Heygabe's published ficlets

  • The Seventeen Forms of The Folded Paper Swan

    There were 17 possible ways to fold a paper swan, and Bob knew fourteen of them. He knew that at least two were purely theore…

  • Why Baby Hangs her Rattle on the Broom

    It is our responsibility, although we don’t talk about it, to protect the older ones from the evils they’ve forgotten.
    We ha…

  • Real World: Princesses

    “But if we’re all princesses, so why wouldn’t we all be Christan?” Ariel sniffed, tears welling in her eyes. “I don’t underst…

  • No Batteries For Muticore

    “It doesn’t need new batteries; it’s just broken,” Pam Frye told the two-year-old pulling on the knee of her jeans. The two-y…

  • All spikes and no leash

    “Your son has terrified my dog for the last time!” Amanda Reeves trembled as she shouted across the fence line.
    Being shouted…

  • Ill timed cabbage

    Kevin Adderly was not going to give up on his punchline.
    He’d invested too much to get to this point. He was so near the pay-...

  • Free flow thoughts on Stickers

    Take the sticker off the sheet. Press it down. Repeat. Fill the sheet. Get another. Make a choice. Pick another. Start again….

  • It's always about the eyepatch.

    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…

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