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  • Parents Have Closets, Too Inspired by text

    Dear Frightened Child,

    I had planned on eating you last night. My carving knife was sharpened and my favorite bib was freshl…

  • The Plague

    I am the last – everybody else is gone. They went badly, bleeding from their eyes and frothing at the mouth. Those horrible, ...

  • Aegis Library II Inspired by text

    Twelve thousand men, women, and children. The knowledge and experience gathered through twelve thousand lifetimes. Twelve tho…

  • The New Odd Couple Inspired by text

    I glared at the dashboard. “Jiana, bear in mind that I could flush you out of Sweeper’s systems altogether and pull the hol…

  • Superpower Cafeteria Revelation Inspired by text

    Well, I’d like it, I think,” she said. “What’s so terrible about it?

    So the first few days that it happened, when …

  • Puddles

    No one else could thrill a crowd like Nina.

    The crowd exploded into applause and cheers of amazement and delight. The eyes o…

  • The Low-Carb Kid Saves The Earth Inspired by text

    “The monkeys told me I’d find you here,” said The Zoo Keeper.

    The Low-Carb Kid looked up from the recipe book and said, “It …

  • Heart Breaker Inspired by text

    ... Stevie, who was annoying before superpowers, and now downright unbearable, decided lunch would be a good time to test out…

  • The First One Mature Inspired by text

  • The End of the World, As Told By Joe

    IT wasn’t as bad as you’d have thought.

    A lot of us went to The Hill. It was a nice place—green grass, a lot of trees. Most…

  • Sudden Change Inspired by text

    The distortion in the underlying fabric of what humans called “space-time” was beyond their ability to detect, let alone comp…

  • Pieces of a man

    Once, I was whole.

    I was a provider. I loved, I laughed, and I cared.

    Once, I was a man.

    I go through the motions, as thou…

  • Unexpected Travels in Time

    Jor was a hunted man.

    Short and stocky as he was, he scaled the chain-linked fence faster than he imagined he could. His an…

  • Be fruitful and multiply - part 2 Inspired by text

    Mose set off to elevate the bipeds.

    It was at that time that John realized that his time machine had further malfunctioned. ...

  • Dearly departed Treo Inspired by a photo

    My sweet friend, yours is such a tragic loss. I will miss holding you close, touching your sleek body, hearing your steady vo…

  • What Oil?

    AM: Fem-parent-alpha-parent?
    S: Yes honey?
    AM: What Oil?
    S: Oil? Wow. I haven’t heard that for a while.
    AM: History vid spoke…

  • Empty Switch Inspired by text

    So evidently flipping the switch was not among my better list of ideas. Strange, and disobeying the traffic signs had always …

  • Through their eye's

    Report of a new micro-organism found:

    Organism 4569898’s basic function is to consume organic materials, process those, and …

  • A Question For Buddha2012 Inspired by a photo

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  • Buddha2012 responds Inspired by text

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  • Get Rich Quickly

    Hi, My name is Richard Quickly, some people call me Dick.

    You may have seen me on those late night infomercials trying to ge…

  • Wet, Warm and Furry cont. Inspired by text

    “Come along little one, let’s get you out of this rain before you absolutely melt. That’s right, you’ll stay plenty dry in my…

  • The Bookwatchers Inspired by text

    I was beginning to despair, and I mean really, really become concerned about my future in this library and on this planet and…

  • Little flat friend Inspired by text

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

  • A Drunken First Attempt at a Wish Inspired by text

    “Well… you sure do...” The man struggled, blinking, to focus on the squirrel. “And you’re pretty article… articule… y…

  • Kitten Play Inspired by text

    My cat was lying on the bed in my room. I had no idea how old she was; she was a fully-grown stray when I got her. One thing …

  • Enlightened Perspectives (Marcus' adventures begin)

    Marcus struggled to keep from bursting out in laughter . . . blah blah finally he heard what his supervisor was saying. ” . ....

  • And suddenly the prophecies continued

    I was carried away in the Spirit to a place upon a lofty mountain.

    I saw and look! The heavens fled away like a scroll. I h…

  • Into Battle Inspired by text

    Suddenly Marcus stood amidst a vast battlefield. There were warriors in formation as far as the eye could see. The sight of t…

  • We're the Antithesis Inspired by a link

    He’s always been a punctilious sort of person: precise. Always on time. A place for everything. In his car, he puts his favor…

  • Dead Dreams

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

    When I dream I drea…

  • A Day in the Life of Stovohobo's Cat Inspired by text

    Sunshine.
    Blink. Yawn. Get up off the ground. . .Ok, one, two, heave!
    Ok. Up. Catlike butt-up-in-the-air stretch.
    Ah, that’s …

  • Into Battle alt. Inspired by text

    Suddenly Marcus stood amidst a vast battlefield. There were warriors in formation as far as the eye could see. The sight of t…

  • A Day in the life of Fyora Macragge's Ferret Inspired by text

    Big yawn…Look around, “where’s that woman? Oh, sleeping as usual. Let’s see…did she clean my litter box?

    THUMP
    ”_….

  • Movie Night

    “You thought you could just come in here and take my DVD Player?” . .

    Steven noticing his mom on the phone, silently showed …

  • superseded nastolgia 1

    the fresh smell of a brand new baby,
    blurry eyed and open mind to a wide world of “everything is amazing”,
    can’t help but t…

  • Thougt crimes

    His last 5 ficlets all seemed to be poems, but they just didn’t make sense to him. He pondered a few of the lines:

    The span …

  • 1 minute ficlet . . . my turn? Inspired by text

    So I decided to take it a ste49p further and write a one minute ficlet as well. hhhhhhhhhh g it pro ved to be rather difficul…

  • A minute of Partysprinkles Inspired by text

    One minute? only one? I find time to complain through everything, really.

    It’s hot in Los Angeles, the women flock, the men …

  • 1 Minute Ficlet (Oh me oh my) Inspired by text

    I’m curious as to why, when it comes to a writing time limit, the first thing that pops into my head is flying pigs. I imagin…

  • One Minute (At 11:11) Inspired by text

    So I go to write a Ficlet in one minute, and I look at the clock to time myself, and it’s 11:11. Is it a sign? Perhaps. But m…

  • Playing Innocent Inspired by text

    I grinned at Julia as she wandered in from her bedroom the next morning. “Morning, sleepyhead.”

    “Morning.”

    “So what’d you d…

  • 1 minute ficlet: my own attempt Inspired by text

    Once upon a time, there was a great writer, thought the greatest in all the galaxy. Some said he was the son of a Muse. His w…

  • Who is She?

    Who is she? he wondered for the millionth time as she walked by the Starbucks window, flaming red hair blowing in the breeze….

  • Only Makes Me More Hungry Inspired by text

    For a while, Aktorius and I acted as if nothing happened. Then again, secrets can be pretty dull if only one other person kno…

  • Chains of the Gods Inspired by a photo

    A long time ago, there was a world where humans ruled the earth. They ruled the skies, the trees, the vast oceans, and all th…

  • Going Behind Inspired by text

    Your mind reels, but there is not time for asking the questions you want answered. Why are you here? How is this possible? Wh…

  • Be fruitful and multiply

    The council had convened. Stars stretched around them erratically speeding up and slowing down at random (mostly due to some …

  • If you want to look for weapons, click here. Inspired by text

    You look around you at the clean circle you’ve made in the dusty room. There are a myriad of cabinets and shelves, untouched …