Khieri's published ficlets

  • I Should Be Asleep Inspired by text

    I am falling asleep -
    I wonder what, if anything, I’ll dream.
    I hear the trains screaming and
    I see nothing but the dark behi…

  • Automatic Writing Inspirer/Challenge

    Automatic writing is the state in which you, the writer, ideally sits down and just lets words flow. There’s no conscious tho…

  • Just to say Inspired by text

    This is just to say

    that I don’t think I should apologize.

    I don’t think I’m wrong

    at all.

    You’re the one who should be s…

  • Castles in the Air

    “Work faster!” I screamed at the heaving, sweating, writhing bodies. “It must be built before it all falls down!”

    The castl…

  • The Silence of Mr. S Mature

  • Breaking Free

    The article gave me the impetus to change, but now I had to act on it. The drive – the will – to change is a wonderful thing,...

  • In Six Words Inspired by text

    Die a little more each day…...................................

  • The Librarian's Dilemma Inspired by text

    The lady walked through the shelves, delicately running her fingers over, but not quite touching the spines. Her face looke…

  • The Day I Lost My Cat

    I was smiling at my cat as I walked in the door. Just a stupid, inane smile that I reserve for my animals. When I looked up, ...

  • James and the Giant Apocalypse Inspired by text

    James’s large frightened eyes traveled slowly around the room. The creatures, some sitting on chairs, others reclining on a s…

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