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• Good Luck in Liberty Junction

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  For Cole Talbot good luck more then anything was his greatest asset. He wasn’t particularly adept as a gunfighter. He wasn’t …

• Unreality Project

  by Tsukasa Karuna 9 months ago

  static

  And suddenly, a world exists. Something resembling an old castle, only much more sinister. Lightning bolts illumina…

• Beauty and ugliness

  by Archangel-mistress 9 months ago

  They say the stars are like jewels of the sky and the moon being its diamond pendant. My parents used to tell me this when I …

• Science Class Blues

  by Insert Pen Name Here 9 months ago

  I watch the clock…meaningless ticking. I empty my pencilcase. Eraser Soldiers time! I line up the little end-of-pencil eras…

• A Flock Of Geeks

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  Lorencz threw the door wide. “Y-yes, m-master? Is Gwen here?”

  Reinhardt stopped banging his head against the frame and reste…

• Stalled And Ran

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  We ran out of gas ten miles from town and Coleman pounded the steering column with his fists and screamed blasphemies. I hear…

• Rabbit Season

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Glen tried to think of an alternate meaning for rabbit, but shrugged it off as a warning when he failed. He should have kept …

• First Day of Autumn

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  I survey the lush green landscape, laid out like an overflowing cornucopia. The trees come in blazing shades of auburn and ja…

• One Day of Creation

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  I flick the flint and flinch at the pop of lighting acetyline. With practiced but still clumsy hands I fiddle with the oxygen…

• Nerds

  by blueyedwonder 9 months ago

  “You realize what’s on the line here, right?”

  “But of course. It is impossible for one to forget the meaning of one’s life.”...

• Once-Perfect Dream

  by emma jo_234 9 months ago

  “Oh,” I breathed. Simply goregous. The day seemed to breathe the word grandeur.
  The sky was a crystal, deep blue, the white…

• Where's Josiah; He'd Like to Know

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  As directed, Josiah lugged the bags inside, unknowing and uncaring what was inside. His mind was on Tessa, his girl, his woma…

• Leeroy Jenkins vs. The Death Star

  by BARomero 9 months ago

  “The battle station is heavily shielded and carries a firepower greater than half the star fleet. It’s defenses are designed …

• The Song of the Pitchforked Children

  by artistsrunwild 9 months ago

  Her lantern flickered and went out.
  _Hear the little children,
  summoned from below.
  They beckon and they beg,
  for you to go a…

• Janet Willoughby

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  Salvador Ct. was a truly unusual suburban empire. Though spanning only one cul-de-sac, it packed more oddities than any forei…

• I Am Rage

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  I…am…rage. This mortal dream has begun to bore me. How dare they insult my divinity with the indignity wrought upon what …

• Writing Notes In the Air

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  The little green man was not in the woods today, and this made me sad. I wanted to tell him about today. Sometimes I do that,...

• Journal of the Lost

  by Laser Sharkbear 9 months ago

  Day one.
  The engine’s beyond gone. Communications, dead. What rations I managed to salvage are few. Vessel will serve as base…

• Francis At Sea

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  A Southward breeze crossed the foredeck and left Francis shuddering as he scurried aft. His course zigged and zagged as he ke…

• The Events of Sunday the 30th of September: From a Pre-Lived Perspective

  by artistsrunwild 9 months ago

  I was sitting at my computer a second ago wondering why, all of a sudden, it was like Ficlets had stopped.
  I did some time-zo…

• Where Is He Now?

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  His hat ended up in Waukegan, still on his head, which is in a dumpster behind a Dairy Queen. Oh, one of his fingers is in hi…

• "HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Forehead! HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Freaking Forehead! HeadOn!"

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  “HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! Head…

• Doublewide Damnation

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Virgil stared down the dirt road. This was the road. It led from their thrice repaired doublewide to the old highway, from …

• A Time And A Place For Business

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  “You heard that, huh?”

