Carryoutsada's published ficlets
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The New Guy

On his very first day on the job, Alec Turner couldn’t help but admire his boss.
Sadly, Mr. Sanders didn’t admire him back.
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Intentions
I let out a sob.
Really, after murdering my beau, I shouldn’t be crying. But there he was, lying on his side, with a bullet …
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Graduation
It’s her graduation day. I sit proudly in the audience, watching her walk to the center of the stage.
The principal shakes h…
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Cut
The line of blood that surfaces on my wrist after a slide of the blade startles me.
_I didn’t know there would be so much bl…
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Suicide
When I turned five years old, it was the fifth anniversary of when my daddy left. It was also the day my mother shot herself….
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Hooverville
It’s the tenth day. About half the children are near death; so hungry, they chew on their lower lips and sometimes hands.
It…
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Blackout Fantasies
“It’s too hot out!” Peter moaned beside me. I turned my head to look at him, cracking my neck in the process. As I rubbed it,...