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  • The End Inspired by a photo

    by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The end of the world was nigh and we all knew it. It wasn’t something we didn’t see coming. They foretold it for years – we’d…

  • Lost Appetite Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “I…I can’t eat you,” the dragon said. “Not now.”

    “Can’t eat me?” the girl stamped her foot, glared at him. “Not good enoug…

  • Zombie Ant Inspired by text

    by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    They were in the rainforest before they were in Jude, before he went there for the college. Now they were inside his head, th…

  • Omens Inspired by text

    by lordofthepastry about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    When had the dreams started? Months? Years? It was impossible to say; Murray couldn’t remember life before. They came with th…

  • A Glyph Too Far Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Yes.” The girl looked at the floor, downcast. “You’ve beaten me, you strong, virile hunk.”

    One of the seaweed straps slippe…

  • Lament Mature Inspired by text

    by RicoLaser about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • The dance Inspired by text

    by Nathaniel Payne about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Stacy was used to this. The dance never changed rhythm. A call in the middle of the night. Another body. Another name. _Nothi…

  • Beyond is Never Enough Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I looked out over the 3000 or so faces. Bored, excited and eager to go home faces. If I got out of this alive I promised myse…

  • I found a treasure map

    by Kele Ana about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I stared out the window of the dingy classroom while the teacher called out names. Countless times I had stared out this wind…

  • The Hush of Battle

    by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

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

  • BooBooUndo Inspired by text

    by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    NEW! The BooBooUndo Button, just $19949.99 from Cronotron Industries!

    They said time travel was impossible, but they never m…

  • Arrival

    by Pat J about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Jupiter was a grey and dismal spheroid, its atmosphere mostly blown away into the vast darkness beyond the heliopause. Its mo…

  • See Through Engine Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Kayla was…odd.

    Barely fourteen years old and the child held the lives of thousands in her hands. That kinda did some menta…

  • Free For All

    by Matt Brubeck about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

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

  • The Winter of Our Discotheque, Part 1/2 Inspired by text

    by cPasley about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Feet shuffle through a fine nanite snow, ankles cutting patterns in the powder. Rhythmic thunder vibrates the floor and the n…

  • olympian exile Inspired by a photo

    by SAP about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “Do you ever think about our having children again?”

    A puzzled look crept over my face as I cast a sidelong glance at her. I…

  • The Winter of our Discotheque, Part 2/2 Inspired by text

    by cPasley about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Out of the left speaker column he blasts 5/4 time. Out of the right 12/10. The nanite snowfall bends to his will, bullied by …

  • Never believe the stories

    by kwatz about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Pulsating cracks of light were appearing in the barrier erected in desperation around M. Lis and M. Pearl. M. Lis is on the v…

  • walking the dragon Inspired by a photo

    by SAP about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I threw the stick high into the air, aiming for the large open field, hoping Spot wouldn’t knock over any more trees. Spot ha…

  • Kayla Minus One Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Can you locate them,” I asked. “I’ll get the rest of the crew ready and we’ll make this a big extravaganza. A premier for th…

  • The Options Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “Do something for you?”

    “Yes.”

    “Is this going to be, like, difficult to do?”

    “Difficult?”

    “Yes, difficult. Like, would I …

  • The Right Song Inspired by text

    by Tailorweave about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “White, yellow and orange
    This is but a simple change
    Things seen in reverse
    Would suddenly become terse

    Smooth the flow of …

  • Dreamless Song Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    As it sings, somehow, it brings a light-heartedness to my day. Teachers seem more pleasant and easygoing. Friends are often m…

  • What Oil?

    by Scimon about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    AM: Fem-parent-alpha-parent?
    S: Yes honey?
    AM: What Oil?
    S: Oil? Wow. I haven’t heard that for a while.
    AM: History vid spoke…

  • The End Inspired by text

    by Dr. Mousse 9 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Nicole looked around and realized, the world had come to an end.

  • How to Shatter Skepticism Inspired by text

    by Ethyachk about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Sam stared at his handwriting in disbelief. There was no question whose hand wrote those words; no one but Sam was capable of…

  • It Won't Be Boring Mature Inspired by a photo

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • Panic, Or Not to Panic Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The ship was speeding up. All the sensors agreed on that.

    “Ladies and Gentlemen,” I announced to the passengers. “Please ta…

  • three beers before ficlet

    by Randal L. Schwartz about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    He walked over to the mini-fridge, grabbed the church key, and pulled open his third beer for the evening. This Pilsner Urque…

  • . . but I'd still wear sunglasses

    by Algai 'd' Aman about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    They tell you not to stare into the sun, something about corneal sunburn. Well I’m here to tell you that thats bogus. They ar…

  • Starspiration Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “What?”

    Strange jittery tones went through the ship, as musical as Kayla’s noise.

    Kayla?

    I peered at the long flashing li…

  • Whistbone's Chase

    by Rachel Swirsky about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    In the back of her sleigh, Shoal shifted in her bundled furs. She scanned the ground for signs of pursuit, but the snow was d…

  • The Return Inspired by text

    by Nick about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

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  • Back to the Drawing Board Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

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  • Enlightenment Inspired by text

    by WordsLikeWater about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

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  • The Bitter Binary Blow

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Mark froze, mid-sip of his morning coffee.

    “What did you just say?”

    “0110011101101111011011110110010000100 0000110110101101…

  • The Death of the Internet

    by uselessness 8 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    65% of the internet wants to make me become a stupid, hedonistic, hyperactive, conforming, jingoistic, easily amused, bigoted…

  • Calculations at Speed Inspired by text

    by Nick about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

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  • Up All Night, Part 2 Mature Inspired by text

    by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • Indecent Proposition Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    By the time the aliens responded to my message we were so close all we could see was their ship. The stars hidden behind a bi…

  • A Man

    by sepecker about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    He was an arrogant snob. When people called him short, he’d ask them to stand up and see if he really wasn’t the measure of p…

  • Web of lies Inspired by a photo

    by Dangerous Angels about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!”

    These were the first words that popped into my head as …

  • Snared Mature Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • I Broke the Ficlets!

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I broke the Ficlets.

    Really, it wasn’t my fault. Johnny, he’s our regular techie, well, he says it’s probably something to d…

  • A Girl Called Jack

    by W.J. Kocik, Jr. about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    This much I know: I was six years old the day I murdered my infant brother. Most of the rest is a haze of smeared memories; d…

  • Writing in the Digital Age

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    1,025 characters.

    1,025 characters!

    What am I to do?

    Let’s… revise.

    Aha, it says “large.” Well that’s extraneous. Backs…

  • Costly Economics Mature Inspired by a photo

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • The Last Rock Hero

    by Kamalani about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The Party Documentation contained the entirety of recorded mankind: all media catalogued and archived. Or so I thought.

    In…

  • Binary Love?

    by Timpala about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that understand binary, and those that don’t.” was his signature. What did …

  • Insurrection of Thought

    by Splindel about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Rhyme follows the fingers,
    And logic the mind,
    The both need each other,
    And agree in kind.

    I will and way,
    Makes music toda…

  • On the phone Mature

    by n helmholdt about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars