This is my first challenge, so I wanted to make it a good one. I think it’ll be fun.
There are basically three rules to this…
A sequel to Major Arcana: Tarot Ficlet Challenge
This is my first challenge, so I wanted to make it a good one. I think it’ll be fun.
There are basically three rules to this…
A sequel to Major Arcana: Tarot Ficlet Challenge
Jenny laughed. “You guys are all the same.”
“Trust me luv,” Gates replied, sporting the infamous grin that had soaked pantie…
A sequel to The Man Out of Time Meets The Girl From Everywhere
Gates watched helplessly as death pirouetted down the hall, trailing smoke and flame.
Aware that he’d never get a shot off b…
A sequel to Regrets? I've Had a Few...
“Doc,” Jenny said, gesturing at the missile that hung frozen inches away, “we don’t got time.”
“What was your name again?” G…
A prequel to Good Girls Go to Heaven, Jenny Goes Everywhere
But then she got an orgasm and just couldn’t control herself. Her knees hoisted Toby’s head further into her vagina. He then…
A sequel to toby sex
Frank cautiously poked at the strange creature and then lifted it by the scruff of it’s neck. I watched as he walked down the…
A prequel to Finishing The Beasts
Perhaps if she was still alive, she could help me recover from the accident….
A sequel to Experimental Ficlet No. 15
....It’s strange, but I seem to see her everywhere these days….
A prequel to Experimental Ficlet No. 17
This very ficlet marks my 600th. But I’m proudest of my amount of comments – I recently got to 1400. Thanks to the supremely …
A sequel to The Scavenger Hunt Challenge!
He watched as his bride died before his very eyes.
He knew this day was coming, knew it all along. He prepared in advance fo…
A sequel to The Way It Had To be
All of reality seemed to shake and shudder, like someone trying to knock down a locked door.
A locked door the size of the e…
A sequel to Wings Like Fire, Voices Like Thunder
The velociraptor looked up at Simon, still not sure if what he was seeing was truly his God, his Father.
*“Listen to me, Son…
A prequel to From Death To Life
“If he doesn’t bring my beloved back to me, I’ll kill everyone,” Lillith snarled. The minions shared a menacing grin.
“Wha…
A sequel to Peachy-Keen Apocalyptic Times [Part of "Five Years Later: A Simon Story"]
The cosmic shimmy had died down after the the Angel spoke, so Angela decided it was worth the risk to sneak a peek.
She crac…
A prequel to Taking Sides
Gates turned the corner in full sprint, and skidded to a stop. “Bollocks!” he shouted. Another hallway. Another dead-end.
Ga…
A sequel to Breaking Up is Hard (Though Rocket Launchers Make it Significantly Easier)
Jenny laughed. “You guys are all the same.”
“Trust me luv,” Gates replied, sporting the infamous grin that had soaked pantie…
A prequel to The Man Out of Time Meets The Girl From Everywhere
“I need you to find me…A Virgin, female, velociraptor.”
Lucifer VI looked up at the deity and raised an eyebrow and opened…
A sequel to Jesus, I Am Your Father
Life is like poem,
happy or sad.
Its just how you live it that you decide your faith,
I go through life with a positive attit…
A sequel to Life is Like a Poem
As you may know, Monday the 10th is the International Day of Awesomeness (there’s a link in my profile). The idea is to do …
A sequel to Do Not Enter This Most Awesome Challenge...Today
Many writers claim that the characters are more in control of the story than the writers themselves. To this end here’s a lit…
A sequel to Character Generator
Hi, everyone. I’m the Storykeeper of Fae, and I’m addicted to Ficlets. This feels good, knowing I have a problem.
I do have …
A sequel to I Have a Problem (Ficlet Addict Support Group Meeting)
You fervently jostle Zoe and Joe awake as the pirates’ heavy footsteps tramp nearer. They blink away the sleep from their eye…
A sequel to Run! Run For Your Lives!
You decide that you’re hallucinating and ignore the singing and blond haired mirage. You go with Zoe and Joe to inspect the o…
A prequel to Inspect The Creepy Pirate Ship
The polar bear begins to move towards you. Thinking on your feet, you grab a wooden stick and begin swinging it wildly. Amazi…
A prequel to Stand your ground and fight
“RUN!” you shout. Before long, you’re rushing through the jungle. Vines and branches thwack against you as you zoom past, b…
A prequel to Run
“Down the hatch!” you yell. At your insistence, Zoe goes down first. Joe follows. But there is not enough time for you to get…
A prequel to Down the Hatch
As you look at Joe and Zoe, you realize it may be best to stay and find out what’s going on. Of course you all realize what…
A prequel to Figure Out What's Going On
You decide that it would be best to just run.
Zoe and Joe look just as confused about where to go as you are. They begin t…
A prequel to Run Like The Wind
You decide that it may be best to deal with the pirates now.
“Hey, Joe and Zoe, let’s just take our chances with the damn …
A prequel to Take Your Chances
I’m not like them at all.
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A sequel to Different {Six word Memoir Challenge}
Six-word-memoirs Challenge
37signals (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/846-six-sells) is running a story about “six word m…
A sequel to Six Word Memoirs CHALLENGE
Well, obviously we’d all prefer to fuck our way out of a fight at the bar, but sometimes that’s not an option.
A sequel to Are You a Lover or a Fighter
Yay! I hit 25 ficlets that means I get to issue my first challenge right? Okay well this shouldn’t be too hard .
It’s the D…
A sequel to Digital Age Challenge
Big Brother 204, NASCAR edition.
