You know the girl that hides herself,
With her long bangs,
Messy hair,
And baggy clothes?The girl that never puts her hood …
A prequel to A new World Because of You
Kevin Lawver's inspiration
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That Vampire Poem Saved My Life used:
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The Horror of Waking Up used:
takeoff! by stuart murdoch
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Our Acceptance Speech used:
Ficlets Spotting by Kevin Lawver
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Our Acceptance Speech used:
Any writer will tell you that his is possibly one of the loneliest jobs on the planet. He sits in a room by himself, staring …
A prequel to About Ficlets (Acceptance Speech Cont'd)
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On The Road, I Miss Home used:
Six-word-memoirs Challenge
37signals (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/846-six-sells) is running a story about “six word m…
A sequel to Six Word Memoirs CHALLENGE
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Six Word Monster used:
Oh God! Do you smell that!? Mmmmm. Hot oil, simmering meat on a grill!
Fresh baked bread! Was that bacon?!?My stomach ru…
A prequel to Food Smells Good When I'm Hungry
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Six Word Monster used:
The lawn feels good under my back, spiky and cold as I look up at the night exploding with color.
“Hey, look,” Mom says, po…
A prequel to When the Raccoons Came to Visit
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The Cat in the Pack used:
Bellow, as Howard thought of himself, swung the precious copy of Joyce’s Ulysses through the air at the troubled teen, more…
A sequel to The Stamp of Doom
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The Cat in the Pack used:
The bookmobile rumbled through the night under Cheryl’s hesitant control. “We have to ascertain the root of this obsession wi…
A prequel to On the road (again?)
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Clarence, Faster Than Sparrows used:
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Bellow, the Hero used:
As the group hurried out, a despairing scream echoed from the front desk. Howard was the first to turn. A young teen, no olde…
A sequel to The Cats Strike Back.
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Bellow, the Hero used:
Bellow, as Howard thought of himself, swung the precious copy of Joyce’s Ulysses through the air at the troubled teen, more…
A prequel to The Stamp of Doom
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The Dillard Legacy used:
A young lady, probably in her mid-twenties approached the group. She already had the practiced sour-faced expression of veter…
A sequel to Special Book Services
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The Dillard Legacy used:
As the group hurried out, a despairing scream echoed from the front desk. Howard was the first to turn. A young teen, no olde…
A prequel to The Cats Strike Back.
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The Protectors of Literacy used:
The librarian looked up from the video monitor embedded in the decrepit book. The cloth bound, metal covers offered decent so…
A sequel to Revenge of the Librarians.
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The Protectors of Literacy used:
A young lady, probably in her mid-twenties approached the group. She already had the practiced sour-faced expression of veter…
A prequel to Special Book Services
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The Insurgenceez Haz Beginned used:
My first lolcat by Clancy Ratliff
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The Insurgenceez Haz Beginned used:
The librarian looked up from the video monitor embedded in the decrepit book. The cloth bound, metal covers offered decent so…
A prequel to Revenge of the Librarians.
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The Insurgenceez Haz Beginned used:
Once upon a time, there was an evil robotic feline-like scientist. This feline wanted to take over the world by making humans…
A sequel to The Beginning
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Wine With Dinner used:
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Pouring Out What's Left used:
“The results of the experiment still confirm our theory?”
“Yes.”
“And the expected errors are all within tolerance?”
“Yes,...
A prequel to Not quite an error
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Ficlets Challenge #11: The Cavalry Arrives used:
L.G. Gates climbed out of the smoking rubble of what had been, until very recently, a Wal-Mart.
“Last time I shop at this p…
A sequel to Crossing Ficlets #10: The Thieves Of Time Chapter 20 - The Butler Did It!
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The Week After the Burn used:
Save the man, burn the DJs! by Barry Mulling
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Collaborative Conference Bio used:
Serious by Kevin Lawver
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Collaborative Conference Bio used:
I was running through the park one day, when I tripped and fell to the ground. I felt a burning sensation on my left knee.
”...
