I agree with THX – it really works to start it where you did. And it just has the great feel of a vet who’s perhaps a little haunted by his time in the sub. Loved it. And Yay ficlet nirvana!
Oh man. So the whole battle was completely futile. The pain, the bitter thoughts of revenge, to cold, methodical hate – all ended with Godzilla’s foot. Did not see that coming. Great trilogy BoS ;)
Ohh cold, mean robot. Same story device used here but turned on its ear by giving us the robot view of things. It seems so malicious by giving the women monkeys a slower death. Bad robot.
Great job of storytelling here, covering a lot of time in a short space. I can picture a fierce monkey standing among the trees looking at the robot, reflecting on everything that brought him to this point. Poignant and a little sad. Ok more than a little sad. Bambi sad.
Great dialogue! It felt like a mix of those ‘world’s dumbest criminals’ stories, the makings of a Fark headline, and the setup to a Steven Wright joke. I lol’d :) And I’m very happy you ficleted :)
How can I put this politely…. I would encourage you to read the FAQ about Ficlets which talks about what this site is geared for. It isn’t intended to be a place to blog, or to push a writer’s real ficlet off the ‘Recent Ficlets’ list in order to ask for love advice. This isn’t the place for that stuff. Try writing a story about your angst. You wouldn’t draw the ire of cranky ppl like me if you went about it that way ;)
It sure is. I liked the show too. It was just finding it’s feet when they yanked it. Stupid sci-fi channel. But the book, oh the books. I loves them. I finished up the last one (so far) last week and actually felt mild depression that there was no more Harry until the next one comes out.
I can’t resist. Ana – you so totally rock for coming up with this excellent challenge!
Year I was born – 1971 1st Pet – Spooky City I was born – Grand Island Best Friend – Meechie (Who would love the idea of being the baddie) Fave Book – Small Favor by Jim Butcher, part of the Harry Dresden series :) Song – Creep Fave # – 42 Nickname – “Sweetheart” – I don’t really have a proper nick. But my Grampa always calls me ‘sweetheart’ :) School subject – Drama Sitcom – How I Met Your Mother
Almost everything’s been guessed so far :) I’ll give it a little while longer before I the answers though. I’m having fun seeing everyone’s guesses. This challenge RAWKS. Thanks Ana!
I remember many science classes just like this. Good job getting me to dredge up THOSE memories :) I haven’t been reading the comments until after I guess, so here goes:
1-1981, 2-Bernie, 3-Indianapolis, 4-Larry, 5-Secret Garden, 6-Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, 7-22, 8-Apey, 9-I got nuthin’, 10-Big Bang Theory
Without looking at the comments, these are my guesses on THX’s entry (which is a fun one btw. Good capture of kid-type voices.) – In order of Ana’s list:
1978, Um, Cosmos?, Victorville, Ben, Earl in the Yellow Shirt, breakthru, 13, bro?, Earth science?, 30 Rock
1978 China Miami Ricky Love in the time of Cholera Let it Be Seven Dolly Literature Family Guy I love this challenge so much :) I haven’t read the other comments yet. These are just my guesses.
That was fun! Awesome challenge and congrats on all the ficlets and comments! And great job on all the entries! Wonderful reading and trying to guess the clues :)
Aw man, think of all the heroic tales that would be lost! No Lancelot and Guinevere :( No Uther Pendragon. No Merlin. This makes me sad. (But really great job on the ficlet :) You captured what the crowd might have been like when Arthur attempted it very well!
I like this idea.Congrats on having over 100 ficlets – that’s fantastic! Sometimes I read a challenge and my mind goes blank and I can think of nothing for it so I can’t enter. And sometimes, an idea pops into the noggin before I even finish reading the challenge. The latter just happened to me, so off I go to enter your awesome challenge!
Purple People Eater! OMG I had this on a 45 when I was little and I LOVED it. You so totally rocked this challenge THX! I laughed, I loved the Dr. Demento ref (he needs his own XM channel), best ending ever and a brilliant interpretation of the cool challenge. Really, really loved this. I’d give this ten stars if I could.
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree. Ficlets is helping me focus on my ‘Magnum Opus’ as I try to turn it into an actual novel. It’s helped me experiment with the story, and work out plot points. This place has helped me the way no other writing tip or trick ever has, and if it means I have a 38 (and growing) part series on here then so be it. It’s not even a tiny fraction of what’s available here. My view is if series’ aren’t your thing, don’t read them. But don’t quash it down for others either.