  “You telling me it ain’t true?” He never raised his head once. Come to think of it, I’m not sure I’ve…

• The Ficlet Killer

  by YodaOnCrack 9 months ago

• At War with the Clinophobics {Phobia Challenge}

  by Alexa ♥ 9 months ago

  “Flashlight, misting water bottle, and a storybook,” he said. “What else? They don’t fight fair.”

  “Do not look in their ey…

• Get A Job

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  “You have What??,” said Mr. Givengibbs to his college grad son, Corky.

  “Ergophobia,” Corky said in a knows everything way th…

• Whet To Drowned

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  “La-a-and, ho!” came a cry from the crow’s nest.
  Capt. Dalley eyed Francis, “And that be the land ye’d just a-spied fer us?”
  ...

• Your Mother/Father, Self/Brother Sort of Day

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Erma followed the Baron along richly tapestried halls filled with all manner of precious things. But none could hold her atte…

• Can't Talk to Trees, You and I

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  After two days away, I saw the green man today. When I told him that Paul had not been in school since he tripped me, the man…

• The Birth of Empira

  by Saint Chuck 9 months ago

  The ribbons started slowly, interweaving with each other, creating an avid array of colors. Turning towards the sky, the ribb…

• I Used to be a Polynesian Dancer

  by someday_93 9 months ago

  I used to be a Polynesian dancer, on an island so beautiful that it’s residents call it the “pearl of the Pacific.” I used to…

• The Operative

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  There they were: benches, pigeons, the worn stones of the walk and the miraculous wall. He remembered all things wrong now; t…

• Terribly Excited

  by Laine P. Grey 9 months ago

  Jonathan glanced out the window anxiously. The heavy rain had obstructed his view quite a bit, yet he could tell a large pack…

• Something Is Missing

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Something is missing from the human condition. Look around you. See how the people scurry to and fro. Can you sense their urg…

• Allodoxaphobia

  by Yeah Write! 9 months ago

  “Excellent!” read the bright red words on my paper.

  Oh! How cruel! How could she? Simply writing “98%” wasn’t enough! She ha…

• After The Fire

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 9 months ago

  The moon rose orange in the smoky night and hung forlornly in the sky above the blackened remains of the forest. Wisps of smo…

• Oreos, Uncle Gary, And Too Many Questions

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Sam recoiled in what he thought was the direction of the exit. Instead he stumbled backwards over a display of Oreo cookies, ...

• Morning Commute

  by Mr. Anderson 9 months ago

  “Today’s going to be OK,” I thought to myself. I tell myself that every morning, but today I really meant it. Last night I sa…

• Ready to Make a Sale

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  Teeth bared and lips pulled back as far as possible with aging facial muscles, Crazy Whitney inspected every square millimete…

• The Denial of the Twinkie Addict Extroirdinare

  by Saint Chuck 9 months ago

  Okay, let me just say this right away. I’m not fat. I’m pleasantly plump. I just want to get back to my “before three kids” b…

• Another Victory for Our "Heroes"

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  The “scarecrow” rolled onto his back and groaned, “Dude, why’d you have to kick so ha-a-a-ard?”
  Robin chuckled and patted him…

• House On The Waters

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  Someday a storm would come and wash the house away. She knew this, of course she knew this. And if it wasn’t a storm then it …

• The Ficlet or The Lecture

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  Eyes downcast and face lit by the first flickerings of her laptop, she sits in the back of the lecture hall.
  “Come on, come o…

• The Parking Lot

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  An ant came up on the blistering heat of the parking lot, staring in bewilderment at the strange little wooly caterpillar lyi…

• Witching Hour

  by Cavalry Calhoone 8 months ago

  A storm had started brewing in the early afternoon. As the evening darkness set in, the sound of thunder crept closer to the …

• Personal Insect Questions

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  “May I ask a personal question?” the ant queried as the unlikely duo made it to the relative safety of a small tuft of grass….

