Bethany the Martian's published ficlets

  • The Chase Inspired by text

    Nothing, of course. Just some men leaving the diner.

    When I turned back June had gone. The door to the kitchen was still swi…

  • Little Girl

    The little girl knew the house up on the hill was haunted. Every kid in the neighborhood whispered about it. But she wasn’t a…

  • Black Star Rising Inspired by text

    Screaming. Or crying. She couldn’t be sure. It was very faint. She couldn’t tell where it was coming from either.

    Without re…

  • The Search Begins Inspired by text

    I stood outside the seediest diner in town. It was the kind of place that gets shut down once a year by the health inspectors…

  • Someone's Calling Inspired by text

    The phone rang, and the newspaper slipped from my hands. I looked over at the phone and back at the newspaper on the floor. I…

  • The Sound is Coming

    She had drifted in and out of sleep for a few hours, and when the world came in focus it was distinctly red. An odd, red ligh…

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