“Hi, I’m the clone of Julie Chen, returning for another season of Big Brother on CBS. This …
A sequel to Terrible Fanfiction Generator 1-ish: NASCAR & Big Brother
Is there just one normal, average everyday thing some people do that you just think is a mortal sin?
Describe your perfect b…
A sequel to Nouvelle Bardot's Random Act of QUIZNESS
Okay guys (or girls), here is lucky number 7-question quiz that I hope you can enjoy (some questions are weird, but bear with…
A sequel to The Awesome Quiz!!!
Zac Efron answered his cell phone, it was The Steven Spielberg
A sequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (8)
Write a 64 character ficlet that is captivating and imaginative.
And the winner is . . .
WOW the 1st got here really fast -...
A sequel to Exact minimum length ficlet [And the winner is . .]
He stood by the grave. When she rose, he smiled. “Welcome back.”
A sequel to Rise up (Minimum length challenge)
Plus que ca change... She is still frigid, in a different way.
A prequel to Plus que ca change, plus que c'est la meme chose
1. I’m afraid that everybody hates me, I’m annoying, and dumb, and…
2. I wish that everything in my life could just be “no…
A sequel to A New & Improved 5 things I've Never Told Anyone, with a few touch-ups
This is “Six Men I’d Do if I Were a Whore.”
Since I mentioned this one in a comment already:
1. Martin Luther. He did say…
A prequel to Something Smells Like Fish In Rome (6 men I'd do)
Greetings and salutations, my fellow Ficleteering Fans of Fright,
Allow me to introduce myself. I am known by the _nom de pl…
A sequel to An Open Letter to My Fellow Ficleteers Regarding My Story "ScapeGoat" — Part 1
It was horrible.
Horrible. And terrible. It was so soul-destroyingly awful that mere words can not express just how mind…
A prequel to ScapeGoat [Worst Ficlet Challenge]
This letter is directed at all of you “squares” out there who don’t understand the true meaning of horror.
Ghosts aren’t hor…
A prequel to An Open Letter to My Fellow Ficleteers Regarding My Story "ScapeGoat" — Part 2
Yeah, it finally happened.
My 100th ficlet.
And, as so many before me, I am going to issue a challenge. Really, I’m going t…
A sequel to The Ficlet Quadrathilon (Fyora's 100th ficlet challenge(s) )
It was horrible.
How long was this going to go on?
He tried to mentally conjure Maria McBane, Playboy Magazine’s Playmate…
A prequel to [Worst Ficlet Challenge] No One Ever Feels Sorry For Me
Writing great comments is an important part of being a great Ficleteer, wouldn’t you agree? In my opinion, nobody gets it bet…
A sequel to [CHALLENGE] I'M IN THE MODE FOR LOVE
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A prequel to Copycat Challenge Challenge
My name is Yoda
That’s what I told-ya
Come an inch closer and I’ll smoke-ya
with my light saber or a _jedi mind tric…
A sequel to The YodaOnCrack Rap Song
Tad Winslow’s got ryhme heat
Like bringing a gun to stab street
No one can compete
when what I say is complete
I’ll have your…
A prequel to (YODA ON CRACK"S SEMI CHALLENGE) Self Indulgent Rhyme
_Well, I’ve got a mini-Lucifer now, the only problem is he’s happy and enthralled with me, not bitter and hateful like he sho…
A sequel to Back? To Nothing?
God, was he stupid?
Luc looked around himself, and was a little disappointed. He had hoped there would be something more i…
A prequel to The Deceiver Begins His Deception
“Don’t listen to her,” Angela’s soul whispered to Simon. Simon had the unsettling feeling that Angela’s voice was growing f…
A sequel to The Proposition {Part 2}
Even now Lilith was angst-ridden regarding being underestimated. And yet this, her pride of power, had blinded her; it was sh…
A prequel to Metatron waits
Everyone stared at Lilith. No one moved, except Simon, who raged against his bonds, tears in his eyes.
“This girl is special…
A sequel to The Proposition {Part 1}
“Trade? What could I have that you would want?” Simon asked.
Lilith smiled. “You don’t have it, exactly, but you are the onl…
A prequel to The Proposition {Part 3}
The little witch-doctor fell to the floor, his body already stiff and cold, his eyes the color of sour milk. Very distant and…
A sequel to How Lilith Got Her Groove Back
“Don’t listen to her,” Angela’s soul whispered to Simon. Simon had the unsettling feeling that Angela’s voice was growing f…
A prequel to The Proposition {Part 2}
The Baron approached Lilith, a grim smile on his lips, vengeance on his mind. Where he got the bottle of rum and the cigar, n…
A sequel to The Baron's Last Exorcism
Everyone stared at Lilith. No one moved, except Simon, who raged against his bonds, tears in his eyes.
“This girl is special…
A prequel to The Proposition {Part 1}
She dares command me? Lilith thought, barely noticing that her body had involuntarily stepped towards Winters. Me? A God!...
A sequel to The Kiss
The little witch-doctor fell to the floor, his body already stiff and cold, his eyes the color of sour milk. Very distant and…
A prequel to How Lilith Got Her Groove Back
For Winters, only two things mattered: her work with the Bureau, and her devotion to Blake.
She and Blake continued their ex…
A sequel to Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 2]
Lilith, possessing Angela’s body, turned to the offending creature. How had she not noticed this? Lilith thought. _Magick, ...
A prequel to The Cleaner Arrives
Blake poured himself into Agent Winters, copy-and-pasting himself into her memories.
