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• R-r-r-r-raaandooommmm

  by Frostbite 9 months ago

  THE END

  ...of all humanity had come. OK, so it really wasn’t that serious, but I had been woken up from sleep, and I was see…

• What's That You Say? Althaiophobia? That Sounds Absurd!

  by artistsrunwild 9 months ago

  I’m afraid, so far, I have been very unlucky in love.
  It’s not that I’m not pretty or that I don’t have a good personality – ...

• The Ficlet Killer

  by YodaOnCrack 9 months ago

• The Toaster Adventures, Part II

  by Blondefairy1975 about 1 year ago

  The neighbor’s cat came slinking in through the window.
  He jumped straight down on me, sniffed, meowed, and curled up on my s…

• Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Barbie, and..

  by One Time, One Chance 9 months ago

  We all know the stories about Britney Spears, Barbie, and Paris Hilton.

  But what you don’t know is this: the REAL story.

  We…

• Questions. {AGH}

  by Armour Vivant 9 months ago

  What do you do when the person who meant so much to you for so long starts to drift away? When, after being all you cared abo…

• The End of the World, As Told By Joe

  by Jimmy McForum about 1 year ago

  IT wasn’t as bad as you’d have thought.

  A lot of us went to The Hill. It was a nice place—green grass, a lot of trees. Most…

• Bob's friends see the Apocamolypse

  by Ed about 1 year ago

  I gaped at him.

  “What?” he asked.

  “Here we all are? We’re in a friggin’ Waffle House in Charlotte by God North Carolina,” I…

• Leave Me A Note

  by Leave Me A Note 8 months ago

  Just please leave me a note.

  Leave me your last words for I will never read them.

  Leave me a message on the phone, for I …

• 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…

• What Happens When a Bored Kid Named After a Twisted Version of His Name and a Hobo Meets Music? Just About THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST EVER...Well, Maybe Not (But the Longest Title for a Ficlet Ever, Definitely)

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  1. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left—Andrew Bird (a recent find, great!)

  2. Thick as Thieves—Dashboard Conf…

• Everything We Had (lyric challenge)

  by Mask By The Moon 8 months ago

  _You were the only face I’d ever known,
  I was the light from the lamp on the floor,
  And only as bright as you wanted me to be…

• Blue

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  Blue is the color of the sky on a day when clouds don’t cover the world, the color of the sky at recess. Blue is the color of…

• Playlist? Ha.

  by Laine P. Grey 8 months ago

  Hmm…

  1. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
  2. Another Day from Rent
  3. Potential Breakup Song by Aly and Aj
  4. He Hates Me by…

• Doc Malone, Private Eye (Gumshoe Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

  It was a cold, dry night in the heart of Chicago. A night for smoking with the window open while sipping your scotch. _Chink!...

• Smoke and Memories

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  Somewhere in the brush something small and likely defenseless rustled the August leaves. Ken just sat on the lawn chair and t…

• He's Sick Of Spray-On Pants

  by artistsrunwild 8 months ago

• Crowe's Day

  by Nick 8 months ago

  Officer James G. Crowe’s day began like any other: his wife preventing him from sleeping late; a long shower, hoping to work …

• Conversations in a Public Restroom

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 8 months ago

  There is a river made of flame that traverses and connects all of space and time…

  _The skillful sometimes use this river a…

• Finis Dierum

  by Nick 8 months ago

• I hope this title will catch your attention, Read this please(wow this is long)

  by TheWindBlows 8 months ago

  What has ficlets come to! This site was suppose to be about stories and peoms and people have turned it to a joke. Why is the…

• One rabbit to rule them all

  by Stoner 8 months ago

  “Dude, I got a rabbit.”
  “A what?”
  “A rabbit. You know. Long ears and puffy tail.”
  “A rabbit?”
  “Yup.”
  “Why a rabbit?”
  “You hav…

• This Would be what Happens when you Piss Off your Secretary

  by Saint Chuck 8 months ago

  I was in the process of tidying up when the phone rang. I walk over to my desk and pick up the phone, bracing myself.

