DisassociatedWord's published ficlets
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For No One and Another

The bus rolled down an embankment and most of the top was pulled off. All but three of the windows were shattered. Several pe…
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For No One

The sun had set hours ago, but it was still light when the short, blue-haired girl walked out of her house. She pulled a pair…
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Writings From Your Troubled Mind
A dozen stories, counting drafts, is nowhere near enough. Some people have hundreds. But somehow you know yours are always mo…
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Twisted Pink Tree

Tintilla walks barefoot through the field, heading toward a large twisted tree covered with pinkish leaves.
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Cynical Fish Story

Elana stood in front of the fish, watching them swim around. She was seven years old, and all she wanted was a fish. “Can I g…
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When the tide comes in
I used to stand at the edge of the sea at night, watching the waves crash in. I would stand there, my bare feet getting wet, ...
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Words of Love
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The End of the Catskill Game Farm

This was the last day anyone would be able to visit the Catskill Game Farm. The next day they’d start to send away the animal…
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Marmaduke's Hannukah

Marmaduke walks along the snowy road, muttering to himself. I shouldn’t have trusted him, he thinks sourly. He never cared; I…
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Strawberries, Pills and Alchohol

I’m so fed up with him beating me and swearing at me,
Clarissa thought. This is the last time, father. Her father had been an… -
The Blaming Girl

She saw him in the dim light, coming toward her. When he got close enough, he said, “Do you remember that day five years ago?...