Kind of like in the movie _Forrest Gump…
A sequel to Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 1]
Rough hands tore Blake away from his lip-lock with Agnes— Special Agent —Winters, breaking his psychic connection. The Eye …
A prequel to The Scarlet Woman Ascendant
“Babalon is sex magick, Blake,” Simon said, warily. “You don’t really expect me to, you know…”
“You’d better not!”, Angela…
A sequel to The Eye of Babylon
For Winters, only two things mattered: her work with the Bureau, and her devotion to Blake.
She and Blake continued their ex…
A prequel to Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 2]
“An exorcism won’t work,” Blake replied to Simon, directing his steely gaze to the possessed body of Angela.
Lilith — in the…
A sequel to The Scarlet Woman
Blake poured himself into Agent Winters, copy-and-pasting himself into her memories.
Kind of like in the movie _Forrest Gump…
A prequel to Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 1]
“So, as you can see,” Lilith said to Metatron, pointing at the PowerPoint™ presentation projected on the screen behind her, ”...
A sequel to Lilith's Delay
While Dr. Gage writhed on the cold marble of the altar, Angela watched with a mixture of revulsion and sympathy. The flesh of…
A prequel to Technical Difficulties
It’s a rainy day in March. A meeting has been planned by a mysterious sect, it takes place on an outlying site in a dark cast…
A sequel to The secret sect of the noble men
Agent West watched as the men he assigned as priests for this ritual scrawled Dho-Nha equations across Dr. Stephanie Gage’s b…
A sequel to Waiting
Simon’s knees hurt. In truth, he hurt all over, but his knees were the body part he was focused on right now.
They were all …
A prequel to Simon, Dead Girl and the Ghetto-Rigged Altar of Doom
“Oh, right. Dr. Gage,” Winters muttered. She was sick of playing the idiot for this bunch of amateurs, but it worked in her f…
A sequel to Double-Cross
“So, as you can see,” Lilith said to Metatron, pointing at the PowerPoint™ presentation projected on the screen behind her, ”...
A prequel to Lilith's Delay
“I’m a damned Woman in Black,” Winters said. “Why haven’t I heard about this stuff?”
“Dark, buried secrets lost in countle…
A sequel to Recap (Part II)
Agent West watched as the men he assigned as priests for this ritual scrawled Dho-Nha equations across Dr. Stephanie Gage’s b…
A prequel to Waiting
We all waited quietly for the end of days. A few short months was all the time we had left in the world. We chose to spend th…
A sequel to End of the World
“You!” Simon said, staring up at Winters, recognizing her from his vision.
“I’ll deal with you two later,” Winters said, reg…
A sequel to Alec's Night Goes From Bad to Great to Not So Good
The sprout had rapidly ascended to growing bark, to spreading out branches, to becoming a fully formed bush, to bursting into…
A prequel to The Burning Bush Returns
Alec’s side-real form ripped The Baron’s loa to pieces, and scattered it like leaves into the Æther.
In the real world, ...
A sequel to Everyone’s Got a Plan Until They Get Hit
Agent Winters dropped the shotgun to the floor and helped Blake to his feet. “You’re going to need stitches for that,” she sa…
A prequel to Ill Communication
“I’ve contained worse than you,” Agent Winters spat, her life essence escaping with her words.
“No, woman,” The Baron replie…
A sequel to Child of the Terror
“You!” Simon said, staring up at Winters, recognizing her from his vision.
“I’ll deal with you two later,” Winters said, reg…
A prequel to Alec's Night Goes From Bad to Great to Not So Good
“And by plan, I don’t mean inviting your weird-old war buddies over to bust shit up,” Simon said as he, Blake and Angela crep…
A sequel to Seriously, There Is A Plan, Right?
Angela tasted something bitter in her mouth; the flavor of pure adrenaline, overflowing from her body. My kind of game, she…
A prequel to Fanged Threat
She rode on the gentle caress of her brother breezes, the tiniest variance in direction rocking her non-corporeal form. Lilit…
A sequel to Lilith Descends…
Chokepoint 17 had fallen.
Dead and dying soldiers lay strewn about, some with their throats torn out, some ripped limb-from-...
A prequel to The Fall of Chokepoint 17
“There has to be more to life than this,” I thought to myself. Life can not just be work, eat and sleep. I rolled over to lo…
A sequel to Is This IT?
I’d never actually thought I’d go through with it, but once I started planning, the pieces just started coming together. I’d …
A prequel to Middle Aged Woman Seeks Bank to Rob
Once Crowe had gone, Stephanie looked at the data again.
She had assumed that the infection spreading across Chicago turning…
A sequel to Dead Girl Superstar
“Hurry up,” April said, always in a rush. Her birth was predicted for the month of her name, but she was one day premature of…
A prequel to The Tale of Phil & April
Dr. Stephanie Gage leaned over the desk, checking infection simulations as Officer Crowe pumped away behind her, doing his du…
A sequel to Dead Girls Don't Say No
Lilith soared on wings of darkness, pausing only briefly; once, to visit the cot of a crying child. Lilith whispered, and it …
A prequel to One Thousand Strong
He must be exhausted to be thinking this way—these people had saved him from trial and execution, and blocked the opportunit…
A sequel to Catching A Fly (pt. 2)
Once Crowe had gone, Stephanie looked at the data again.
She had assumed that the infection spreading across Chicago turning…
A prequel to Dead Girl Superstar
“Alec, are you awake?”
Alec’s eyes snapped open. He was strapped to a table, bright lights shining in his face. “What the fu…
A sequel to Alec's Very Bad Night Just Got Worse (Pt. 1)
“She was there,” Simon stated.
“What was that, babe?” Angela asked.
