Amarantine's published ficlets

  • Soldier's Baby Girl Inspired by a photo

    _I am a soldier’s baby girl, conceived in pools of tears and abandoned hope. I am dressed in shiny war wounds and broken hea…

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  • Us Against Time Inspired by a photo

    We stood together at the front of his car, in the midst of a crowded parking lot on the hottest day of the summer. His arms w…

  • Us Against Time

    We stood together at the front of his car, in the midst of a crowded parking lot on the hottest day of the summer. His arms w…

  • Barriers

    So many people have so many hardships and obstacles running against them, and somehow they find some kind of hope to hold ont…

  • A Few Seconds in Wonderland Inspired by a photo

    This was our haven. We made it up a refuge for our love, a safeguard for what we held dear to each other. We’d drive out ever…

  • My Opinion on the Matter

    Technology seriously scares the shiitake mushrooms outta me.
    You can walk down the street, and see artificial life waves behi…

  • Back to School Again Inspired by a photo

    Walking down familiar cobblestoned pathways between stone buildings covered in greenery, I breathed in the fresh cold air and…

  • Two Worlds

    The waves crashed against sea-drenched rocks, shattering the silence with its morning greeting. The sun rose up slowly into c…

  • Waiting For An Apology

    I keep waiting for that phone to ring, waiting to hear his deep voice say, “I’m sorry,” with that laugh of his that reassures…

  • The Graduate: I Dream Inspired by a photo

    I dream of beaches, and I dream of setting suns.
    I dream of laughing friends, and endless fun.

    I dream of one true loves, an…

  • Their Night Inspired by a photo

    His hands trembled, faltered, was unable to hold on. He closed his eyes, willing his heart to return to his chest, wishing th…

  • Blood Type Inspired by a photo

    I wasn’t expecting such a sight. My heart thudded hard against my chest, my body buzzed and tingled. I felt dizzy with fear a…

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