So I saw this story on Fark about the possibility of the end of Christianity if aliens were proven to exist. And then I came to Ficlets and read this. I heart the intarwebs.
Totally love the supernatural viewpoint you took on the story. Very clever!
I take exception to the single author series “bastardization.” It’s probably subjective, but I enjoy reading and writing single author series here on Ficlets as much as I enjoy multi-author series. I don’t feel single author series’ are hurtful to Ficlets and, at least in my case, it’s been a godsend in stimulating the one decent story idea I’ve ever been able to sustain. Sometimes, Ficlets inspires a bigger idea than can fit in 1,024 characters. An author should run with it if they can.
Oh wow! President Melia. I so love the sound of that :) I also love your vision of a Ficlety future (and not just because I got to be Prez) – All futurekind should know, learn and love Ficlets :) Great job!
Ok first? I freaking love the name “Griselda.” Perfect perfect name for the kid. Second, man this is creepy, a good creepy. I love the heck out of it. Seems almost like it’s either going to be a clinical attempt at exorcism with the asbestos suits and Doctor Mandrose, or else the Doc and company are going to perform insidious experiments on poor Griselda. Did I mention I love that name? :) – Either way, this is really outstanding.
Very nice description of the wait before a storm. “Ink like darkness” was really good. The only things I’d maybe work on are your verb tenses and punctuation. Seems like you switched from present tense to past tense a lot. Otherwise, a great job!
Congrats on being Featured Ficlet! A most awesome choice. I enjoyed the almost illicit-ness of his actions in the beginning. That he was loading up Ficlets made me smile bigtime. Really well done! LoA
Therein lies the problem for me with writing this as a novel and keeping up with it in Ficlets. I know in my head where Simone is, but I don’t have enough room to fit her in to each ficlet chapter. So please forgive me for the odd character blips :) And action coming very soon. I’m in transitionland atm.
I think this is the would-be scene when John hands Sarah Connor’s pic to Kyle (I freaking love Terminator) and it’s done beautifully. Gritty nostaligia in the midst of battle. And I actually like the use of ‘kid’ because it evokes a sort of mentor-mentee relationship from the get-go. Great job Bar! LoA
Kind of a little mother’s day ode. I’ll be 37 tomorrow, and I still have this vivid memory of catching mom singing along to a Don McLean song when I was little. It’s one of my favourite memories of her :)
Could make this a sort of challenge for Mum’s Day if anyone wants to sequel with a description of a favourite Mom Memory. Or not :) No big.
So glad I caught Wil’s blog post about his prequel. I missed this one in the story list and it’s a gem. I really loved the wife’s payoff line – great humour.
I thought you maintained Will Hindmarch’s tone and writing style perfectly. That can be hard to do, but I think he created an inspired jumping off point.
I’ve had this song stuck in my head for a while now. I love it, but it’s time for it to stop playing on repeat i my brain now. I did always think it would make a neat ficlet though :)
Oh this is wonderful! I’m pretty sure I guessed the object and I’m sitting here giggling away at the scene you’ve presented. I liked the approach you used for this challenge. Great detail! Well done!
I think I know what it is. What’s the final word on guessing? In comments or by notes? Anyone know? – Really good entry Ridcully. I love the word ‘detritus’ :) The wonderfully gory detail might be enough to make my guess correct. I hope.
Oooooohhhhh I know what it is. I think. Excellent job! Very creative entry to the challenge! It made me all gulpy and nervous which was the goal I expect :)
No I was at home by myself. Eatin’ pudding. And lickin’ the lid. And it was gooooood. :) Actually, it was a flavour I’ve never had before which is why I was reluctant to try it. I fear the unknown.
Well this ficlet came out a whole lot different than I had intended when I started it. For the record, I wanted to try my hand at describing something in as much detail as possible and then see if you guys could guess what I was describing.
I had pudding with my lunch today so I went with that. But the ficlet went in a weird direction and I couldn’t resist the payoff at the end :) Anyway. Just a bit of silliness.
