Shiverfinger's published ficlets

  • Automaton II: Monitor Inspired by text

    Monitor listened in sleep mode as Cook lumbered off. The clock struck six.

    The smaller robot woke from its corner station, ...

  • Automaton I: Cook and Cleaner Inspired by a photo

    The dishes towered in heaps, festering and sprouting patches of furry mold. A rotten stench lingered in the corners of the ki…

  • Chain Lightning: Interlude I Inspired by text

    Sophia marveled at how beautiful the flowers were this summer. Flower boxes tumbling with blooms lined every main road of Mer…

  • Chain Lightning: Captain Inspired by text

    The crate’s warding sigla gleamed even in the ship’s shadows, traced by golden sparks. Intrigued by the spells, Lithilian ste…

  • Chain Lightning: Star Struck Inspired by text

    Buzzing filled Lithilian’s ears as she stepped on to the deck, but her mind was too sleep addled to notice. She pushed her ha…

  • Chain Lightning Inspired by text

    Dreams of inhuman skeletons disturbed her sleep, long boned and joints clicking. The skulls were horned and more like those o…

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