THX 0477's published ficlets
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Hope Don't, But I Do
Tilting my head back thoughtfully I said, “Marcy Delgatto.”
Chris looked around, “What was that, doofus?”
I gave him a hamm…
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Movements Beyond Human Control
Feeling the churnings of my mind descend to a lower organ, I slipped into the restroom and deposited myself in a stall. My he…
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Message in a Basement
Massive chest heaving deep breaths of anticipation, Agent Lefleur stomped out of the interrogation room, away from his quarry…
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It Wasn't Funny [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
“Come on, make me laugh.”
“No.”
“Make me laugh.”
“No.”
After a pause, Derrick repeated, “Make me laugh.”
Wendell sighed,...
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West to Adventure...Or Not
Sissy rolled her compact to the highway on-ramp, her younger siblings bickering in the back. The dreaded ride home from schoo…
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What Guys Want, The Other Point of View
Becca tried a little wave, but Jameson was too busy inspecting his beer.
“What are you doing?” Sassy queried testily.
“No…
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Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]
I roll out of the hammock onto warm sand. Eyes blinking in the tropical sun, I stroll into the breeze. With a smile I rap a k…
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Stella Star: Special Delivery
Eyes narrowed with focus, Stella noted the macaque’s long, pink face and fluffy hair. Assuming the sick Dr. Munroe had given …
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Stella Star and The City of the Super-Apes: Lovers Parted
Dr. Munroe shuffled to where his lover lay, stooping to kiss her furry head, “I shall return for you, my love.”
“Like hell y…
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Gramps and His Memory
“Freshen that up for ya, Dennis?” The waitress was loud, too loud for mid-afternoon. Dennis sighed when he realized he was ol…
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The Dragon and The Sphinx
The room fell silent save for the rhythmic tapping of Lady Huxtable’s boot toe on the wood floor. Her thin, nearly lipless mo…
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A Dance for Cole
Prim as ever, Cole sat in the metal chair, legs crossed daintily and the chair backed away at an angle from the bare table. H…
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Cops and Donuts and Other Cliches
The interrogation, such as it was, took place at the donut shop a few shops over. I almost laughed at the irony, but thank go…
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Off to the Body Bank
The ennui and drudgery of another day on the assembly line washed over Terrick Smith, robbing him of joy and sensation. His m…
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Small Things
Gordo’s scar, the one at the inner edge of his right eyebrow, was creeping toward the left eyebrow at an alarming pace. His b…
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On a Walk
Though the surface calmed almost as quickly as it had been disturbed, the water rippled quietly along. Tiny wavelets lapped u…
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Time on His Mind
4 girls. 4 months. and 22 days.
Slack-jawed and bleary-eyed Agent Lefleur sifted back through the notes, photos, reports, an…
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Vain Pursuits
De Grave wound his way through the London streets as he did most nights, from one privileged diversion to the next. He rounde…
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Numbered Beers With a Blue Collar Moebius
“You never let me do anything!” she shouted, stamping her foot with as much drama as her slight frame could muster. Her fathe…
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All Hail the King [Louise Madison's Hear Ye Challenge]
“ALL HAIL THE KING!”
And so they did, in echoing waves of adulation. The cry was taken up again and again, all the way fro…
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