Kevin Lawver's published ficlets
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Our Acceptance Speech
Because ficlets is all about storytelling, I let the community come up with the bulk of this little acceptance speech, but be…
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On The Road, I Miss Home
32 travel days. It’s only February.
(true story… By the time I go home on Friday, I will have spent 32 days in California …
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Six Word Monster
(I’m going to do several because I have the room)
Monster back there? Oh crap! RUN!
Born in Arizona, Grew up everywhere.
L…
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The Cat in the Pack
Howard took the teen’s stunned silence and kicked as hard as he could, launching the teen assassin and her feline master into…
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Clarence, Faster Than Sparrows
“I am not like the wind; I am the wind. I am faster than a team of horses, more fleet than a sparrow. I can go anywhere, be…
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Bellow, the Hero
She was one of the Kitteh Armai. Howard knew what he had to do. He turned to Kristin for a moment and fumbled, “I love you.” ...
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The Dillard Legacy
The librarians huddled around the appendix as Kristin read their mission in a reverent whisper, “Like Thoreau and Dillard, it…
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The Protectors of Literacy
“I think you know why we’re all here…”
“To kick some kitty ass!”, bellowed the large man in the frayed tweed jacket
“Plea…
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The Insurgenceez Haz Beginned
“I can haz bottlez, mommee?”
“What, sweetie?”
“I can haz bottlez?”
“Who taught you to say that?”
“Kitteh!”
“Dammit… Os…
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Wine With Dinner
She was more valuable than she knew. She could reach the little blossoms on the bottom that the grown-ups would leave. She fo…
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Pouring Out What's Left
She died like many people die these days – a tiny shell on a hospital bed in a converted room on the first floor of the house…
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Ficlets Challenge #11: The Cavalry Arrives
We picked through the rubble of the destroyed Wal-Mart, finding no survivors, just melted clothes, electronics and household …
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The Week After the Burn
“Dude, you know what was last weekend?”
“What?”
“Burning Man. I’ve always wanted to go. Weren’t we going to go this yea…
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Collaborative Conference Bio
Kevin Lawver is currently a System Architect at AOL. He’s a member of the CSS and Web API working groups, is AOL’s Advisory C…
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The Office Pirate
I am the office pirate. I gleefully plunder your org chart, freeing your peons, drudges and cogs and turn them into pirates l…
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God's Fist
The comet streaked overhead and over the horizon, then we saw it. There was a flash of white light, then nothing for a couple…
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Keeping the Peace? What Peace?
The medic slowly turns with tears in his eyes and takes the little boys’ hands in his. He can’t speak Arabic either, but I th…
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Basil, Rock God
We made it to the stage, and I was already starting to chafe. I’d never worn leather pants before, and they not as sexy as yo…
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Shokran Gazillan
We call back for the medic, who comes running. He cuts off the younger boy’s pant leg and tells us to hold him down so he doe…
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The Devil in a Shop Window
Lazaro stumbled to his feet and started walking, holding the four dollar bills crumpled in his fist. He walked a few steps th…
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