  “Hello…

• Prophet Without a Following

  by TreeBeard 8 months ago

  A prophet’s job is never done, he thought as he sat back against the dumpster behind Antonio’s Pizzeria. It wasn’t his fault …

• A boy named Everest

  by DreamGhost 8 months ago

  This is to a boy named Everest.
  His head is umong the clouds.
  He is so beautiful and strong.
  I love his smile.
  Somtimes thoug…

• A Poem

  by Pisces Girl 8 months ago

  Pretending to be okay
  every passing day
  When all I want people to do
  Is to be true.
  Reguardless of the situation
  Each action…

• Stare Up At Buildings

  by pie_is_good 8 months ago

  I stare up at buildings.

  I occasionally wonder if that’s the only reason I travel to the city. To feel small, minuscule, ins…

• 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 Doorman Sees All the Drama

  by BetwINeen 8 months ago

  Being a doorman didn’t have many perks and Farlington Smith knew that too well.
  “Hello Mrs. Maglerere”, he said.
  Mrs. Maglere…

• Science vs. Sisterhood

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  My biology teacher once told us about autumn leaves. “Leaves are filled with chlorophyll,” she said, watching to make sure we…

• Report #8

  by The 13 Year-Old 8 months ago

  “The thing that scared me most about that thing was that it blitzkrieged our ambush site.” Velk took a moment to pause, recal…

• Guidance (Daniel Gate)

  by Compound Fracture 8 months ago

  Why did he always seem to be in more of a rush to get someplace on his day off than during the week? You’d think working as a…

• La Vie Avec Éclat

  by Kara 8 months ago

  “Oh Agustus, she’s beautiful.”

  Agustus smiled at the photograph of his newborn daughter, Scarlett. From the moment she was b…

• Illusions

  by pie_is_good 8 months ago

  You keep looking over your shoulder as you walk. Your heart just won’t stop racing, pounding your chest, and you feel your fo…

• I Will Help

  by One Time, One Chance 8 months ago

  Deep down inside
  I know you cry
  I’ve seen the scars
  And I don’t have to ask why.

  Everything seems to be wrong
  Nothing wants …

• One Bad Challenge Going Over [challenge!]

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  We’re not all good at everything; I’ve had to accept that. Me, I’m not good at making up challenges. But, in the spirit of cr…

• Id, Ego & Super Ego

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  “You know you shouldn’t have taken that candy bar off the shelf, you have money, you should have paid for it, that was wrong …

• Pageant Runaway

  by Maybe_Miseryx 8 months ago

  “No!” Erika was screaming at her mother in a low tone, with a slight lisp through her teeth.

  ” You can’t make me go out th…

• Extremely short... So short it can't have a title... too many directions for me to continue...;^)

  by Ms.Jennifer 8 months ago

  “I think the clock is laughing at me.”

  “Are you serious?”

  “Very.”

• Feast of Randomness {Playlist Challenge}

  by Jenunique 8 months ago

  Playlist Challenge… Do we get points for being random?

  1. Loreena McKennitt: Mummer’s Dance
  2. Evanescence: Lithium
  3. Dis…

• Welcome to the Party

  by Jenunique 8 months ago

  You’re the first new one to come here in a while. Five hundred seventy- four days, three hours and fourteen minutes to be exa…

• Pervert targets girls on Ficlets (THIS IS REAL)

  by Tiggerstripn2 8 months ago

  Today I was contacted by a person via my im said she was reading my story The Others. She turned into a he and a pervert at t…

• The New Ones: BTW, No Refreshments Will Be Served

  by Jenunique 8 months ago

  I looked over toward the front of the church as the new one busted in; all in a frenzied panic. I sighed as much as a spirit …

• Been Here Long?

  by Jenunique 8 months ago

  They floated just above the floor looking at me with slack jaws. I almost felt uncomfortable, as if I should say something el…

• Thoughts of a Torn Dreamer

  by Autumn Night 8 months ago

  She blames the emptiness on many things; absence of love, genetics, location. But she knows its something inside, a war betwe…

• Pistol Whipped

  by YodaOnCrack 8 months ago

  The wheels of the stagecoach came to a halt, dust and weeds blowing beneath the leather straps of the thoroughbraces. I sense…

• Kübler-Ross

  by Jeanette Gettysburg 8 months ago

  I watched the Greeter walk away towards an older gentleman, who I had assumed was the priest presiding over the funeral. I tu…

• Bed and Breakfast

  by MRay 8 months ago

  The thirteen of us were sitting in the living room on the floor, staring at each other. The last few hours had been hell on e…

• Jake Brown Road, WEIRED New Jersey

  by Stephahknee 8 months ago

  Jake Brown Road. The name creeped through my mind. “Don’t go there.” Many voices ran through my mind. It’s that Frued thing, ...

