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• You Know It's a Good Party When...

  by THX 0477 11 months ago

  Eyes wide, Malcolm sat on the couch staring at nothing, saying nothing. All around him lay the detritous of yet another fabul…

• !yzarC eM llaC elpoeP emoS

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  .hseehS ?naem I tahw eeS .t’nsi sihT This is backwards. .em ton ,sdrawkcab etirw ohw yeht syawla s’tI ?sdrawkcab etirw I od…

• Yellow Ribbon

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  It was an yellow ribbon, folded around to make a heart-shaped loop. She wore it on a pin, right above her heart. Other kids w…

• So Goes the Night

  by FourSeven 10 months ago

• The Bluest Blue

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  When Brian came to, he discovered he was in his bed. His skin was covered in cold sweat. For a while, he just lay there, will…

• Curious About Cats

  by Antony B 10 months ago

  Fay Gidney stood in the old woman’s house surrounded by cats.

  Dozens of cats.

  Well, fifteen cats anyway, once she had count…

• The Bluest Blue (II)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  “David, it’s been so long,” the girl with the blue-blue eyes said, holding out her hands. Brian found that he couldn’t move, ...

• The Bluest Blue (III)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  Brian decided she must be insane. He cleared his throat and squared his shoulders. “Listen, lady, my name isn’t David. You mu…

• The Bluest Blue (IV)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  Brian had the phone in his hands, ready to call the police and have this woman removed by force if need be, but when she ment…

• The Interstice

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  Everett was one of the few who knew the Governments were slowly forming an interstice between them. With each passing day, ea…

• The Revolution

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  Everett slung a small pack over his shoulder, gazing into the eyes of the people assembled before him. Fear glowed in their i…

• The Bluest Blue (VI)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  Something about her was familiar. He felt like he knew her from somewhere, but he couldn’t put a finger on it. One thing was …

• Disorder? {4}

  by Yeah Write! 10 months ago

  I felt as though my throat was closing in, being squeezed by the mighty hand of some invisible goliath. Needless to say, I co…

• HoLy CrAp 50 FiClEtS

  by llamaluvsmenotu 10 months ago

  this is a challenge that isnt very challenging. at all. but every other challenge is taken and probly this one too but im too…

• Song List per a Challenge

  by THX 0477 10 months ago

  1. Party Hard by Andrew W. K.
  2. Hamster Dance
  3. The Anvil Chorus by Verdi
  4. I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkne…

• my songs (a couple random ones)

  by llamaluvsmenotu 10 months ago

  1. Dirty Little Secret – All American Rejects

  2. In Da Club – 50 Cent

  3. Dazed and Confused – Led Zepplin

  4. I Slept With …

• Playlisted

  by [pens&feathers] 10 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…

• iPod Track List (Ficlet Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  1.) 15 step – Radiohead
  2.) Battersea – Hooverphonic
  3.) Earth Intruders – Bjork
  4.) Mysterious Ways – U2
  5.) Blood – Editors…

• My iHeart! (randomized!)

  by Yeah Write! 10 months ago

  1. Stay With You
  Goo Goo Dolls

  2. Piano Man
  Billy Joel (not part of the Billy Joel Posse :’( haha!)

  3. *I’ll Make A Man…

• The soundtrack of my life

  by The Ghost in the Machine 10 months ago

  1.The Approaching Curve,Rise Against
  2.My Favourite Accident,Motion City Soundtrack
  3.Im Not Okay,My Chemichal Romance
  4.Save…

• And you will know us by the trail of deadpan

  by m8ryx 10 months ago

  Couldn’t do a list, so I stashed 24 band names off my iTunes in the story below.

  I was feeling mighty sublime on beer and e…

• The Day Before

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  Zoe had gotten home late from school. She had stayed after to hang out with her friends. Time passed and before she knew it t…

• They Don't Come Out at Night

  by Wil Wheaton 10 months ago

  You know the well has to be close, but your lantern only makes the fog harder to penetrate.

  You know there’s nothing but ope…

• Lightning In The Fog

  by THX 0477 10 months ago

  You crawl, a sad act of desperation. If they come out at night, they can do anything, surely catch a mere boy struggling …

• A fortunate turn

  by m8ryx 10 months ago

  A heavy hand. Too heavy to be momma’s as it hoists me roughly towards the sky. Another bolt of lightning silences my screamin…

• What's With All These New Challenges? (Otherwise Known as Stovohobo's 300th Ficlet)

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  I’ve been noticing that lately, for some reason, almost all of the Most Popular and Active ficlets are challenges. This had n…

• Fleeing the Present to the Past

  by THX 0477 10 months ago

  With a knife twist of self loathing Paul looked down at his boutonniere, a blush of pink on his black tux. In disgust he tore…

• Obscure Physics 101 (Stovohobo's Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  “Today, we will be discussing the North American system of weights, avoirdupois.” Dr. Gimlet adjusted his boutonnière, a …

• In Media's Res. {Stovohobo Challenge}

  by Tiggerstripn2 10 months ago

  Harold left early for the farmer’s market; she hoped he had enough cash to purchase the tree.They used the avoirdupois syst…

• Lifestyles of the Homeless and Rotund (Stovohobo's challenge).

  by FourSeven 10 months ago

  Donny dropped his avoirdupois down on his stunned opponent’s chest.

  “One!”

  slap

  ”Two!”

  slap

  “Three!”

  slap

  Donny…

• Not Yet A Bright And Free Brick

  by artistsrunwild 10 months ago

  The bicycles inside your skull send you away and off you go.
  “Are you even listening to me?”
  She turned; she’d been thinkin…

• Smoke and Memories

  by THX 0477 10 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 10 months ago

• Prison Escape Plan [Stovohobo's 5 Word Challenge]

  by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

  I shall begin my tale in medias res, then retrace and tell you how I got involved in the imbroglio.

  Due to Stan’s *avoirdu…

• OTOC: Giving Up.

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  For reasons of which you do NOT need to know, OTOC is officially giving up on the high and mighty challenge of beating Stov…

• She Be A Witch

  by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

  Sarah Goode was a good Christian woman of high moral fiber.
  She had six daughters and seven sons. She was beloved by her husb…

• Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Right in The Fruit Basket

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 10 months ago

  Stella almost laughed at the fat man, standing there half naked with his doodle dangling for all the world to see, until she …