Ficlets

`crayola.'s published ficlets

18 Years [64K Challenge]

by `crayola. about 1 month ago 75 1 2

The day’s finally here, I’m now 18, so why am I suddenly so scared?
Babies [Name Challenge]

by `crayola. about 1 month ago 75 5 4

My hand on my ever increasing belly, my husband holding me around the waist as we walk through the nursery. The cries of the …
I Don't Want This

by `crayola. 2 months ago 31 0 0
Stump the Sovohobo (Challenge)

by `crayola. 2 months ago 42 0 1

How could one go about stumping the Stovohobo? Is it possible, is it right?

I could ask him of physics and calculus, but tha…
Resilience (18 to 1 Challenge)

by `crayola. 2 months ago 41 1 1

The cold tears stain the fresh pillow, the girls long slender body the is curled in a ball.

Her heart is cracked, bleeding, ...
She is Sleeping Now

by `crayola. 2 months ago 26 1 1

She is sleeping now.

I can’t help but watch her drift in and out of dreams. I wonder what world she has fallen into. Is her…
Let Faith Prevail

by `crayola. 2 months ago 27 0 0

life moves so swiftly,
it takes and it gives.
what starts out so beautiful
just ends in tragedy.

how are we supposed to be…
believe (six word challenge)

by `crayola. 3 months ago 90 0 1

i loved, i laughed, I BELIEVE.
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Infinite

by `crayola. 3 months ago 25 0 2

Coney Island in the off season. It’s gray and bleak, the rides wet from the rain, the lights turned off. Everything is in slo…
`crayola.'s 50 ficlet challenge: A Unique Love Story

by `crayola. 3 months ago 110 1 7

50 Ficlets!

So, according to tradition, I must devise a challenge.
For my fiftieth ficlet challenge I want you to write a lo…
Cutting

by `crayola. 3 months ago 46 3 7

I watch the blood. I watch the crimson fall from my arm. It no longer hurts when I do this. It feels good, it is relief. The …
Little Red Pills

by `crayola. 3 months ago 32 1 3

Spilled out in front of me they taunt me. They asked if I am going to have the courage to do it. A glass of water, an empty h…
Little Boys

by `crayola. 3 months ago 33 2 2

Little boys are dirty. Little boys are destructive, violent and evil. Boys are horny and perverted, and just plain horrible. ...
Every Night I Pray

by `crayola. 3 months ago 18 0 0

Every night I pray. I bow my head and close my eyes and pray to God, if he exists, if he cares. I don’t know why I still do t…
Hourglass

by `crayola. 3 months ago 25 0 1

writing this on an hourglass
because time moves just a little too fast

for me to be steady
carefree, and stable

writing thi…
5 Things - Edited

by `crayola. 4 months ago 26 0 0

5 Things – An Edited Version

1. I don’t know how to trust people anymore.

2. I love my ficlets family. Everyone here has be…
What Happened?

by `crayola. 4 months ago 21 0 0

As I read over my old entries I mused over what I’d been like in high school. I thought back to what had happened and what ha…
Religion: The Journey Back [3]

by `crayola. 4 months ago 18 0 0

Lily shuddered at the voice; she thought she was alone. Choosing to stay silent she didn’t respond, hoping she could concentr…
A Letter To My Ficlet Loves

by `crayola. 4 months ago 286 1 4

I found this site thanks to a real world friend to invited me to join. She im’ed me one night with the link and said it was a…
Romantic at Starbucks

by `crayola. 4 months ago 19 0 0

Sara went through her schedule absentmindedly. She was still in a daze about what she had done the night before, and she want…