• Jake Brown Road, Weird New Jersey (part two)

  by Stephahknee 8 months ago

• Post-it Note Life

  by .:band baby:. 8 months ago

  Where is that dang post-it note pad. I know I put it around here somewhere… I thought while searching through all the pap…

• Post-It Notes

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  I pull out the ancient looking book, heavy and dusy. Gently brushing off the cover, I ease it open, and the weak spine falls …

• Memories { Post - It Challenge }

  by `espressotherapy. 8 months ago

  As I flipped through the mail I looked down. I was thirty-four living as a single mom to two beautiful little girls Abigail a…

• Self-Discovery and Post-its

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 7 months ago

  I opened the door to the attic. Since Grandma wasn’t able to go up those steps anymore, they made a convenient, but odd, stor…

• Poker Face {post it challenge}

  by Tiggerstripn2 7 months ago

  Jan read the yellow post it note stuck to her office door.
  Three words:
  ” poker”
  “breakroom”
  “noon”
  The cards were d…

• The Doorman Sees All the Drama Pt. 2

  by BetwINeen 7 months ago

  Slowly the afternoon crowd trickled in, consisting mostly of hard partyng teenagers or women who were going out for society l…

• Bottle Bound

  by McCorkell 7 months ago

  It always happened like this. He would get home and collapse in a sprawl on the couch, drained and broken, not a thought to g…

• The Hush of Battle

  by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

  A trio of men cowered in a trench under the full moon and starry sky. Crickets and night-flying birds were the loudest sounds…

• Undetectible{Post it Challenge}

  by The Ghost in the Machine 7 months ago

  The scruffy man leaned over his work, breath coming in quick gasps. He had a pile of post its in front of him, a little space…

• Sorry, Not Today

  by writeAlot 7 months ago

  “Hey, buddy, need a ride?” the guy in the chevy asked as he rolled down his window.

  “Sorry, not today.” Kevin said not makin…

• The Adventures of a 1950s Pole-Dancer, Sondra Von Kitten [99 ficlet challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 7 months ago

  Sondra Von Kitten applied one last coat of Wine Divine and surveyed herself in the mirror. A vision in black leather smiled b…

• Free For All

  by Matt Brubeck about 1 year ago

  In January, the time-travelers began appearing in droves. They wore the garb of many different centuries. Most wandered aimle…

• [Post-It] Post-Its: Nostalgia

  by Ariel Christian 7 months ago

  I live in the same dorm my mom did in 1983, before she had to drop out because she got knocked up with me.

  All the girls in …

• A Practical Guide to Vampirism: Myths and Misconceptions (2-B)

  by BARomero 7 months ago

  Evan B. (age 23), struggled with this for a year. He was a college senior majoring in education when he was sired. Unable to …

• [a challenge?] Pole Dancing, Poison, and One Very Pretty Kitty

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  Kitty’s heels shimmied down the hall as she walked into the small room called her dressing room. She observed heself in the m…

• A Practical Guide to Vampirism: Myths and Misconceptions (4)

  by BARomero 7 months ago

  MYTH #4: Vampires Can Transform Into Bats or Mist

  Vampires can do neither of these things. This misconception can be trace…

• Spiral

  by White Hat 6 months ago

  I am in a constant state of déjà vu.

  Everything that happens, has happened before, but I can’t quite remember how until I se…

• It's always about the eyepatch.

  by Heygabe 6 months ago

  Never before had Paul seen a lady laugh that way. She had a jolly shake and her skin rolled and jiggled with each staccato bu…

• Darkness

  by butterflygirl6106 6 months ago

  Darkness has no boundaries it crawls and cover you at any moment, for some reason I dreamed I was in a whole, it was void and…

• You Do Not Purchase What You Already Possess

  by Howie Amourscow 6 months ago

  “My money?” it said.

  “Let us see these plans.”

  It laughed, and produced a large scroll. I saw Qillion’s face betray surpris…

• Golden Tummy

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• Questions for Answers

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  I’m glad we could sit down and have this talk. I’m worried about you. Life in those teenage years can be rough, and, well, it…

• It's a Walk-In, Not a Walk-Out

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  Mom was right. I’m not ready to live alone.

  That light under the door, mocking me, I’m going crazy in here! Should I scream …

• 5 Things I've Never Told Anyone Online

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  1. My full name: Tyler Marks Fisher.

