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Fritz and Zooey: In Which Zooey Meets the Mysterious Man in the Red Pants

by Nouvelle Bardot 10 months ago

Too confused to make any logical decisions or actions, Zooey blindly made her way into a reasonably crowded coffee shop, sitt…
Dead Man Walking

by Stovohobo 10 months ago

“All right, Rivera, just make a clean incision along the left cheekbone…that’s nice,” murmured the doctor to his assistant….
Fritz and Zooey: In Which Zooey Discovers the Identity of the Guy in the Red Pants

by Nouvelle Bardot 10 months ago

His face was shadowed by the wide brim of his hat that made him appear like a seedy journalist from the fifties.

“Hello, Zoo…
Inconceivable!

by Stovohobo 9 months ago

“33089 has escaped,” a heavy Russian growled.

The Warden scowled. “How?” he nearly whispered.

“We really…don’t know,” rep…
Zombie Mowdown

by Stovohobo 9 months ago

N555Champ wrote this story, accidentally on Stovohobo’s account at the time.

Stevey’s eyes watered, Greg’s nose crinkled. ...
Stagecoach

by YodaOnCrack 9 months ago

The bounty on my head was placed by a landowner named Precious Comely. That name suited him like a tailored vest. He offered …
Stained Air

by Stovohobo 9 months ago

Smoke poured out of the gaping hole in the wall, setting the fire alarms screaming. Nurses and doctors raced out of the rooms…
Diaspora's Leukophobia

by Lone Writer 9 months ago

Someone was waiting for her at Pyle’s Yard.She’d always heard that strange things happened there, but being a person who was …
Fritz and Zooey: The Truth About Reid

by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

Zooey nervously looked around, and returned her gaze to the mysterious stranger. Reid had a pallid complexion, cheekbones suc…
Nouvelle Bardot's Fritz and Zooey Series Fan Challenge

by Nouvelle Bardot 7 months ago

Okay, so I was going to wait until I had a nice even number to do a challenge…but its been way past a hundred ficlets and I…
Why Pole Dancing Isn't Funny

by THX 0477 7 months ago

Charles giggled to himself. His assistant elbowed him again in the ribs. Apparently he didn’t think giggling during a cultura…
uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge!

by uselessness 7 months ago

It seems like only last week that I was hosting my first Ficlets challenge. Oh wait, it was last week. How quickly the time…
Fritz and Zooey: Fritz Harrington Must Die

by Nouvelle Bardot 7 months ago
Isolation [I'm in the Mode for Love Challenge]

by THX 0477 7 months ago

“It is time,” she says. Her inflection is for a question, but it’s a statement.

“I’ll help you power down,” I say, my voice …
S&M Haikus 001

by Kenji Tasaka about 1 year ago
From Mars to Earth

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

Eric had been staring at the ceiling ever since he could remember, which wasen’t a very long time. He didnt even remember wak…
An Apartment Between Them 2

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

Joe heard Kate gasping as she saw the small dining room table sandwiched in between the kitchen and living room; there was no…
An Apartment Between Them 3

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“Why would we get rid of my couch?” Joe knew, without even seeing his face, that Adam wore that ridiculous sour expression.
...
An Apartment Between Them 5

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“It doesn’t match the rest of the furniture,” Kate’s exasperation made her whine.

Fight, Joe cheered her, _even if you’re …
An Apartment Between Them 7

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

Low blow, Joe thought, jumping again to Kate’s defense. “Any furniture would work. You just can’t find craftsmanship like t…
An Apartment Between Them 8

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“You go around in your fancy clothes,” here Joe looked down at his realtor’s uniform: a pima cotton light green polo shirt, t…
An Apartment Between Them 9

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“What the hell are you talking about?” Adam demanded.

“I’m talking about how absolutely insane it is that some slob like you…
An Apartment Between Them 12

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“Can you imagine waking with that view?” Joe stood by the bay window. A small park was across the street; a baseball field be…
An Apartment Between Them 13

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

The doorknob turned and she swung around to face the door so fast that the ponytail landed on the top of her shoulder, cascad…
Brush With Death (Prequel to Slain)

by User 3070 about 1 year ago

I stalked into the trashy, garbage dump of a strip club that my friends and I were planning to spend the evening. Reaching in…
An Apartment Between Them 19 - revised 7/24

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“You tricked me!” Maybe it was Joe’s bias, but Adam sounded like a whiny, bratty kid.