A sequel to A Little Help From a Netizen
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Collaborative Conference Bio used:
... And that’s Lawver’s NOC.
His ‘what’?
Non. Official. Cover.
You mean, he’s not a system architect at AOL?
Sit down.
I…
A prequel to NOC knock
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The Office Pirate used:
Fly the Jolly Roger by Kevin Lawver
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God's Fist used:
One hour. No one said it, but we all knew it. In just one hour, everything would be over. There would be no more like as we…
A sequel to Last Hours.
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God's Fist used:
In the last hours, we could see them gathering from where we hid, tucked away in the valley, preparing to scratch out some so…
A prequel to In the Last Hours
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Keeping the Peace? What Peace? used:
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…
A sequel to Shokran Gazillan
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Keeping the Peace? What Peace? used:
“NO!!! no, no, no…”
This couldn’t be happening to me! He was screaming at the men. He had no control. The first man turned…
A prequel to Keeping the pieces
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Basil, Rock God used:
“Ready to rock?” the manager asked.
“You know it, baby,” I replied.
“Follow me to the stage then, lads,” he said, and led m…
A sequel to Ready to rock?
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Shokran Gazillan used:
I get up and stuff the iPod in one of my pockets, already bulging with random garbage; letters I have yet to send, gum wrappe…
A sequel to The Pain of Confusion
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Shokran Gazillan used:
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…
A prequel to Keeping the Peace? What Peace?
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The Devil in a Shop Window used:
Just two blocks from home, Lazaro collapsed on the street corner. His wife and four children had exhausted their monthly food…
A sequel to Eight Dollars in Cuba
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The Devil in a Shop Window used:
With an awkward limp and shaking hands, Sister Ileana
walked down the hallway with a red bowl of brown rice in her
hand. Osv…A prequel to Lazaro's 96 Year Old Sister
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Oddities Playing Ping Pong used:
exhibition-ism by hobvias sudoneighm
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When It Ends For One, It Ends For Both used:
leaving white mountain by Mel
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When It Ends For One, It Ends For Both used:
“Enough? How can you say that love isn’t enough? That’s all we had, and now we have so much more than that. Look what we’ve b…
A prequel to Announcements
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When It Ends For One, It Ends For Both used:
Dark clouds gathering.
A cold wind blows through the trees.
It is time to go.A sequel to A Storm is Brewing
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The Dancing Always Starts Again used:
What would we do if the moment, when the dance stopped, never began again?
Would we even notice? Some yes, others, sad to say…A sequel to The quiet moment
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The Dancing Always Starts Again used:
She was glad to have him back out on the dance floor. There was something special about this night, about him. Watching the l…
A prequel to The Tempo Changes
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A Hero's Burial used:
As a nine year old Jack Russel terrier, George had seen
many marvelous things in the the New Zealand town of Manaia.
From ch…A sequel to Twelve Inch High Underdog
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A Hero's Burial used:
As the spade cut into the mossy ground, Mr. Jeffries tossed it
aside and began pacing along the back alleyway of the candy
s…A prequel to Spirit of the Underdog
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The Butler's Secret used:
What? Like your place isn't a mess? by Michael Titus
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The Butler's Secret used:
The plan was a solid one, Philip thought to himself. Cynthia had assured him that such was the case.
Still, there was a hint…
A prequel to A bland sandwich
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The Butler's Secret used:
Philip prepared the sandwich. He spared no expense to achieve hand-held perfection. Smoked turkey, tomato, swiss, and dijon m…
A prequel to It's what's for lunch
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The Butler's Secret used:
Carefully filling the sandwich with his master’s favorite filling, Philip looked out of the scullery window.
There, an angr…
A prequel to The Butler's Pride
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Poor Moses used:
Burning Catalonian Bull by Stuart Yeates
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Security Blanket used:
This one’s just a quickie, since I’m expected at a Memorial Day party – I know, I know, I’m not supposed to have a life, I’m supposed to entertain you- but I t…
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The Falling Men in Their Fancy Suits used:
Falling to Pieces by Brent Gilliard
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The Falling Men in Their Fancy Suits used:
It wasn’t the first time I’d seen a temporal regression, but it was certainly the most interesting.
