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Part 1. The Epic Begins

by Pai Mei 6 months ago

The snow fell constantly on the Diamond Coast region, but mysteriously never acumulated to more the 6 inches. It coated the f…
Yep

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

“Hello, Jimmmy. I’m Dr. Grant. How did you OD on jelly
beans?”

“After I ate ‘em, my mind was blank, yep, as
blank as ever,...
Surrounded by Sea Serpents

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

With trembling hands, the small figure released the firing
mechanism of the harpoon, sending the slender foreshaft
into the …
I am a skeleton

by khepa about 1 year ago

Hello. I am a rattling skeleton. I am all bones, hanging down from the door.

I am stuck here for eternity. I don’t get to m…
The Food Sux in HELL!

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

“Hello Satan, Lucifer, and the rest! Aren’t you getting tired of
all this? Can’t you do better? You know I’m going to save th…
Fighting King Vorenus

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

Anung the black orc squared shoulders with the young king,
challenging him to attack. “Hail the mighty King Vorenus –
ruler …
The Mossman

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

He laid his aching head down on the soft green grass, letting the morning dew saturate his worn t-shirt and pants. The last o…
flicker

by upintheclouds about 1 year ago

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…
The Crow

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

He felt not the cold of the sharp wind that whistled through the trees, but the warmth of the trees themselves, as the Mossma…
The Three Factions

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“I have watched for countless years as the protection of the people lay nestled in the leaves. Great wars have been fought, c…
Stop the Car

by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

Everything is dark. The trees bend inward toward the road, creating a tunnel which almost completely blocks out the light fro…
1: "Welcome Aboard the Red Bell"

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“Gooood day every one good day, and what a truely remarkable day it is to take to the sky’s on a journey you won’t soon forge…
2: Intorductions

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“My name is Andy Karns, and im here to assist in the capture of the Thunder Hawk.”

“Hi, I’m Greg Piles, this is my wife Kath…
3: Albatros for Dinner

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

Bill Pillchard and Richard peck sat across from each other, next to Andy Karns and Sid Daughtry. The four quickly began shari…
4: Fly Fishing

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“Good Morning Mr. Karns, do you always get up this early?”

“Heh, I’ve never been able to sleep past 6. So captain, I am eage…
5: A Kiss in the Storm

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

The day went fast and the sun sunk below the landless horizon. As soon as it was dark, it began to rain, and heavy wind gentl…
6: Pray they're not Pirates

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“You should be getting back to your cabin now Emma.”

“Ron, the other JABs won’t try anything on us will they?

”...I’m sure …
7: Under the Euclid's Shadow

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

Emma akwardly knocked on the cabin door.

“Mr. Daughtry?”

The door opened, revealing Sid Daughtry looking tired in his Bathr…
8: Flight and Fight

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

“3, 2, 1”

Bill and Richard’s rifles fired at the exact same time, hitting 1 guard in the face and the other above his ear. T…
9: On the Run

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

Sid Daughtry, Captain Bell, and Evan stood nervously in the helm, keeping a hard eye on the following JAB . The wind was stil…
You Know Me

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

Sister Laura looked around the room, eventually fixing
her eyes on the circa 1959 Hi-Fi stereo situated precisely in
its cen…
Spider-napping

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

His long white fingers quietly pushed aside heaps of thick rose bush as he peered into the grave yard. The giant arachnid “St…
The Prey of a Pirate!

by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

The extended telescope focused in on the frigate. “English Trade Co.” read the blue lettering.

“Hows she lookin’ Capin’?”