“You tricked me!” Kate screamed. “You …
An Apartment Between Them 22 - revised 8/16

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“’Cause you really don’t want to live with me,” Adam was stunned. “There’s no other way you’d just accept that crap from me.”…
An Apartment Between Them 25 - final chapter - revised 7/28

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“Relax, Super Sales Man, I can’t afford the rent,” she laughed. “Strange day,” she sighed. “I’ve never been broken up by real…
Are you a Human or an Ant?(Then again, what's the difference?)

by Storykeeper of Fae about 1 year ago

“Maybe the ants are just biding their time…you know, there are squillions of them, they could take over the world easily if…
On the Way Home

by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

It was well past midnight. We had all of the car windows rolled down, and a balmy summer breeze filtered through my hair. He …
You are Beautiful

by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

Wednesday mornings in the park are not crowded as a general rule, especially in the middle of October. That’s why I love to g…
Yoda meets Lincoln (dumbest story eva!!)

by Mask By The Moon about 1 year ago

At some point before the civil war, Abe Lincoln was walking around. He bumped into a little green… person type thing.

“Who…
Curtains and Cocktails

by uselessness about 1 year ago
An "Odd Night" in Locust Curve

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

The setting sun cast its final rays of the day at the thin layer of clouds above the Locust Curve subdivision, painting the s…
Roadkill

by Yeah Write! about 1 year ago

It all ended (more like began) with the screech of tires, the honk of a horn, and the screams of passerbys as the lump of fle…
Too Many Loose Ends

by Fyora Cartagan 12 months ago
Realization

by MissJay 12 months ago
Mandy

by Lindsay 12 months ago

Just as the two of us realized what she had done, Mandy strode proudly in.
She was tall and thin, with straight, bleached …
Popular 3

by `espressotherapy. 12 months ago

Yet her she was, offering to be my friend, let alone make me popular. “I” She replied, “want to see you shine. In my tender h…
Popular 10

by `espressotherapy. 12 months ago

Melody talked to me the whole way giving me tips on how to act and what to say. I absorbed everything like a sponge. When we …
Tricky

by Lindsay 12 months ago

“Oh, Frank love, how could you doubt me so?” She said, stroking his face with her fingers and pressing her thin body into his…
Dreaming Tree

by [pens&feathers] 12 months ago

Underneath the Dreaming Tree,
We sit in sun’s security
Drenched in Summer’s purple dawn
We listen to the morning’s song

It’s…
Message in Lipstick

by Lindsay 12 months ago

She aimed it at me as she backed toward the door. As Frank got up, he watched what I saw. Mandy took a lipstick tube from so…
Fritz and Zooey: The Smile

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

The sun set hours ago, but it was still light near the bay. Zooey sat on the balcony hugging her knees and sniffing the air. ...
Big Ego, Small Breakfast

by melody the brave 12 months ago

I placed my fork down on my plate and watched my ex-bestfriend ramble on about her absurd stories of the people that had run …
Paul's Bodyguard

by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

But his attack was abruptly thwarted – Jon was lifted high into the air, a rough hand disarming him. He hung by his shirt, bo…
Porcelain (a poem)

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

Inexplicably, I pull away
from life, slowly realizing
my heart, my soul, my whatever
is blocked, pulled from
its home, or shr…
Wrecked Bathroom (I)

by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

At least that’s what I heard as the left side of my face was flash-burned by the blast. Like when Slain hit me, memory fills …
You Never Saw the Spring (a poem)

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

You never saw
the spring that year;
the roses would learn
to bloom in your absence.