“In the past. I was in the past. Here, ten, maybe twent…
A prequel to Back to the Present
“Are you serious?” West asked, incredulous. “We’re staring down the barrel of mystical contagion that turns people into frigg…
A sequel to Meanwhile, At an Undisclosed Location… (Pt. 2)
A cadaverous old man in a lab coat wobbled into view. His beady eyes were magnified ridiculously by his coke-bottle glasses, ...
A prequel to Alec's Very Bad Night Just Got Worse (Pt. 2)
“Agent White is dead,” Winters pronounced to Agent West as they walked, their footsteps echoing in the sterile hallway.
“Imp…
A sequel to Meanwhile, At an Undisclosed Location… (Pt. 1)
“Alec, are you awake?”
Alec’s eyes snapped open. He was strapped to a table, bright lights shining in his face. “What the fu…
A prequel to Alec's Very Bad Night Just Got Worse (Pt. 1)
Simon was still at the mercy of the out of control time-distorting effects of the mescaline.
Events happened out of sequence…
A sequel to Reruns
“Are you serious?” West asked, incredulous. “We’re staring down the barrel of mystical contagion that turns people into frigg…
A prequel to Meanwhile, At an Undisclosed Location… (Pt. 2)
She came on wind, her body inhabiting the night sky, as light as breath, as heavy as an afterthought. The city dwellers pulle…
A sequel to Advent
“Agent White is dead,” Winters pronounced to Agent West as they walked, their footsteps echoing in the sterile hallway.
“Imp…
A prequel to Meanwhile, At an Undisclosed Location… (Pt. 1)
Simon was at the mercy of the out of control time-distorting effects of the mescaline.
Events happened out of sequence, fast…
A sequel to Reruns
“What are you talking about?” Angela asked again.
“This disease, this infection, comes from the Cocytus,” Blake calmly repli…
A sequel to …Has Now Thawed.
“Agent White is dead,” Winters pronounced to Agent West as they walked, their footsteps echoing in the sterile hallway.
“Huh…
A prequel to Meanwhile, At an Undisclosed Locaton… (Pt. 1)
Simon turned around, facing an empty room. “Angela…I was…frak…time dilation…maybe hallucinations…” he muttered, collapsing to…
A sequel to Those You Leave Behind (Pt. 1)
The mescaline was still affecting Simon and he felt so much, too much. Sadness, joy, confusion, bliss, fear and regret… mostl…
A prequel to Refitting the Pieces.
Susie and Mary Beth each grasped one end, as easy as if they were holding onto a jump rope. Their teacher — Mrs. Stimple — st…
A sequel to Suffer the Children
Blake finally got his gun out, but his hands were shaky and his vision blurry. He raised the revolver as a figure entered the…
A prequel to Those You Leave Behind (Pt. 2)
The kug slithered towards the bed, until Simon restrained it with the deep song.
To the extent the kug was a reasoning t…
A sequel to Remorse
Where are your two bits? the hooded man — Charon — howled, his voice the darkness at the center of a void.
“Don’t got ‘em,...
A prequel to Purgatory
The Fed gave Crowe the willies. Once, he had woken up to find a huge spider crawling across his face; being around Winters an…
A sequel to The Night Chicago Died (Pt 2)
The kid was a good partner… possibly the best Blake had ever had. And Blake was going to make sure the kid survived, unlike s…
A prequel to Time is of Consequence
Chicago PD Headquarters was a madhouse. The city was tearing itself apart, and even the cops didn’t know what to do about it….
A sequel to The Night Chicago Died (Pt 1)
They found the woman, Dr Stephanie Gage squatting on the floor of her reinforced cell, brooding.
It had taken multiple blows…
A prequel to The Night Chicago Died (Pt 3)
The chubby hausfrau wriggled and moaned in Alec’s arms. Then her heart stopped and Alec was no longer interested. He dropped …
A sequel to Alec's Very Bad Night
The Fed gave Crowe the willies. Once, he had woken up to find a huge spider crawling across his face; being around Winters an…
A prequel to The Night Chicago Died (Pt 2)
Alec was starving. It had taken him too long to narrow down an appropriate persona for the task ahead – survival; but he had …
A sequel to Better Call The Plumber
Chicago PD Headquarters was a madhouse. The city was tearing itself apart, and even the cops didn’t know what to do about it….
A prequel to The Night Chicago Died (Pt 1)
Officer James G. Crowe’s day began like any other: his wife preventing him from sleeping late; a long shower, hoping to work …
A sequel to Crowe's Day
It was sticky and hot… and red, oh so red. And it was in her brain. It pulsated and spasmed, but mostly it screamed.
She was…
A prequel to Finis Dierum
Stella woke up in a dark, unfamiliar boudoir with a head full of hornets and a bad case of cottonmouth. “That goon doped me,”...
A sequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: The Chinese Squeeze
“Don’t be stupid, Frank,” Stella said. To make her point, she pulled the Derringer’s trigger. A jet of flame shot out, lighti…
A sequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: This Is What You Ask For, This Is What You Get
Stella almost laughed at the fat man, standing there half naked with his doodle dangling for all the world to see, until she …
A prequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Right in The Fruit Basket
Nelly whimpered.
Frankie threw the table out of his way and stepped toward the two girls, but before he could make another m…
A sequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Playing With Fire
Stella woke up in a dark, unfamiliar boudoir with a head full of hornets and a bad case of cottonmouth. “That goon doped me,”...
A prequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: The Chinese Squeeze
“Frak you,” Simon spewed. “Something worse…”
“Such as?” Blake asked, a bit confused.
“I was infected,” Stephanie replied….
A sequel to The Infected
Officer James G. Crowe’s day began like any other: his wife preventing him from sleeping late; a long shower, hoping to work …
A prequel to Crowe's Day
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t wait for ten more ficlets to write a challenge (they are, traditionally, made in increments of 50.)...