Intriguing. I was drawn in in by your title and the story did not disappoint. I liked how the story made me feel as disoriented as John by not quite disclosing who is speaking to him, and how he still felt dread despite no nervous system. Looking forward to more. LoA
Great challenge and really fun answer to the challenge. What a wonderful homage to Saint-Exupery by doing the French thing. I figured most of it out before I realized you sequeled with the english versions. Felt like I did the first time I struggled through Trainspotting before discovering a helpful glossary at the back :) Really well done on this though. I loved it.
I honestly just got a little choked up here at work. Tad, I think that is the nicest comment anyone has ever made about me. Thank you – from my heart, thank you. I think I will be a little bit floaty the rest of the day now :)
These are hard to do. One of the most difficult challenges I ever did was Bag of Sand’s ‘From 18 to 1’ challenge (http://ficlets.com/stories/22040) and this one reminds me of it. I dunno if I have the brainpower for it! Great idea though!
That’s a nice little slice of LA. The hopes and dreams people have about the place – some get dashed while others work out. I like how you tied streets around LA into the story. I feel bad for Gary but man, if Hollywood does that to you I’m glad I stayed up in Monterey :) I think that something seems missing from the story though. I’m not sure what, but it feels incomplete to me. LoA
First I must wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes. This? Is so way beyond cool and neat and freaky how much you can know about a person just from the ficlety goodness and an avatar or two. I think THX nailed the spirit of the challenge perfectly. And he pegged me pretty well too :) Thanks Doc – this is pants down the most awesomest thing to happen to me today!
I’m not quite sure I “get” this one. Maybe it’s because I’m old :) Nice job with the dialogue. It can be tricky to go back and forth between two chars like that but you pulled it off.
I’ve read his blog for years and enjoy his writing very much. He’s a goldmine of cool sites to check out too :) I trust his opinion of ‘em. But that probably says I took the easy way out for this challenge since I know more about Wheaton than I do about other ficleteers. Ah well. Was fun. Hope others enter the challenge. I don’t want to be the only one!
Very sad and very sweet at the same time. It would be lovely to know that there are people looking out for us, even if we can’t see them all the time. I liked his ‘cloak of purity and mirth’ – very nice turn of phrase there. Well done!
Have to say this was way harder than I thought it would be. I couldn’t think of who to choose. I finally picked and probably picked an easy ficleteer to write about. Ah well. Was a good brain exerciser Tad. Thanks!
... I’ve got a little something in my eye … Sniffle. That was just lovely. I liked the thought of showing one side, the one left behind side of the conversation. Like THX said, very heartfelt. LoA
No one gets disqualified :) I really enjoyed your series. I could kind of see where it was heading after the first ficlet, but you got me with the jump in time and the passing of the torch, so to speak. Great work! LoA
For the story itself, I liked it very much. You can tell there’s some bitterness lingering. Nice job on that. And thank you for entering the challenge too! I do agree with THX on the quotation marks angle though. Without them, it took a couple read-throughs to follow along properly. LoA
L-O-Freaking-L! I loved it. You owe me a new keyboard Doctor. A cheeky ghost, an increasingly pissed off teenager, brilliant punchline… It’s got it all :) LoA
And if this has been done before, I apologise and will withdraw it. I looked, but didn’t see anything really similar so… Anyway, hope to see an entry or two :)
Nice twist! Thought this was excellent – great foreshadowing at the beginning leading up to an exciting twist. I love ficlets that can tell a whole story in such a limited space and you pulled it off well!
Carmex is like crack. Goes on so smooth and warm. And then it tingles delightfully and smells so spicy. After a few moments of comforting warmth, a cool sensation spreads over your lips like a soothing mist that protects you from the evils of chapped skin and leaves you with a luscious, soft mouth just waiting to be kissed.
I’ve seen some “ficlets” that were pretty much just blog posts. That sorta bugs me, but then I just do then ‘move on’ thing and ignore them. Unless they’re spamming the Most Recent list with ‘em.
I’m happy this series is getting some reads, so thank you guys very much for reading it. Means a lot to me :) The showdown is a-coming. It’s percolating in my head. In the meantime, if you like CherryPop well enough, there’s more about her and stuff in her blog at cherrypopmcgee.com :D This story’s taking on a life of its own!
