[ wall.doll ]'s published ficlets
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A Crime Beyond Atonement
“No.”
She barely breathed it. It took a few seconds for it to take effect, and as it did his face, hopeful, nervous, and exp…
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On the Road to Anywhere but Here
I drive along the highway which- quoting now – isn’t much of a highway, just a glorified 4-lane stretch of road. There seem t…
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A Favor Below the Castle in the Air
They found themselves at the top of a short stairway leading down into a dim, earthen room. Jacques descended slowly, and thr…
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Faith, Fate, and Instinct
The gorgeous woman bolted up from her seat, blushing furiously and struggling to breathe evenly. Her eyes were wide as she co…
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Dandelion
I walked the streets, overwhelmed and mentally blinded by the feed of information coming in over my senses. The aurous screen…
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Experimental Ficlet #37
...And that’s when I realized: I knew exactly the people with the necessary skills to help me find them, and her…
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Forget Me Not
It was horrible. To see her family and friends in such agony was torture to her. She wanted to reach out, touch a hand, strok…
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Abby Talks Nonsense
Abby hesitated. She had to be dreaming.
“Well yes, people do. Animals usually don’t. Well, in their own language I guess they… -
Abby and a Donkey
Abby squinted through the darkness to try and see who was speaking. There seemed to be a faint light coming from somewhere, a…
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Abby at the Bottom
Abby fell and fell for what seemed like ages, twisting this way and that and snatching at the air to find something, anything…
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Meeting the Limnade
Menog and Uh found themselves wondering whether or not Ninik knew exactly where she was leading them. They had been traversin…
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You and Me, in a Blanket of Smoke
In my dream, the air is humid and hot. The smoke from the swamp fires is laying thick all over the city, and the light from t…
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Summer Stupor
Mia sighed. “What should we do today?”
Jack groaned. “It’s too hot to do anything, Mi,” he slurred, speech lazy from the opp…
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Puzzles in the Castle in the Air [pt. 2]
Jacques stood and stared, attempting to locate the source of the strange light, which appeared to come from everywhere and no…
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Myspace: a place for highly inconvenient spam protection
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There's No Use in Holding on to This
I used to have a rosebush like us.
Well, kind of like us. I think it was bigger and more real than us. But I like to think w…
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Struggle for Control of the Castle in the Air
“What could you possibly want to know that you have not already suspected?” Vale sputtered.
Roland loosened his grip on Vale…
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Conspiracy in the Castle in the Air
Roland was in a torrent of rage as he slammed the door open to Vale’s study. He marched across the room until he was but a fe…
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Forgive me, love.
Izzy sat by him, looking away, looking anywhere but him. She twirled a rose, absentmindedly pricking her thumb on the thorn. ...
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Not much of an apology ["this is just to say" challenge]
This is just to say that I’m sorry if I forget you. I’m sorry if I can put away your dusty pictures and old letters in a box,...
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