A sequel to Gumshoe Challenge
Blake glanced at Simon, noticing he was rendering a glyph upon his hand with a Sha®pie marker. Blake didn’t know magic — like…
A sequel to Plot Thickening Additive
“Frak you,” Simon spewed. “Something worse…”
“Such as?” Blake asked, a bit confused.
“I was infected,” Stephanie replied….
A prequel to The Infected
In honor of publishing my 69th ficlet, I’m getting on the band wagon and issuing my own challenge.
You’ve all debated with f…
A sequel to Announcing: The Ficlets Casting Couch Challenge!
For the lead role of Stella Starr, plucky 1930’s girl detective, I would cast Veronica Mars star, Kristen Bell. When I …
A prequel to Stella Starr - The Movie {Casting Couch Challenge}
For the lead of Pirate Pete, badass pirate of the briny blue, I’d cast the 56 y/o Steven Seagal. Why? Cause I KNOW he c…
A prequel to YodaOnCrack's Ficlets Made into Movies {Casting Couch Challenge}
The role of Robert Blake, monster hunter and noir detective, easily goes to Bruce Willis (Die Hard, Sin City). Exact …
A prequel to Blake {[Casting Couch Challenge]}
Kate is your average woman (though slightly better-looking because the cameras are rolling and we want people to pay to see…
A prequel to An Apartment Between Them {Casting Couch Challenge}
When I saw the flickr picture of the guy in the bowler, Julian Sands as Dr. Thomas Davis in a late-1800’s London setting imme…
A prequel to The Chase Begins {casting couch challenge}
It’s not a regular series, cause there’s no ongoing story arc, and the individual pieces are more like random snapshots out o…
A prequel to Casting Couch Challenge for some Doublewide Damnation
My absolute favortie Australian girl, Emily Browning, simply must play Scarlet.
The role of Holden Thompson would be Rider S…
A prequel to Scarlet: The Major Motion Picture
The latest ficlet series I wrote is a three-part: “A Matter of Time,” “Once Beloved,” and “Lady in Waiting” with three major …
A prequel to Coming soon to a theater near you.. (Casting Couch Challenge)
I have found the perfect Jonathan/ Caspian!
He would be played by Bobby Coleman (Martian Child), and Winnie would be Maggi…
A prequel to Caspian: The Movie
Woo-hoo! It’s official: I’ve published 50 ficlets! This means a challenge is in store for you, kids. So here ‘tis…
Pick a …
A sequel to Wow, 50 ficlets! Must mean a challenge is in your future... (Lyric Challenge)
It had rejected her. She loved this… thing and it had rejected her, something that had never happened before. Enraged, she …
A sequel to A Goddess Scorned
Azrael’s face was colored like a rotten peach, but Blake continued to bring his fist down on it. “So, Oz,” Blake grunted, cat…
A prequel to …Two For The Show
“That’s the real reason you’re here,” Simon said.
“Come again?”
“You’re not here to tell me. You’re here to show me. Multip…
A sequel to Natures (pt. 4)
Her hands were wrapped around it’s shifting, twisting neck. Driven insane with hunger, she madly and futilely attempted to ch…
A prequel to She Always Knows Just the Right Things to Say
Simon screamed in pain, his retinas were on fire and he had no clue what was happening.
“Oz,” Simon heard Blake say.
“Hell-...
A sequel to Old Friends
Blake started to run after Simon, but stopped abruptly. “Okay, that’s enough,” Blake shouted to Oz. “I’m tired of being in bl…
A prequel to And Back Again
“This War guy,” Simon whispered, crouched in ankle-deep mud beside Blake, “he, like, shifted this neighborhood into a pocke…
A sequel to The Stakes (pt. 1)
The neon sign’s pale red light distracted Oz. After so many years of enduring the flickering glow, he thought it wouldn’t aff…
A prequel to Just Another Day At The Office
Simonereeled, almost swept off Her feet by the gorgeous being before Her.Four faces sharing one head, a single looming v…
A sequel to The All In One
Simon stared at Blake, convinced he had completely lost it. “Come again?”
Blake sighed. “Human beings, us, we’re pretty much…
A prequel to The Stakes (pt. 2)
They would be coming for her soon.
The boy wizard and his ally, the mercenary. The conniving hemophage. The renegades, desti…
A sequel to So You Want to Be a God?
“That doesn’t make sense,” Simon screamed. “They’re the Four Frakkin Horsemen! How could they not take down a Gorram God?...
A sequel to Something In The Way
Gabriel found Michael in the same place that he usually found him: staring at the vacant Throne with a look of mixed longing …
A prequel to Heaven Has It's Say: An Interlude
“What’s happening? What was that?”
Blake couldn’t answer the boy yet; he knew that sound, but from where. Even the air was d…
A prequel to Hell Comes To Chi-Town
War, Pest, and Big D were on the ground when Olympus exploded, but Famy’s hog went wheel over wheel ten feet off the ground a…
A sequel to Olympus Exploding
Alec propped himself up and looked around. Maybe he’d been hurt worse than he thought: what had been a nice, quiet street was…
A prequel to Alec Meets The Horsemen Again
Old Mister Zee, the owner, came bounding around the counter, a huge grin on his face. He greeted Alec with a heavy clap on th…
A sequel to Mutual Assured Seduction - Part 1
He was still wondering what the splash of blood they had just found meant when an “um, Blake?” made him look-up at a three-ri…
A prequel to From Here to Eternity
The place was called Olympus.
It looked like it had been there forever.