The sky cried
as we buried your
remains,...
Wrecked Bathroom (II)

by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

Black smoke poured through a large hole in the opposite wall. I could sort of hear crackling flames in mono – all I could hea…
You Had Me at Hello (2)

by melody the brave 12 months ago

Although that had seemed to me as a strange encounter, it only took me a matter of days to place the meeting behind me. It al…
Friends (1)

by The K 12 months ago

I walked into the room that I have walked into hundreds of times, but this time it seemed so different. The people in it were…
Fritz and Zooey: Business Oppourtunity

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

“Well,” Zooey prodded, “what did you do?”

“Let’s just say, we are now the proud owners of a coffee shop that has been aband…
Meridian - The Threshold

by [pens&feathers] 12 months ago

“Is this some kind of joke?” Jerry asked, walking a circle around the shining, white door. He was suddenly wary of this man, ...
Seek What is Lost

by Storybook Endings 12 months ago

In the weeks to come, my beautiful muse from the park crossed my mind quite a few times. You see, he’d given me a much needed…
Fritz and Zooey: Migraine Aura

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

Zooey and Fritz descended from their creative insanity into the happily lit streets of the night. They walked in silence for …
Said the Poet, to Herself (a poem)

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

Reach out and above; go
beyond and deep
inside; stretch and reflect.
Expand and expound. Write
to old friends, lest they feel…
The castle

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

The Castle

I set a thickening brick wall, a danger-filled moat, and a locked drawbridge around the castle of my heart. Even …
C U L8R

by Stovohobo 12 months ago

tinytina909: yo
paigetheperfect: wazzup?
tinytina909: nm
paigetheperfect: cool, cool. o wait did u see ashton yesterd…
Why them? (3)

by The K 12 months ago

Now these men weren’t anyone important. I mean, important yes, but not famous or really well known. They didn’t have much of …
Life Is The Saddest Song

by MissJonas1492 12 months ago

There are many songs. Slow songs, fast songs, techno songs, punky songs. Every body and every thing has a song. An individual…
Fritz and Zooey: The Morning After

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

The phone rang loudly in Zooey’s ear. She blinked up at the ceiling that was illuminated with the bright morning light that c…
The Other Woman: Part 1b: Jessica

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

On our two-year anniversary, he brought me back to the same Indian restaurant for supper. My friends had been saying that he …
The Other Woman: Part 2b: Sheila

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

“Please visit,” the e-mail read, “Boston is lonely without you. Here’s some pics to help you remember what you’re missing. Ki…
The Other Woman: Part 3b: James

by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago

I’d been in Boston for a conference. They offered food in the hotel, but, Boston on a sunny, warm day? Why be inside? The s…
Fritz and Zooey: Mr.Williamson Solves the Panda Paradox

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

Mr. Williamson meowed pathetically in attempts to lure Zooey into feeding him and hopped down from under the bedsheets. The t…
Fritz and Zooey: Cumming with Cuteness

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

As Zooey poured Mr. Williamson a saucer full of the Panda condensed milk, she heard the usual sound of Fritz struggling to op…
Two Weeks

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

Two weeks, he thought. Two weeks since he had bathed, two weeks since he had eaten anything that he could keep down, and two …
Observer And Observed

by Howie Amourscow 12 months ago

She wandered among the trees aimlessly. It was late in the fall, he could feel winter’s first bites in the air. The trees wer…
Fritz and Zooey: Beautiful Strangers

by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago

“Anyway,” Zooey said ignoring the issue at hand, “Where were you?” She moved to pick up Mr. Williamson, who was absorbed in h…
A Brief Glimpse Into the Mind of Stovohobo

by Stovohobo 12 months ago

Hmmm…ok. www.ficlets.com. Click. Sign in… Click.
username: stovohobo4
password: (series of dots)

Home. Click.

Oh …
A Brief Glimpse Into the Mind of Fyora Macragge

by Fyora Cartagan 12 months ago

Wow, that’s interesting… I bet he could use some of my ideas that I can’t seem to use today.

Write up a note entailing sai…
A Brief Glimpse into the Mind of BARomero...

by BARomero 11 months ago

It would be so easy.

All I’d have to do is flip that switch. The little yellow light would blink out, and my Wi-Fi antenna w…
Fritz and Zooey: Fritz Reeves and the Zooellas

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

Fritz’s once again put on his heart shaped glasses and smiled at Zooey as he began breaking into song before Zooey could try …
Fritz and Zooey: Janis Used to Drink Here

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

“Smugglers?” Fritz said disgusted, “No, the term is music hoarder.”