Ahhh THX, this series was spectacular. Though I am definitely left wanting more. I just love the direction you took off in from that pic inspiration. What a great imagination you have. LoA
Well at least he answered the questions honestly. He could have lied to get the girl. That should count for something right? I love the choice of place and circumstance to set up a bit of flirting. You’re not one for happy endings though, are you :)
This is hilarious (and so could have been a conversation between so many friends of mine.) Wonderful banter between the parents-to-be :) I also imagine the convo between Nicholas Cage and his (wife? Fiancee? Girlfriend? Who knows) went whe they were expecting their son (whom the named Kal El.)
I try to at *least rate every ficlet I read and commenting is fun, esp. knowing that you might be encouraging someone who’s gunshy about writing, or who truly blows your mind with their excellence. And as someone who’s working on a series, I can tell you that getting at least a comment or two or a rating on each part of the series is incredibly helpful. Sometimes wonder, when no one comments on a part of it whether the series is worth continuing or should I end it. With no comments, it’s hard to know.
Hey Bar – If you’re working on something in draft mode, don’t publish it there. Just finish it, and cut and paste it into a whole new ficlet. That way it will always show up straight away in the Most Recent list. Yeah you’ll have it there in drafts for all time (or at least until they suss out a way to delete ficlets) but that doesn’t matter. Drafts are fine for working on a ficlet over a long period of time. Just don’t publish from the draft.
Totally agree on wishing Ficlets had a forum. And you’re brave for writing these. A helpful, etiquette-ful addendum to the Ficlet FAQ is a good idea. I know I’ve got pet peeves around here too but I’m not brave enough to voice ‘em. Mostly I’m just grateful this place exists, even when someone floods the most recent list with a flurry of sequels which doesn’t give others a chance to be on the page long. Sort of wish there was a short time limit between posting stories.
I didn’t expect the religious angle. It’s interesting to think that Liam might have been religious. As usual this is well-written and introduces a new layer to Liam’s character. One minor thing – and don’t quote me on this because I’m not religious, but I think the term ‘pastor’ is used among Protestants rather than Catholics… ah yeah, I heart Google. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastor It just jarred me a little for some reason.
Not a silly sequel at all! Wonderful dialogue that showed perfectly that when you’re nervous or about to do something serious, you make jokes. I like this splinter set of sequels off BARomero’s Vampirism guide. It’s fun!
@Bar – I’d forgotten about that challenge. Ok, I’ll play. Thanks for the tip :) And thanks for the comments guys :) means a lot because I’ve really grown to love this story myself :)
A friend suggested I put a ficlet from my CherryPop series in this challenge since it’s zombie-centric. So here ‘tis. Thanks for reading :) – Yes it’s a duplicate ficlet. Thought it would be easier to enter it this way than linking it in Stovo’s comments. Hope that’s ok.
I don’t get it. Not that the ficlet isn’t good, because it’s great. But I have a feeling this refers to a game I never played… OHHH. I just Googled it. Now I get it! Very clever!!
Oh there will be sequels :) I need to ask though, am I not being clear on who’s POV this part of the story is? I don’t want there to be confusion, because currently, it’s CherryPop’s father, Desmond – who’s a he – telling the tale. Just wondering if I need to go back and make that clearer…
Oh, and I know Manic Street Preachers were a 90s band (we I didn’t until I just googled them just now – I’m not really a fan) but the band name fit for the title too well :) Couldn’t resist.
Ok, my 80s experience was a bit… different from the mainstream :) Songs: The Clash, The Cure, Frankie, Creatures (a Siouxsie side band), Joy Division, The Cure again (Couldn’t resist using that one too Ana!) and finally Mr. Bowie.
I liked the more alternative stuff back in those days (well, still do. Yay for Fred on XM44)
I liked how you used smell to describe her before Wallace actually saw what she looked like. This makes me want to know more. Why is his psyche disturbed? Who has he hit before? Is he bothered that he hit a woman or that he hit someone at all? If a ficlet makes me that curious, it’s teh awesome.
If you mean the blast o’ magic from Alexander’s staff then yeah, I worried about the similarities of that to the Avada Kedavra curse. It’s going to be difficult to avoid stuff like that, esp. for me because I’ve never written this sort of genre before. But I’m working on this story in book-form as well, so I when I have the chance to expand on these ficlets I’ll take care to try and avoid stuff like that :)
I loved it! The robot’s name is one of my favourite Clash songs (tho apparently its also the name of a porn star. Google knows everything.) I thought where you went with the story was unexpected and cool. Didn’t see Tara killing Josie coming at all. Very cool story. LoA
This reminded me of that scene in Stand By Me when Chris was showing Gordie the gun he brought and when it went off and shot a trash can it scared the crap out of them.