Posters from the 70’s with pictures of Gyros hun…
A sequel to God Is In The House
Alec grew bored watching the Pre-Hellenic Heartbreaker and the Soul Sucking Hell-Bitch make sheep’s eyes at each other. He tu…
A prequel to Mutual Assured Seduction - Part 2
“Tardis. Doctor Who. Bigger on the inside than the outside. Ring any bells?”
“Nope,” Blake replied. “But this is all inconse…
A sequel to The Protagonists Have A Plan
Old Mister Zee, the owner, came bounding around the counter, a huge grin on his face. He greeted Alec with a heavy clap on th…
A prequel to Mutual Assured Seduction - Part 1
It was rare to find a place where no one noticed a man wearing a trench coat in the middle of Summer, but that’s why Robert B…
A prequel to Booze & Babes — The Bad Beginning
Now I bet these here fellas look right familiar to you, an’ I reckon there’s a reason for that. Ya’ see, this here is the mos…
A sequel to The Tale of the Former Horsemen: An Interlude
They follow I80 west across Pennsylvania and Ohio, miles ground up under the wheels of their choppers and spat out behind. Ri…
A prequel to Interlude: The Ride
Big D. roared into the garage and hit the door opener; dismounted, grabbed the plastic bags in two huge fists and went in. Ex…
A sequel to Meanwhile, In A Converted Firehouse In NYC
Alec and
Simonetook a cab.But first, they took the cabbie.
When
Simonehiked up her dress and straddled the poor bas…
A prequel to Orgasm Addict
While Blake’s voice leapt across the aether and over the nodes of cellular providers, Alexandru Constantinescu (b. 1427, d. -...
A sequel to Introductions In An Alleyway
“Wait—what?”
Blake stopped thumbing his cellphone. “I’m giving the Hell’s Angels a heads up… They control most of the U.S. o…
A prequel to Not In Chicago
“Never seen one before?” Blake asked.
“What
” Simon replied, confused as to the exact topic.
“A dead body,” Blake continu…
A sequel to The Dysfunctional Duo
The priest led Simone down the street. It occurred to her quite suddenly that if he tried to take her onto hallowed ground sh…
A prequel to The Walk Home, Interrupted (part one)
Blake motioned the bartender, then returned his attention to the beauty next to him. “What’s your name?” he asked.
“Simone,”...
A sequel to Hell Hath No Fury
“Never seen one before?” Blake asked.
“What
” Simon replied, confused as to the exact topic.
“A dead body,” Blake continu…
A prequel to The Dysfunctional Duo
What Bob wants right now is to strangle his ex-wife. Between her bitching and the – other thing, Bob was losing it.
“That…
A prequel to Nobody Puts Bobby in a Corner
What Bob needs is his AA sponsor. Instead, he drove down to the market on the corner of 13th and Central, the one with the ye…
A prequel to What Bob Needs
What Bob wants is a drink. His nerves were shot; he was shaking like crazy and he hoped his ex didn’t notice. He finally mana…
A sequel to What About Bob?
She’d lit the cigarette and gotten a few puffs in when she saw the car pulling around the bend. Damn. No way he’d let her s…
A prequel to What'd you think is in the bags?
What Bob wants right now is to strangle his ex-wife. Between her bitching and the – other thing, Bob was losing it.
“That…
A sequel to Nobody Puts Bobby in a Corner
What Tessa wants is one more cig. Not because she’s out, but because she’s probably going to finish the pack before they show…
A sequel to What Tessa Wants
The man howled in pain and jerked his hand away from the car window. “You fuckin’ bitch! I’ll kill your ass!”
Tessa’s heart …
A prequel to What Freddy Gets
What Josiah wants is one good song. Sure, he likes music, but he just wants an excuse to turn the radio up and drown these id…
A sequel to What Josiah Wants
Molly was seized as the Red Men closed in around her. “Earthers are strong,” the ringleader shouted, “even the women…” His wa…
A sequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode V: Radiation Day (Part 1)
Brenda could only wobble her head disgustingly when the girl closed her eyes, whispered “2007!” and vanished with a bamf.
...
A sequel to Crossing Ficlets #9: The Thieves Of Time Chapter 16 - When The Dead Shop!
We picked through the rubble of the destroyed Wal-Mart, finding no survivors, just melted clothes, electronics and household …
A prequel to Ficlets Challenge #11: The Cavalry Arrives
Molly was awakened by rough hands groping her in the darkness. She reached out and grasped the offending wrist, twisting shar…
A sequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode IV: Unbroken
Radiation Day? Molly thought, that’s why the sadist didn’t kill me. He wants to see how long I last in the Arena.
_Radia…
A prequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode V: Radiation Day (Part 2)
“I told you to walk this way!” said the joker to the thief, giggling as he dragged Molly before the golden throne of the self…
A sequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode III: On The Verge
Molly was seized as the Red Men closed in around her. “Earthers are strong,” the ringleader shouted, “even the women…” His wa…
A prequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode V: Radiation Day (Part 1)
Molly recognized the squad that appeared around her, swords and guns drawn, as “The Super Cruel”: The Space Lord of Mars’ per…
A prequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode II: Supercruel
“I told you to walk this way!” said the joker to the thief, giggling as he dragged Molly before the golden throne of the self…
A prequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode III: On The Verge
The Slut Machine was one of the most dreadful weapons ever conceived by Martian science. Exposure to it’s terrible radiation …
A sequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode I: Slut Machine
Stovohobo did it, and Laine P. Grey did it, and a whole bunch of other people I don’t know probably have, too, so now it’s my…
A sequel to Brick Wall's first ever contest (booyah)
Molly recognized the squad that appeared around her, swords and guns drawn, as “The Super Cruel”: The Space Lord of Mars’ per…
A sequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode II: Supercruel
Molly was awakened by rough hands groping her in the darkness. She reached out and grasped the offending wrist, twisting shar…
A prequel to Molly, Robin Hood of Mars Episode IV: Unbroken
Do you do laundry regularly?