C…
Evil Defines the Good

by Richard Peck 12 months ago

It wasn’t the whistle of wind past twigs or the soft grind of wet snow that haunted the Mossman’s leafy ears, but the Crows v…
Brazillian Brilliance

by Richard Peck 12 months ago

Picture a flip-book. In this flip book is a series of pictures that when quickly looked at consecutively make up what looks l…
No Survivors: Apocalypse

by Brainchild of Kristen 12 months ago

Despite the fact that Shelly had never seen a silo in person during her seven short years of life, she knew that the ladder o…
Van Mantra's Warning

by Richard Peck 12 months ago

On August 1st 09, millions of people woke up to “Good Morning America,” to find a smart looking man sitting with Robin Robert…
In Mantra We Trust

by Richard Peck 12 months ago

Ever sense the surprise broadcast on August 1st, Americans across the country, driven by fear, curiousity, or both, tuned int…
Mantra's Prophet

by Richard Peck 12 months ago

After commiting to trust Van Mantra on Aug. 9, people across America began to tape and tivo channel 527 just for the commerci…
Spirit of the Underdog

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

As the spade cut into the mossy ground, Mr. Jeffries tossed it
aside and began pacing along the back alleyway of the candy
s…
Clique Re-Vamped - paragraph1

by One Time, One Chance 11 months ago

“Muh-om, why do I even have to come meet these people?! I have important facial-ing to do!” I screamed down the stairs. “Lill…
My 100th Ficlet and a Message: Your Choice

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

“You need to calm down and be nice. We’d probably even like to read, write, and comment on your stories if you’d just tone it…
Van Mantra's Betrayal

by -LadyInRed- 11 months ago

Van Mantra had showed himself. Not by the road, as people had expected, rather, he was seen by all walking in from the desert…
We Were Not Ready, These Other Worlds

by tekisui 11 months ago

It was like King’s Captain Trips. Or Crichton’s Andromeda Strain. Or the historic Black Plague. There are no humans left. Non…
The Actor Who Smacked Her

by MeAndTheMoon 11 months ago

Whatever happened to Gregory Peck?
Carey Grant is no more.
Make a dirty joke, we’ll laugh till we choke
But monologues are a…
The First Sightings

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

On a brisk Saturday afternoon, October 20th, a boy out bike
riding along the coastline of Felixstowe, England looked up
and …
The Mind relieved

by SJHundak/S.J.Willing 11 months ago

Reading used to be my thing.

You know, slap down 20 bucks, sit in a crabby ol’ room with poor lighting and read for maybe an…
Love hurts

by Stoner 11 months ago
Smiles

by Nyomi 11 months ago

Nyra stared up at the starry night sky.

Looking over at her friend, Hiro, she showed some emotion. “I’ve never seen you smil…
Death

by Nyomi 11 months ago

Darkness loomed over the city like a blanket over a scared child.

This darkness did not affect Kyo. Kyo stood in the middle …
We're California

by [pens&feathers] 11 months ago

It’s you and me and the
Open road
In this old rust-bucket piece of junk

Happiness is what we blast
When the radio stations d…
Arrival Of A Legend

by T.F. Torrey 11 months ago

“But, Jack,” my mother said, “you like cats.”

“Other people’s cats,” I said. “Cats I don’t have to clean up after.”

The kit…
Us is More than a Memory

by [pens&feathers] 11 months ago

Us is more than a memory
And all those days I see swimming there in your eyes,
And all of those times you squeezed my heart i…
The Basement

by Yeah Write! 11 months ago

Jack rushed down the stairs with a paper grocery bag in his arms. He nearly made it down into the dingy, rank basement when t…
Sleepless in the Suburbs

by Saint Chuck 11 months ago

I’m lying in bed, listening to the new Killers cd. It’s at least 95 degrees outside, so my window is open to try and entice a…
To Catch A Thief

by Dew From Above 11 months ago

To Catch A Thief
I said this so you would do that. I did this in order for you to do that. I gave this so you would get that….
The Moebius Trip: Prologue

by BARomero 11 months ago

July 25, 2007

My Dear Students,

To recap, if you are reading this, then you know that our experiment was a success. Time tr…
They're coming

by Aaron McCall 11 months ago

But before the man was able to pick up the flashlight from the cot a Dog began to bark. “they’re coming for us.” “I think I h…
Orange Blossoms, Lava Rivers, and Balloons

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

Dalia the little girl giant clutched the group of multi-colored
balloons and smiled, delighting in her surroundings. Below he…
Scrumulus J. Caen (Part three: The Will)

by Fyora Cartagan 11 months ago

The will had explicitly stated. “My many fortunes I hereby bequeath to the man who inherits my shoes.”