• Five Years

  by Howie Amourscow 8 months ago

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

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

  Lu…

• Song List per a Challenge

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  1. Party Hard by Andrew W. K.
  2. Hamster Dance
  3. The Anvil Chorus by Verdi
  4. I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkne…

• What's On My List: {Llamas' Ipod Song Challenge}

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  1.Holy Water- Big n Rich

  2.Yellow- Cold Play

  3.Superman (It’s Not Easy )- Five for Fighting

  4.I Love This Bar- Toby Kieth
  ...

• Playlisted

  by [pens&feathers] 8 months ago

  1.) Just What I Needed – The Cars
  2.) Where Is My Mind? – The Pixies
  3.) San Francisco – Vanessa Carlton
  4.) You Get What You…

• iPod Track List (Ficlet Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  1.) 15 step – Radiohead
  2.) Battersea – Hooverphonic
  3.) Earth Intruders – Bjork
  4.) Mysterious Ways – U2
  5.) Blood – Editors…

• iTunes challenge

  by penguincaptain18 8 months ago

  1. Apollo Unleashed – Tichelli (performed by North Texas
  University)
  2. I’m Just Like You – Barbie in the Princess and the …

• 10 random songs

  by Howie Amourscow 8 months ago

  I don’t use iTunes to control my iPod. But lately I’ve been listening to a lot of shuffle-play on Winamp, and here are the la…

• The Visit {mundane object challenge :The Quarter}

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  The elevator was crowded, I held my mother’s hand, my three older brothers would come up on the next elavator with my dad.

  I…

• {Challenge: Mundane Object} Let the Currency Fly

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  “I hate you! I hate you!” the girl screams as she stands in the corner of the classroom, face red and eyes wild. Ah, the lot …

• One down

  by m8ryx 8 months ago

  Every day he stands at the freeway entrance, squinting into the sun, back bent slightly, shoes worn through long ago. His sig…

• Just One More {Challenge: mundane object}

  by Tiggerstripn2 8 months ago

  As I waited in line at the supermarket, I noticed a woman with a small boy.
  She was pleading with the manager ;
  she had tea…

• A Fool's Hope

  by Stoner 8 months ago

  Even from this distance, she was absolutely radiant. The warm sunlight on her face, the soft glow of her reddish-brown hair. ...

• The Coming Storm

  by m8ryx 8 months ago

  You are being watched. It knows everything about you. It can read your encrypted communications, your email, your bank statem…

• A Matter of Time

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  It is only a matter of time.

  I sit by the window in my chamber, watching the leaves of the persimmon tree slowly fall to the…

• A Modern-day Bonnie & Clyde. Chapter 1: The Plan

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  I took the money, I spiked your drink—you miss too much these days if you stop to think.

  If I had stopped even one minu…

• A Modern-day Bonnie & Clyde. Chapter 2: The Get-away

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  We’ve been doing this gig for almost a year now. Last week you turned to me with a leer and said, “Babe, look how much money …

• A Day at Origins {Quarters Challenge}

  by Alexa ♥ 8 months ago

  I’m bored. It’s been 90 minutes since a customer has come here without using it as a shortcut between shoes and juniors.

  “I’...

• Once Beloved

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  My once beloved queen is at the window, her pale heart-shaped face reflected in the glass. Her posture is perfect, as always,...

• Lady in Waiting

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  From where I stand in the garden I can see her face, pale and pinched. It is hateful to me.

  The king speaks with me, taking…

• Mrs. White Gets A Clue: ( Color story challenge)

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  “Oh ,I didn’t want the rope, I had the rope last time,” complained Mrs. White as she sat disappointed in the lounge.

  “You’r…

• Repression...