Starting off with the good questions early, I see.Your favorite piece of furniture?
Seriou…
Do you do laundry regularly?
Huh? what’s laundry? is it like a sword?Your favorite piece of furniture?
Salim’s bed. much be…
Do you do laundry regularly?
The machine broke when a beam fell on itYour favorite piece of furniture?
I miss my bed*...
A sequel to In-Character Survey: Jack from "The Basement" (and its unsuccessful sequels)
What did you do last night?
Tried to evoke a succubus… for research purposes only, of course. Didn’t work, though. I’ll try…
“Hello,” you say into the headset. “Abrams, Quinn and Zelanski, Quality Felt-tip Pens since 1874; how may I direct your call?...
A sequel to A Diffficult Job, But It Must Be Done
“WHAT?!” you yell at the HR supervisor. “What do you mean I have to take a workplace sensitivity seminar? Murph came to m…
A prequel to The Beatdown
“Go back up front. Buy me some time.” Simon kicked the basement window until it shattered and the frame fell inward. “And get…
A sequel to Something Witchy This Way Comes
“As you wish, Cousin.” The Witchboy stabbed the last word at Simon like a knife. And Simon certainly didn’t appreciate it. ...
A prequel to A Digression for Discussion
“Frak you!” Simon screamed.
Sarah, startled, turned to him. “What?” she asked, her voice quivering.
“Mrs. B. was a _gorra…
A sequel to Feral Felines
Simon groaned. “Oh, crap. Not him …”
“Yes, Cousin,” came a voice from the shadows. “I have returned!”
From the darkness a…
A prequel to "…the strange creature called WITCHBOY!"
It was the first thing that caught her eye on the shelves of the health food store.
“Fritz,” she called to her roomate, “we …
A sequel to The Panda Paradox
Zooey glared around the aisle, “What is wrong with people?”
“He was kind of cute,” Fritz said looking from the guy to the in…
A prequel to The Panda Paradox: Bananas and Couscous
Akindra!
Once before had I smelt their kind. Once before had I seen a village massacred in a three day fit of bloodrage in…
A sequel to No Sleep for the Weary
I disdainfully gestured to the Akindra to sit. It smiled, what teeth it still had crooked and yellow even in the fire. It too…
A prequel to Parley With An Animal
Thomas got inside the barrel and stared at the hole from
inside thinking, _hmmmm, I’ve got a serpent of my own… I
wonder i…
A sequel to More Grog, Please!
While my PowerBook is getting juiced up it is my brand spanking new iPhone that is surprising everyone. It is so cool and so …
A sequel to conversing
The United States Portal Transport Sytem (U.S.P.T.S) had
evolved into a robust mode of transportation by the year
2017. Porta…
A prequel to The Rotten Apple
The harpooned sea serpent surfaced near the aft portion of the frigate, the thickset rope dangling from its underbelly. Its e…
A sequel to Sea Serpent Splash
Thomas got inside the barrel and stared at the hole from
inside thinking, _hmmmm, I’ve got a serpent of my own… I
wonder i…
A prequel to More Grog, Please!
Happy Canada Day! I want to be among the first to wish the US’s neighb…
Awesome, more often than not, gets quickly derailed by blue and red flashing lights. As soon as they lit up so did the car wi…
A prequel to Awesomeness Derailed
Behind me, Sarah gasped.
“God be good…,” The Priest whispered. He’d seen a few of these, and if this squicked him…
I shook …
A sequel to Simon's First Exorcism Part II: Red, Red Knives
I glanced at the Father, wondering when it would all begin. Knowing the liturgy from readings was one thing; but being here, ...
A prequel to Simon's First Exorcism, Part IV: Vade retro satana
The room stank. It stank like a toilet and the monkey-cage at the zoo. Puke, piss, sweat, shit and something else, too. I c…
A sequel to Simon's First Exorcism
“We’re too late,” The Priest muttered. “It’s already started to – to change her…”
I turned to The Priest and gave him a lo…
A prequel to Simon's First Exorcism Part III: If It Knows Your Name, Run
Behind me, Sarah gasped.
“God be good…,” The Priest whispered. He’d seen a few of these, and if this squicked him…
I shook …
A prequel to Simon's First Exorcism Part II: Red, Red Knives
As I looked at the ultrasound monitor, I wondered what my baby would look like. Would she look like her father? Would she loo…
A sequel to Hello, baby
I stand in front of my mirror every morning, just to see how big my stomach is. The doctor was amazed to see how fast the bab…
A prequel to Special [Dead End Challenge]
I wait until nighttime, when the whole compound is asleep, even the guard, before I make my move. I pack a light bag and wear…
A prequel to Escape
YOU HAVE NEW Q-MAIL
READ NOW? YES/NO/MAYBE
- YESDear Brian,
By the time you read this, the children and I will be gone. I’...
A sequel to Meanwhile: Even Superjudges Get the Blues
And this, friends, is where it gets hairy.
Dig it: the barbeque joint outside Fort Worth is a long, low building in a hickor…
A prequel to The Texas Two-Step Of Death
Ellie ran behind Gates. This was their usual routine: he’d run just a bit ahead, check it out, and if he got in trouble, she …
A prequel to Ellie Meets the Superjudge
Heather sat up on her cot. The daughter of the Doctor was a prisoner to the Daleks, and had been for the last 40 years. She …
A sequel to Heather
The Doctor stared at the man.