Our friend, Jack, change…
A prequel to Falling Men Fell Incorrectly (CLFM 47)
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Landing Aforethought used:
“They just sprouted?” Alexandra asked. “And you didn’t, like, think it was weird or anything?”
Cassandra frowned. “I guess I…
A sequel to Whats a Girl With Wings to Do?
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Titles Makes You Touchable used:
1903—1957, Federal agent, born in Chicago. See biography and links to other people born today...
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Unsympathetic used:
There's nothing better than leather pants...
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Tortilla and Flauta used:
Enchilada was a lovely gal. She worked in an office where she had to wear her hair up, her hem long, and sensible shoes. She …
A sequel to Enchilada the Buttoned-Up Girl
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Tortilla and Flauta used:
Tortilla was now 30 years old, and feeling quite alone. Her sister, Flauta, was now extremely successful, with three double p…
A prequel to Tortilla Gets a Life
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Drawing from Memory used:
The Interchange from Hell by Kevin Lawver
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Rolled Out of Bed This Morning to the Sound of Bullets used:
“Is this the place?” Jack squinted at the squat apartment building.
“Yep, this is it. This is where the bastard lives.” An ug…A sequel to The Deal
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Rolled Out of Bed This Morning to the Sound of Bullets used:
Mike crouched next to the door, reloading, while Jack nervously peered in through a shattered window.
“Did we get him?” Mike…
A prequel to A Brief Interlude
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Death and Sausages used:
dragon slayer by Jes
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Death and Sausages used:
With a heavy sigh, George threw his cloak over his shoulders and ambled out of cottage into the midday sun. In his youth, he …
A prequel to The Notice
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Death and Sausages used:
“C’mon! Chicken!”
“Am not! It’s too big!”
“I’ll help. Geezer’ll drop a load when he sees THIS on his doorstep!”
The talles…
A prequel to Punks
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The Lid used:
"The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals."
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The Lid used:
And then my four-year-old son toddles in from the next room, plucks the bottle out of my hands, and deftly twists the lid off…
A prequel to No Lid-Proof Child
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Me Walking Away used:
Nooooooo by Fabio Venni
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Me Walking Away used:
It has been three months since I left Alex standing on that doorstep looking so upset, but he brought this on himself. I trie…
A prequel to Being a Better Person
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Me Walking Away used:
I told him to his face. He didn’t cry; He just smiled, and I left. I left him there, in his apartment, with nothing but his s…
A prequel to The Wake
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Me Walking Away used:
It was the beginning of the end, I thought as I climbed into my car and violently flicked on the stereo, promptly snapping th…
A prequel to Regaining strength
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Enchilada the Buttoned-Up Girl used:
there once was a taco named Bob. He was a very messy slob. One day he cleaned up, got out of the rut, and finally met an hone…
A sequel to taco Bob
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Enchilada the Buttoned-Up Girl used:
Enchilada and Taco Bob had identical twin daughters: Tortilla and Flauta. Tortilla was kind, sweet and easy to get along with…
A prequel to Tortilla and Flauta
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Twisted Robot Wreckage used:
Funny, he had just walked through the lobby of his apartment building. Wouldn’t the doorman have mentioned that he saw the ro…
A sequel to The Falling Robot
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Twisted Robot Wreckage used:
He spun in a circle as his eyes darted to the dark doorways and recesses that always seem to populate alleyways. Where was Fi…
A prequel to Fizz Panic
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The End used:
cometa mcnaught by Ultimo Romântico
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The End used:
Pat and I decided to take our RV up into the hills for the last days.
We’d heard that things might degenerate into insanity…
A prequel to The End - Continued
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The End used:
The oceans boiled. A thick greasy steam lifted ominously to the hurricane winds. Demon winds that ripped trees up by their ro…
A prequel to Double The End
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The End used:
It was hard to imagine that this had once been the birthplace of mankind. That this barren dead landscape could ever have bee…
A sequel to The Diary
