where a tenacious zombie had taken a bi…

• Survival of the Deadest

  by Melia 3 months ago

  When we arrived back at City Hall, Dad was fuming. Liam and I had filled him in on the evening’s events and he was decidedly …

• Zoulag grabs a hold

  by Ridcully Calvert 3 months ago

  The zombie motions us to follow over to the window. What could it possibly have to show us outside?

  I tell Bella to stay put…

• Winning Point ((THX's defensive challenge))

  by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

  “Okay, so they tend to kick the ball to the left.. so if you stand there and I pitch we should be able to get them out.” I wh…

• Putting Things Off in Mirror Land [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]

  by THX 0477 3 months ago

  Zoned out, I stare at myself in the bathroom mirror. I don’t like looking at me. Honestly, I don’t even like me period. The f…

• The Princess Bride's Kingly Confusion

  by uselessness 3 months ago

  In Florin, the king’s word has always been taken seriously. Even when the king was at his most insane, the people respected h…

• The Pitch

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 2 months ago

  Once upon a time, in the land of Fan T’see Naym, there lived a good and beloved king named Olden Feebell.

  _The king ruled …

• Go Time

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  Alex gave me a look, the careful squint he always pulled out when he’d rather figure it out than ask a question. I dared eye …

• The commute

  by Norm 2 months ago

  Jerry dashed headlong down the steps and across the platform. He was saved from falling onto the tracks, or stepping into the…

• Visitations of a Pointless Nature [Conversations with Dead People Challenge]

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  “What’s it like?” I excitedly asked the spectral figure hovering near my bed.

  “What?” he responded coyly.

  “Duh,” I shot bac…

• The Mysterious Case of the Invisible Strawberries

  by Russell Ruffino 2 months ago

  “Mr Adams, could you please tell me what 672 Marijuana plants were doing at your residence in Winpole Street?”

  “Well, you se…

• One Vampire, One Werewolf, One Forbidden Love

  by Whinney 2 months ago

  A growl was building in my chest as I watched him circle me, my hackles were raised and I crouched in a threatening position….

• Round-up Lollipop

  by I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! 2 months ago

• A Game of Darts

  by Wallace-E 2 months ago

  “You’ll have to be quicker than that,” Fednor taunted. Then “Ow!” as a dart struck his left forearm, and “Ow!” again as two m…

• the believer {64k challenge)

  by prayfaith 2 months ago

  she fell at the cross, the only true believer there, the lost girl.

• Three to get ready...

  by kjaneway 2 months ago

• The Number 3, Dale Pays a Visit (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)

  by Blusparrow 2 months ago

  I was in my room reading a magazine about Dale Earnhardt. _Man, what it be like if Dale was here? Sure could help me with my …

• I am Anima (Invisable)

  by Dreamer 2 months ago

  Woohoo. School’s over, incoming weekend! Time to do… well, probably nothing. I don’t really have any plans for this weekend…

• Condom Incognito

  by A. Muse Morrington 2 months ago

• The Enterprising Starship

  by Russell Ruffino 2 months ago

  It’s my first day as Commander, my 16^th birthday, I walk onto my Starship and meet my crew for the first time. I’m not nerv…

• Trying to be NICE! [flute faerie's Comment Challenge]

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  Okay, this took some going back and double-checking, but here goes.

  Kermitgorf! I’ll call him the Crown Prince of commentati…

• Fake-Crayon Words

  by someday_93 2 months ago

  Everyone’s seen those posters: “Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” You know, Share Your Toys, Say Nice T…

• And So It Begins...

  by A. Muse Morrington 2 months ago

  Soon there would be sunlight. The first rays of the early morning would stretch across the horizon like fingers unfolding fro…

• New Rules

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  Hanging…as in “out”. It’s an art form. You can’t under-do it, or it’s a snooze fest. But if you over-do it, then it’s a par…

• I am Slut (Brit)

  by Dreamer 2 months ago

  “How would you know?” I asked.
  Vaughn seems to be struggling my question.I wait calmly for his answer when it suddenly hits m…

• rowing

  by Cait 2 months ago

  i don’t row just “to do a sport.” i don’t row just so i can eat all i want and still wear a bikini in the summer. i don’t row…

• Vicious Attack

  by atllta 2 months ago

• Steel and Flesh

  by 自動 2 months ago

  Jack leaned his head back, let out a column of hot air and shook his arm as if it were on fire. It burned.

  It had been thre…

• Writer's Curse

  by atllta 2 months ago

  Xavier cracked his knuckles, took a deep breath and tried to exhale, smoothly. He couldn’t.

  Squinting in the harsh morning s…

• Fyora's Orphanage 3 (My Babies)

  by Fyora Cartagan 2 months ago

  These two are my favorites. I’m almost afraid to let anyone else try them.

  Lanceus, the Prophet of Kencii (6347 – 8066) ...

• Houston We Have a Problem (American Idol Style)

  by thebetweenspace 2 months ago

  Her voice was electric. The audience connected, captivated by every note she belted out. Her range was uncanny, the vocal run…