Ethelthefrog's published ficlets
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Fergus made a mistake
Fergus Gibson ran. He had been running for months, but this time he really ran. Open moorland stretched around him, offering …
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A relaxed half-hour

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Stage two of five

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Hair

“Nice beard,” I said, “try mine.”
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Visit to Redditch

I lost my virginity in there.
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It's green and reaches up to the sky

“Child?”
“Master.”
“Tell me, child, did you use the seed I gave you?”
“Er.”
“Truth. Now.”
“No, Master.”
“Were you liste…
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Much power, limited utility

Treading carefully so as to avoid bits of ceiling, the pupil and the master backed across the room. “It is,” said the old man…
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Two towers?

Remembering. Rememberance. Memory.
Untrustworthy memory. As she stumbled through the piled bones of the buildings that had, ...
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Breaking me

In the shadows, Natasha held her breath and tried to stem the tide of tears. It seemed that the decision had been made. She’d…