  2. My Social Security Number: 295-17-8924.

  3. My Visa number, expiration date, and sec…

• 5 Things I Hate Talking About

  by emma jo_234 6 months ago

  1. Overall I am learning to appreciate the way I look, but I worry I’ll never have a boyfriend because of my looks.

  _It’s …

• A Dream of Dirty Water

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  Why are we all here, in this place? And why is no one wearing any clothes? These are the questions that plague my dream.

  The…

• Five Things I Have Not Had the Guts to Tell Anyone:

  by MRay 6 months ago

  Five Things I Have Not Had the Guts to Tell Anyone:

  1. You’re fat.

  2. I stole your wallet.

  3. I dented your car when I dro…

• Five Things I'll Deny If You Ask

  by Batak Beatrix 6 months ago

  1. My life would be so much easier if I quit grad school and just got a job and settled in somewhere. However, I’m too afraid…

• Maintenance

  by Liralen Li 6 months ago

  Of course, we got a bit disillusioned with each other after the first eager runs around town.

  There my first mistake in traf…

• Routine

  by Ben Paddon 6 months ago

  Every day, Robert’s alarm clock would go off at precisely 6:00am. And every day, Robert would wake up at approximately 5:58am…

• Five Things I Don't Say About Me

  by Liralen Li 6 months ago

  1. I’m all masks, switching to what people need or want or say they want. hiding so that no one can see me and hate me for it…

• A Breakable Girl

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 6 months ago

  Janurary5th,07
  Valerie sat on the floor, her head peering out the window. She was watching the snow fall, and could feel her …

• 5 things I've Never Told Anyone

  by Melia 6 months ago

  5. Infinite space – while pretty to look at from safe on the ground – scares the crap out of me. I blame the Major Tom songs….

• 5 things I've never told anyone.

  by JT 6 months ago

  1. I’m afraid of Love, Not of me getting hurt; but hurting the other person.

  2. I slept with my best friend, So her and her …

• 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 …

• A Practical Guide to Vampirism: How To (1-A)

  by BARomero 6 months ago

• And The Rain Comes Down

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 6 months ago

  Lisa ran down the street, the rain soaking her dress and blonde hair.
  “Why now??” she screamed as she ran barefoot, her red h…

• 5 Things I've Never Told Anyone

  by back in your head 6 months ago

  1. I get insanely jealous of almost everyone I know. I think that they’re better than me and if I was them, life would be so …

• Lose Weight Now!

  by User 707 6 months ago

  “Erlina, my dear, what ever did you think of the spring collection?” screamed Rita Stella, sliding next to the girl at the ta…

• 5 Things That You Never Knew About Stovohobo (You Know What? 6 Just for the Sake of Non-Conformity) Cont'd

  by Stovohobo 6 months ago

  4. I can’t stand horror movies. I’m fine with getting scared or surprised, but it’s the nightmares and insomnia that might pl…

• Future Field Trip With Billy Jo Bud To The Genetic Mutation Farm{64 Character Challenge}

  by Jenunique 6 months ago

  Here we are. Exit and do not touch them flowers that ask you to.

• Zwei pfund Schweizer

  by Algai 'D' Aman 6 months ago

  Joseph had volunteered to relocate when his company needed a temporary presence in Frankfurt. He had grown up nearby, and tho…

• Limits of Immortality

  by l.m.orchard 6 months ago

  “Do you remember the first time you were badly hurt?”

  “Not really. Don’t we all experience our share of scrapes and bruises …

• To Touch A Life

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 6 months ago

  You think you have me jealous? We were friends but I guess you really dont know me very well. Im not the girl that wants to…

• End, I of the Thoughful Chronicles

  by Geheim Sir Ayita 6 months ago

  Blood seemed to gush from the very earth as Nature took it’s revenge. Flames licked civilisation. Death swarmed the earth, re…

• Five Realisations

  by artistsrunwild 6 months ago

  I’ve just finished highschool and everything in my life is turning upside down so I guess its appropriate to just vent a litt…

• your kiss

  by chickpoet_1995 6 months ago

  Your kiss is gentle
  Your kiss is sweet
  Your kiss is mine
  Forever to keep

• 5 Things I NEVER told anybody

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 6 months ago

  1) I sometimes feel like I have to be popular to make something of myself.

  2) I love books/people who tell it like it is. Ev…