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  Lights blare; music pulses. Screaming echoes from all corners of the gymnasium, decked out with streamers. This is my first h…

• Denial Aint Just a River in Egypt

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  Standing over his wife’s lifeless body, bloody knife still in his hand, Marvin Michael Farquher heard the sirens , yet he did…

• Hell Hath No Fury... [Defense Mechanism Challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

• Hyper Girl And The Porcupines of Destiny

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  You don’t know me, but my name is Umblefumble Jones. Yes, my parents were evil, thoughtless people, but that’s beside the poi…

• Self-Winding Samaritans

  by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

  When the little toy robots started showing up, I thought they were just part of some urban art project. You know, like those …

• Found

  by YodaOnCrack 7 months ago

  And there I stand before you as you drift in and out of consciousness. You look up at me and smile. “Yes, it’s me,” I say, “I…

• Stovohobo Turns Thirteen

  by Stovohobo 7 months ago

  They say that every experience that will form your life happened before you were twelve.

  Does that mean my childhood is over…

• [Abstinence] Size Seven Boots

  by Howie Amourscow 7 months ago

• You Always Miss Your Brother

  by pie_is_good 7 months ago

  “I just can’t stop thinking about Sam. It just wasn’t his time.”

  “He lived a good, long life, you know.”

  “I know, but…”

  ...

• The Girl Across the Ballroom

  by uselessness 7 months ago

  She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. She… well, she doesn’t even know my name.

  Actually, I do…

• Theseus Had It Easy (desperate monologue challenge)

  by Russell Ruffino 7 months ago

  Oh, another blue wall stretching away into the distance, what a shock. Every wall has been blue and stretching away into the …

• Love != Logic, or Pygmalion 2050 (MFL challenge)

  by Spiro, Spero 7 months ago

  “I love you,” It said just like she would have. Still, the voice came from a different, perfect body and the words were cal…

• ScapeGoat [Worst Ficlet Challenge]

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 6 months ago

  It was horrible.

  Horrible. And terrible. It was so soul-destroyingly awful that mere words can not express just how mind…

• Weaknesses at Bedtime

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  After the lights were turned out and the parents were out of earshot, which thanks to a friend Jack Daniels and a visitor fro…

• To Live Forever

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  They had finally done it. The scientists had unlocked the secrets of genetics to perfect cloning, and had figured out how to …

• My everything, My all

  by FlirtingWithaBrickWall 6 months ago

  How can you replace a friend? How can you recreate an amazing night with the ones you love? Not family, but the one’s you cho…

• Progress Of Man (pt. 6)

  by Howie Amourscow 6 months ago

• Would you turn the Nile Red? (CC challenge)

  by Blossom Ruoqen 6 months ago

  ‘^_Red‘
  Look up after a rainstorm and you’ll see the color Red.
  You may think of flirtatious and bold but there’s more to …

• To The Coast, Away From Everything

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  The thrumming of wheels on tracks threatened to lull him to sleep, but he fought to stay awake. Three planes, two cabs, one s…

• Echolocation, Country Style

  by THX 0477 5 months ago

  “Shhh,” Sweet hissed. A bullfrog croaked on a nearby log. A lazy firefly met its swift, sticky fate. A heavy, yellow moon dan…

• Places Gone By

  by THX 0477 5 months ago

  The warm Carolina breeze kisses my cheek as I walk down the familiar road, now grown unfamiliar with intervening years. This …

• Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]

  by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

  I roll out of the hammock onto warm sand. Eyes blinking in the tropical sun, I stroll into the breeze. With a smile I rap a k…

• The Red Sox Suck

  by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

  The smallest of the angry Yankee fans rose from the metallic
  bleachers and extended his middle finger. “The wed sox
  sukk!” ...

• In the Heat of Battle

  by Pearls and Formaldehyde about 1 year ago

  The fight had consumed me. We rushed forward without a second thought, believing in our leaders’ judgement. Baring our musket…

• Of Locked Doors

  by Ink_n_imp 11 months ago

  “You know, there is nothing so tempting as a locked door.” Wilde jovially rolled up her sleeves, and got to work with a hairp…

• Into Shadow

  by Batak Beatrix 11 months ago

  Drawing her feet up under the stiff white cloth of her nightdress, Elena shivered as a cold draft pierced through the flimsy …