Why hadn’t his father…
Artemis

by blueyedwonder 11 months ago

It was dark and quiet one night, in a simple, quiet town. Everyone was sound asleep in their beds-save for a cat. Silently i…
Climbing Fences

by [pens&feathers] 11 months ago

I’ve fallen into step with you and your electric green eyes
Broken through the fortress and the clever disguise
So you locked…
A Brief Glimpse Into the Mind of Fyora Macragge

by Fyora Cartagan 11 months ago

Wow, that’s interesting… I bet he could use some of my ideas that I can’t seem to use today.

Write up a note entailing sai…
The Endless Corridor

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

They didn’t call it the Endless Corridor for nothing. It really was endless, stretching off into infinity. In fact, it’s st…
THE BUFF / B52

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

“Her official name was the Stratofortress, but most people
called her the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat/Flying Fk/F**r/Fellow)
and…
Killing the Monster

by Pearls and Formaldehyde 11 months ago

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
With this stake
I deal the pain of the just

You’ve killed too many
Who didn’t have a clue
You’re…
The Catechism of Laine P. Grey

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Gosh, gotta get the cat off my stomach so I can type properly.

Read a couple of pages of Franny and Zooey. That Salinger’s…
The Day I Discovered Mugglenet: Part 9

by Phosphate11 11 months ago

The whole night I thought of nothing else. How could I? My entire family was getting annoyed after I began to repeat the same…
Waiting For An Apology

by Amarantine 11 months ago

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…
Back to School Again

by Amarantine 11 months ago

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

by Amarantine 11 months ago

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…
The Day The Sea Stood Still

by Space Rhinoceros 11 months ago

Van sat watching his glass of water, as the water inside made its way back and forth with the swaying of the ocean current. H…
The Messenger

by Space Rhinoceros 11 months ago

Jeff Carter had never seen a Van Mantra commercial,nor had he seen a Mezin Commercial. The only reason he was standing at the…
The Message

by Space Rhinoceros 11 months ago

The crowd stood silently and waited for “the messenger” to speak.

“I have come to inform all followers of Mantra you’re time…
Something's Burning

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Judas sat in the hammock next to Zooey, her one companion.
The two sat there, picking out the raisins from their cookies and…
Day by Day

by ekul kalig 11 months ago

_Day by day life goes on, another day and another chance to win your greatest desires, as in the girl of your dreams, you don…
Massacred by the Machines

by Richard Peck 11 months ago

The stadium continued to shake as the huge crowd ran for the concrete doors on either side of the field, most heading for the…
Charred... Everything

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

“What did it sound like?” Judas whispered.
“It sounded like… nothing. Like something you would hear outside your window, bu…
Buying Matthew Rielly

by Space Rhinoceros 11 months ago

Today’s the day that new Matthew Rielly book comes out…
Guess I’ll head on down to chapters…
“Hey Mr. Attendant I’m looki…
Trust

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

“What do we do?” Their eyes asked each other. For a minute, Judas and Zooey didn’t dare move.

“Where are we going?” Judas a…
The Return of Erin Blevins

by Space Rhinoceros 11 months ago

7 hours had passed since Jeff Carter had left the radio station. He now sat in the middle of a field on the outskirts of town…
200th Ficlet and a Question

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Here’s to 200! Deux cent! I think I should go back and sequel some of my old, forgotten ficlets. I started it off with “Peter…
Abrief glimps into the mind of The most awesome band geek 4 life!!!(H.H.)

by Sailor Emo 11 months ago

_Hmm… feelin like a change to day maybe I should change my pen name, how about the unicorn princess?? Nah too 80’s, OOH!!! ...
Ficlet the 51st, and a Challenge

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

Ok, well, I was actually going to do this for my 50th ficlet, but I hadn’t realized I had written it when I did. So anyway. T…
The Gangsta Rap

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

I got my homies in da hood,
Dressin’ bad, cussin’ good.

Ya’ll know you gangsta n’you got ankle-low pants!

I got my homies o…
3.The Order all over again (guest starring the Rakshana!)

by Sailor Emo 11 months ago

*...A very docile man staring back at her. He appeared to have been waiting. On his lap was today’s newspaper, and he was sea…

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