You did a great job with the dialogue in this and it’s definitely a scary little life lesson. Off-topic a bit but I’m having a hard time getting the ratings to work for me. I’m clicking the stars but nothing’s happening. I’ll come back and rate it when it starts working again.
My first ficlet of the day and what a wonderful one to wake up to, starting the day with a good chuckle. I particularly enjoyed “Best of luck in your practice and your after life” as if it’s no big deal that this man gets a consultation request from a vampire. And the name misunderstanding – Polish not ghoulish – very funny!
I love the thought that the thoughts running through a guy’s head as he’s chained to a wall and about to be tortured is how dingy the cellar is. That cracked me up. And the shampoo torture! A fate worse than the dreaded Comfy Chair! Really excellent ficlet :) LoA
I am really enjoying this :) I agree with THX in that your style for these is very like your Practical Guide series (which I also really enjoyed, btw).
Aww poor little guy. I find I really want to know why he was beat up. But I really appreciated how an interesting discovery can supersede all that bad stuff. Nice work!
Celeste is pretty astute :) I’m glad Liam’s seeking therapy for this. He’s going to have a lot on his plate and can’t be held back by this anger. I hope you do more of these because I’m interested to see how Celeste helps him.
Ohhh man. Being all floaty and lost in space is a fear of mine. Other than reawakening my fear, I thought this ficlet was wonderfully inventive. I hope you sequel the story. LoA
At first I thought it was a western. Then i thought it was a group of soldiers. Where it ended up was so completely not on my radar. I love being kept off-balance like that. LoA:)
So put it back in Drafts, copy the text, and paste it into a whole new ficlet :) Then it will show up right away. I learned that lesson too, the hard way. And welcome back :)
Maybe because you spam the recently added list with insulting stuff like this? Speaking personally, when I see stuff like this, my instinct is to avoid reading your ficlets altogether. Which I believe I will do from now on. Sorry, but if you’d like comments and ratings, you might try not insulting your readers.
You deserve a huge round of applause for this series. You captured each wife’s distinct voice incredibly well. I’m a big fan of historical fiction and what you did with these impresses the heck out of me! LoA
This is cool. My grandmother had a round tuit on her fridge for years and years and I always thought it was terribly clever :) I enjoyed how the character came by her tuit – I found it just as clever :) LoA
That’s awesome! I totally love it! I like how he has to stay moving to keep rigor at bay and I especially like how he seems to always be at the ready to protect. Celeste is very astute in sizing him up too. Bravo!
Thanks very much! I’m having a blast with it and it will definitely continue. And yes BAR – it IS fun to turn those conventions on their ear. I’m looking forward to your crossover!
Gosh now I feel bad for getting irritated with my kb. Even though I break out the Q-tips and air blasts to keep it clean, I’m unfortunately a hard typer. Especially when I’m angry. Poor kb. I’m so sorry. I’ll ease up.
Wonderful ficlet :) Never thought I’d have sympathy for an inanimate object.
I love stories where you don’t quite know what’s going on until the end, but you’re engrossed anyway. This is one of those stories. I love where you went with the pic.
Ditto the Ohh la la :) That was hot. I don’t think it matters that you can’t tell the genders of the speakers. Makes it interesting if you ascribe your own. Could be a guy and a girl who’ve met for coffee after they’d chatted online for a while. That’s what I imagined. And I liked it :)
No worries Etsuko. Thorn Birds is a sort of classic story about a forbidden love between a woman and a priest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_Birds
That was cool, like you took a dramatic sports movie and compressed it without losing any of the drama and payoff at the end when the underdog goes on to win. Great work!
I came across this image today: http://tinyurl.com/2fmoee and it’s of a photo taken of the aftermath of the 1906 SF quake. It brought back some sense memories of the 1989 SF quake (7.2 on the Richter in case you were wondering about the title) so I thought I’d ficletize it.
I really want to do this challenge but I’m finding it incredibly difficult :) Which is a sign of a good challenge methinks. /Off to try and think of something for it. Back later. Way later.