“So you’re saying this girl.. is my daughter?” He was skeptical, of course, even though Heath…
A prequel to Pawn or enemy queen?
Dear Martha,
As usual I’m having to pen a q-mail in a separate headspace while I’m still working. I wish I had time to write…
A sequel to Meanwhile: The Mind Of A Superjudge
Following the trail of blasted buildings and broken men, Gates finds The Superjudge.
“All right, squire, I know how this wor…
A prequel to The Superjudge! Meets the Smart-Arse Hairless Primate who Shagged His Wife
Gates watched helplessly as death pirouetted down the hall, trailing smoke and flame.
Aware that he’d never get a shot off b…
A prequel to Regrets? I've Had a Few...
Dear Martha,
As usual I’m having to pen a q-mail in a separate headspace while I’m still working. I wish I had time to write…
A prequel to Meanwhile: The Mind Of A Superjudge
I will agree with your concession if I get one concession also, it is that I get Africa.
_The fool, he thinks that Australia…
A prequel to A Conquest Designed
“Well, at least there aren’t any ghosts.”
“You know what would be funny? It would be funny if we were ghosts. Ow! What the…
A sequel to Hidden... In... The Shadows!
“I don’t think awesomest is a word, but we got bigger problems!”
“Dude, drop it like it’s hot.”
“Just in front of us, right…
A prequel to Enter the Brigands
“Nice kitties,” Simon whispered at the dozen-plus cats that had surrounded the trio.
“You heard that, right?” Sarah asked, s…
A sequel to Beware of Cat
Simon pressed his ear against the door, listening for any indication that Tommy was still alive. But all was silent; not even…
A prequel to A Short Intermission
“Oh-kay,” said Tommy, his hands covering his face. “I’m out of here.”
“Frak me,” Simon muttered. Light from outside reflecte…
A sequel to Cat & Mouse
“What the hell?” Sarah screamed, punching Simon on the shoulder, tears streaming down her face.
“Ow,” Simon said. “He’ll be …
A prequel to Anti-Cat Mojo
I hear a knock on my door. My mom says I have a guest. I walk downstairs, figuring it’s my friend. There, standing in the doo…
A sequel to Enchanted
I go to my school the next day, hoping to forget the entire dream. It was not really helping at all.
My friends are standing…
A prequel to Fairytale or Not?
Young readers, I am about to dominate the world.
No, ignore that, I am about to dominate the universe. I have a plan, young r…
A prequel to I will take over the world, I will... hey look a penny!
But that all changed. The band didn’t work out. Two of our band members started doing drugs. One over-dosed and died. We’re s…
A sequel to sequal 2 evolution of a band
Press Release: April 24th 2007
Pete Thompson, lead singer of When it Rains committed suicide earlier this morning. At age 25,...
A prequel to Obituary
Innocence by Scott
Narrator
“But for the Kroll, that was only the beginning…”
PFC Albert Wilson
“So, you know, I’m just sitting there with …
A prequel to The Horrors Of War (pt. 1)
Cassandra knew that once people found out about her abnormalty everything would be corrupt. School was coming nearer and she …
A sequel to The Girl With Wings
“But my wings are so small…”, she thought as she looked over the edge of the roof to the lawn below.
“Come on, you can do …
A prequel to Landing Aforethought
The couple next door were entering hour two of their marathon fuck-session as I lay awake, blowing smoke at the ceiling. It w…
A sequel to Up All Night
When I opened my eyes the next morning, I felt as if I hadn’t slept a wink since I sent myself to bed the night before.
I g…
A prequel to Morning
I gave Jenna the once over. Pale skinny white girl, early twenties, sexy in a dirty porno kind-of-way. Sweat dried on her ski…
A prequel to Up All Night, Part 2
It all started upside down....
“Do you ever think about our having children again?”
A puzzled look crept over my face as I cast a sidelong glance at her. I…
A sequel to olympian exile
Stella and Nelly walked up to Frankie Stein’s table in The Cotton Club, ignoring the pair of bodyguards that flanked The Unde…
A sequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Frankenstein's Mobster
Nelly whimpered.
Frankie threw the table out of his way and stepped toward the two girls, but before he could make another m…
A prequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Playing With Fire
“What a stupid idea,” Nelly Norton groaned as she and Girl Detective Stella Starr entered the legendary Cotton Club.
“Oh, dr…
A sequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Crashers at the Cotton Club
Frankie Stein was built like a baby grand. That along with the scars, the corpse-blue pallor of his skin, his cold, dead eyes…
A prequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: The Wrath of the Undead Don
What a stupid idea...
Stella and Nelly walked up to Frankie Stein’s table in The Cotton Club, ignoring the pair of bodyguards that flanked The Unde…
A prequel to Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Frankenstein's Mobster
The monkeys told me I'd find you here...
“I am not a monkey,” the female ape bellowed, her massive head shaking with rage, spittle spewing out.
“I’m not sure if I’m …
A prequel to Stella Star and The City of the Super-Apes: In Your Eye
Fluffy finished wiring the last connection. This was it. She was finally ready.
It had taken the longest time to track down …
A prequel to Operation: Gooshyfood
“Oh-kay,” said Tommy, his hands covering his face. “I’m out of here.”
“Frak me,” Simon muttered. Light from outside reflecte…
A prequel to Cat & Mouse
“What’s up?” A voice called out. Simon turned to see Tommy, the boy who sat near him in math class.
“Hi Tommy,” Sarah said. ...
A sequel to Of Witches and Heroes {Simon story}