“Okay, I get it,” Zooey said annoyed. Fritz turned the…
A Brief Glimpse Into The Mind of Partie Like Its 1492

by MissJonas1492 11 months ago
A Brief Glimpse Into the Mind of Fritz and Zooey

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

Fritz: What the hell…is that jazz music?

Zooey: _Yeah, its “Jazzhole” by Free the Robots, if you complain, I’ll hand…
A Brief Glimpse into the Mind of Rockstarjoker

by rockstarjoker 11 months ago

Get to work. Log on to computer. Check out BillHaderonline.com to see if I missed anything last night. I didn’t.

Sign on to…
A Day in the Life of Stovohobo's Cat

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

Sunshine.
Blink. Yawn. Get up off the ground. . .Ok, one, two, heave!
Ok. Up. Catlike butt-up-in-the-air stretch.
Ah, that’s …
A Day in the Life of Nouvelle Bardot's Cat

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago
Insistance (4)

by The K 11 months ago
Just a dream (6)

by The K 11 months ago

I opened my eyes to a bump in the night, and then a quiet knock on my bedroom door. Sweat was pouring from my body, and I cou…
Fritz and Zooey: Trust-Funders

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

“Anyway,” Fritz continued, “I managed to contact the author, who coincidentally lives in this very city.”

“And?” Zooey prodd…
Stones from the Writer's Block

by Pockets 11 months ago

“It was a dark and stormy night.”

Frustrated, Alan threw down his pen and ripped the page out of his notebook. Another worth…
Fritz and Zooey: Mr. Ziggy Stardust

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

“Did he say anything remotely interesting?” Zooey asked.

“He just told me an address for one of those packing and mailing jo…
The Other Woman: Part 6a: Jessica

by Alexa ♥ 11 months ago

My cell phone buzzed, playing a snippet of Ani DiFranco’s Adam and Eve. “Just don’t treat me like I am/something that’s hap…
Fritz and Zooey: Modern Art

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

“Too bad I missed it then,” Fritz said idly as he stirred his coffee with a spoon. Zooey quickly drained the remnants of her …
Fritz and Zooey: Tabloid Headlines

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

Zooey looked back sadly.

“Did you…” she trailed off still searching the crowd.

“Did I what?” Fritz said confused, looking…
Fritz and Zooey: End of the Game

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

The halls and stairways of the apartment building became a war zone. Mr. Williamson, thinking he was playing some elaborate g…
Fritz and Zooey: 5:55

by Nouvelle Bardot 11 months ago

Mr. Williamson made pathetic mewing sounds from underneath his sofa fortress. Zooey tried to coax him out but failed miserabl…
Fee, Fi, Fo, and Fum

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

“Oh, Fee, you are so terribly boring,” drawled Fi, taking a long sip of her cigarette.

“Well—Well, you shouldn’t…should…
Crossing Ficlets #1: Jessica & Zooey

by Alexa ♥ 10 months ago

I was on a boardwalk near the Golden Gate bridge. I missed Boston, but loved being far from anything that reminded me of Jame…
When Caretaker Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody...Alive

by Stovohobo 10 months ago

Dr. Oblivion had never seen the Caretaker display any emotion, neither in his voice nor face (possibly for the lack of one). ...
When Eagles Fly

by Stovohobo 10 months ago

The propellors’ blades drowned out all other sound as the bi-plane made a sweep of the island. Brass Eagle looked back at his…
Ideas

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

“Jenny, what’s wrong? Why are you crying? I didn’t think tickling actually hurt or I would’ve stop-” I said, suprising myself…
The Helicopter

by Stovohobo 10 months ago

At exactly one-thirty in the afternoon, a helicopter’s blades beat down on Finn and Anonymous on the rooftop. Slowly and deli…
Fond ,Flames Fond

by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

“I’d like a martini, but don’t shake it too much please, thank you, your a dear”, the tall man in the tuxedo said to the bart…

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