upintheclouds' published ficlets

  • forgotten Inspired by a photo

    her shoes hit the brick alley way. her body slamming into the cold dense walls. her arms flail out in helpless motions.

    *fas…

  • pitter patter Inspired by a photo

    pitter patter

    rain, your pitter pattering
    streams of water litter
    streets, alley ways.

    your pounding splashes
    of water …

  • trecherous waters Inspired by a photo

    winding winding up they go
    voice drifting fading away

    deserted now, all alone
    what can you do
    all alone in the dark?

    tempat…

  • Yellowish-Orangey-Red Inspired by a photo

    The sky fills
    With colors that
    Streak across
    The sky.

    The Sun reaches
    The tips of the
    Pine trees.
    Spraying them with
    It’s …

  • plotter's field Inspired by text

    Dewey stared at the clock, for at least the hundredth time in that same 10 minutes.
    _1 minute?? how could it have only been o…

  • house on the corner Inspired by a photo

    I’d hear tales of this place, the creepy house on the corner. Of posessed spirits and ghosts. Photographs that ‘followed’ you…

  • starlight Inspired by text

    _The door slammed behind him, and made him jump. The icy top resulted in him falling flat on his face.
    As Dewey started to g…

  • young love Inspired by a photo

    don’t you just hate it.
    yeah young love can
    be sweet, but for how long?

    you go out with a person
    for a day, and you wait
    anx…

  • flicker Inspired by a photo

    he came up out of nowhere.
    practically out of thin air.

    the stinging pain of his knife
    paralyzed my body as i
    sunk to the d…

  • rooftop Inspired by text

    Dewey laid down on his bed, exhausted from the night’s work. His list for this evening had included: dinner, vacuming the thr…

  • sequal to the list <-- Inspired by text

    again sorry for any inconvienance. but there are currently three prequeal. the first is new beginnings, new beginnings part I…

  • front covre Inspired by a photo

    I stand there on
    the platform waiting.

    The blaring lights
    bounce off the tiled
    walls as the train
    comes to a screeching
    ha…

  • zoom Inspired by a photo

    Have you ever zoomed
    Down an aisle in those
    Really old shopping carts?

    Leaning one way or
    The other, in between people
    And t…

  • completion

    Have you ever
    Done something
    You wished you’d
    Never even started?

    “It’s too difficult,
    It’s not fun anymore”

    Seem familiar…

  • first crush

    It’s the new kid,
    Or the football player,
    Or the math wiz,
    Or book worm,
    That makes your
    Heart flutter.
    You like his smile,
    O…

  • new beginnings Inspired by text

    “There for,” the judge continued, “I grant custody of Dewey Sherwood,” he glanced quickly down at Dewey, “to his biological m…

  • new beginnings-part II Inspired by text

    Dewey quickly loaded the bags into the trunk of the cab. And swerved back to just approach the door before mrs. s. He swung i…

  • sequal to the theatre --> Inspired by text

    sorry for any inconvienance but this got screwed up and there is more to this story if you want to read. please search for my…

  • the theatre

    Dewey’s eyes searched for his ‘masters’ thininng-haired aging face, as the passenged departed the train. His newly appointed …

  • loss Inspired by a photo

    In the last few days i could see the end was near. His fragile body was limp and his unforgettable perky ears lost their perk…

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