Ficlets

Jnova's published ficlets

The Witness

by Jnova 7 months ago 44 1 0

The boy looked on from the closet, clutching the stolen uranium.
Four Corners I Have Suffered

by Jnova 11 months ago 36 4 0
Oh, Humanity

by Jnova 11 months ago 33 5 0

I have seen nations fall.

I have seen the lineage of Kings and Queens rise and fall like the ebbing of the ocean.

I have se…
Building an Adventure- The Island of Will

by Jnova 11 months ago 42 3 0

You wake up to a sweet-smelling breeze. Your mind takes a moment to register that you are not home in your bed. You stand and…
Rebuttal... 1 min fic

by Jnova 11 months ago 66 1 0

Creative expressions comes in many forms.
And while we may not appreciate impromptu live action theatre, speed chess, furtive…
1 min ficlet returns for more

by Jnova 11 months ago 63 3 0

Oh Chinese food buffet
with your chicken and broccoli
fried shrimp and crab legs and
squid?... eww.

Oh, my plate is so small…
1 min ficlet...... and GO!

by Jnova 11 months ago 61 3 0

Umm… Pizza.

The traveling pizza.
Was born of dough, refined in an 355 degree oven. Specially prepared with tender mushroom…
Fast food killed us... hippies will finish us off

by Jnova 11 months ago 37 5 0

Some say it was in the high fructose corn syrup. Others say it was in the trans fat, or homogenized whatever.
But it was the …
Dead Dreams

by Jnova 11 months ago 92 3 0

When I dream I dream of deserts. Dry, dead, wastelands, scuttling beetles scraping on molted gray trees.

When I dream I drea…
Caturday

by Jnova 11 months ago 27 1 0

It’s time.
Uncurling, stretching… graceful awakening.
Cleaning, tidying. All is right. Beauty.
Sniffing, listening. Waiting…
Past, Future Johns need to leave me the hell alone

by Jnova 11 months ago 49 3 0

Alright. So, I’m twenty-one, finally in college doing a bit of the classes thing and a lot of partying. I’m sitting on my bed…
A Child's Last Plea

by Jnova about 1 year ago 20 3 0

I am the last one left.
My twelve brothers and sisters. My mother, father,aunts, uncles, cousins… all gone.

I don’t know w…
This alien abduction crap is starting to tic me off

by Jnova about 1 year ago 20 2 0

Lookee here- I know we all got our jobs to do. And I’m not trying to be all in your face and whatnot- but this stealing peo…
Freakin' Lasers!

by Jnova about 1 year ago 49 6 0

I may not be a spring pup anymore but I’ll tell ya… I like this whole super power business that’s been going on.

At first…
My superpower sucks

by Jnova about 1 year ago 36 1 0

With the recent wave of people receiving super powers I would like to officially declare that my super power sucks.

My mom g…
You still believe in that?

by Jnova about 1 year ago 41 2 0

Dear Son,

You’re thirteen. Grow a pair.

Dad

(Or I will put something in your closet!)
There's Something In My Closet

by Jnova about 1 year ago 37 3 0

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m writing you this letter so you know what happened to me when that thing in my closet finally eats me.
...
Move it, Pinky

by Jnova about 1 year ago 19 2 0

In April a shower unlike you’ve ever experienced.

Will bring May flowers of a kind you never knew.

This June, a lawn yo…
Little flat friend

by Jnova about 1 year ago 37 1 1

“Hey buddy”, he said to the nearly flat squirrel, squinting through the haze. “Got a light?”
He chuckled at his own humor, si…
Um, are they supposed to do that?

by Jnova about 1 year ago 17 2 0

“Hello, Dr. Devlin? Yes, um, this is Shawnee – you delivered my twins, TaiWade and ShaiWade.”

“Well, um, you see they’ve bee…