Carryoutsada's published ficlets

  • The New Guy Inspired by text

    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.
    ...

  • 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 …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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….

  • 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…

  • 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,...

Feed icon Grab a feed of Carryoutsada's stories