Amazing writing. The choice of music was fitting as well. My daughter is learning that piece right now so it’s been drifting around my house for a while. This is a really beautiful glimpse of grief.
They all love Billy, but not really in “that” way, you know? In my head, Daniel and Billy have been close friends and in this band for a while and Steve has just joined the band is is still finding his footing with the other two. I was sort of experimenting with taking once incident, in this case, the recording of a painful (to Billy) song and showing three different perspectives of the recording of it. Anyway, I’m just experimenting :)
My Aunt had one of those ‘I once saw a ghost’ stories she liked to tell and it involved her waking up in the middle of the night and seeing a creepy face sort of floating just above her. Scared the cream cheese out of her and she never forgot it. Your story reminded me of that, thank you :) I liked the comparison of the leering visage and the man in the moon.
Thanks! Though I’d love to see where someone else could take it. I didn’t flesh this out beyond what’s here. It was just a scene that popped in my head :)
Yikes. I feel bad for him and yet I also feel like he’s a bit of a wanker. Thank you for evoking such strong, opposite emotions about a character in such a short time. Good job :)
Wow. I really want to know why he was so jealous of the doll. The eyes that mock him, his own imagination making him almost believe the doll was real… That is some wonderful storytelling in a limited space.
I like thinking that Vashti was chosen from the audience rather than her being an assistant. If scary magician’s going to rip into someone, there’s an extra element of scary if it’s a willing (at least at first) participant. I really enjoyed this.
Wow Tad. I love me a ghostie story and this one was unexpectedly cool (By unexpected I mean I wouldn’t have come up with the ghost angle from looking at that bright, colourful pic. Not that I don’t think you can write a cool story. I know you can :) ) I love what you did with this. Saving it to my clippings thingie.
That was fantastic. Absolutely wonderful job. I want to heap praise on it because I’m not big on poetry normally and the bunny and the bird made me feel appreciative of it for the first time in a long time. Well done.
Hmmm. Ok I concede that it’s a lame challenge. Maybe something scary would be better for Halloween-time. Ah well. Thanks for posting your ficlet Bartimaeus :)
Er, to address White Hat, it wasn’t my intent to stigmatize a mental illness. I was just thinking about what it would be like if psychopaths really were a different kind of human and they coexisted with “regular” humans. Obviously in the ficlet format, there isn’t enough room to expand on the thought in one entry but in my head, there are good and bad psychopaths. This guy in the story could be a bad one and maybe David’s talent is telling the good from the bad. Who knows.
I read an article about psychopaths the other day (this one: http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=936) and this sentence in it struck a chord with me and I’ve been percolating on it ever since:
Some psychologists go so far as to label the psychopath “a different kind of human” altogether.
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On Nirvana!! [Part 2]
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On CherryPop Can't Save Them All:
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On From the Case Files of Celeste Bellini, Vampire Psychiatrist: The Liam O'Connor Sessions (4):
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On The Resurrection of Liam O'Connor, Part 4:
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On Love is a Battlefield [Retro Music Challenge]:
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On Should I Stay or Should I Go... Capital W's Retro Music Challenge:
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On Retro Music Challenge (My 100th Ficlet Challenge):
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On The Resurrection of Liam O'Connor, Part 2:
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On Where Wallace Landed:
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On Wallace:
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On The Death of Liam O'Connor, Part 6:
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On "Dude, You Almost Killed Me":
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On The Death of Liam O'Connor, Part 6:
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On Professional Consultation: Polish vs. Ghoulish:
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On Know Your Surroundings:
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On The Death of Liam O'Connor, Part 1:
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On The Discovery (A Knight Rider Fan Ficlet):
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On From the Case Files of Celeste Bellini, Vampire Psychiatrist: The Liam O'Connor Sessions (2):
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On Desperate For Attention:
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On From the Case Files of Celeste Bellini, Vampire Psychiatrist: The Liam O'Connor Sessions (Crossover Challenge):
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On Zombies Are People Too:
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On It Was Me:
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On Sanctuary:
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On The Box [Melia's Scary Challenge]:
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On Mundane Moments Made Magnificent - a Challenge:
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On Ode To Ziggy Stardust:
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On A Godawful Small Affair:
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On The story of Johnny Fox (pt. 1):
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