Pockets' published ficlets
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The Logic of the Illogical
A rather dusty looking gentleman to my right piqued my interest when he told us his approach to love. He said that since love…
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Stones from the Writer's Block
“It was a dark and stormy night.”
Frustrated, Alan threw down his pen and ripped the page out of his notebook. Another worth…
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A Squandered Future
I already know what will happen.
Caressing your face, gazing into your eyes. You look so innocent, and naive. Unknowing of t…
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Time Flows with the Wind
As Sara lingered on her lover’s lips, she became aware, that they had gone stiff, almost rigid. Confused, she withdrew for a …
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Jack and Dave
I don’t remember my friends, but I remember I had them. We all had a certain delight in catching butterflies in nets, then re…
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Failsafe
John’s grandfather hadn’t thought of the potential consequences of his actions, and neither had his partner, but they’d made …
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The Problem with Inertia
Sam cracked open his eyes. He was still on the same road, and for some reason, lying on the ground to its side. He also had s…
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Sadism and Masochism and Explosions, Oh My!
So Future Sam had apparently delivered a future newspaper to his ex-girlfriend. In order to cause problems for himself. Would…
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Empty Switch
So evidently flipping the switch was not among my better list of ideas. Strange, and disobeying the traffic signs had always …
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Healthy food
One has to marvel at the general ingenuity of companies whose primary goal is to remove your money from your pocket. Througho…
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Side Effects of Perfection
The problem was based on the ingenuity of the engineers of the past. John’s grandfather had figured out how to gather energy,...
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Trash Ejected, Soul Acquired
The bullet hit me straight on in the middle of the forehead. Almost immediately I knew I was dead. But… for some reason I w…
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Time's Ripple Mars Skepticism
The link loaded into a rather stereotypical Ebay page. Sam winced at the overdone flashing banner ad, and quickly scrolled do…
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Flights of Fancy Part II
That was fifty years ago. Most of us have never touched the ground. Up in our own dwellings, we cannot grow food because we h…
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Flights of Fancy
In stories, children always complain about the rules. They have flights of fancy about staying up at night and having extraor…
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