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• Memories

  by blueyedwonder 11 months ago

  Gasping with exertion, she thrust Matt up onto the dock, her hands holding onto the edge for dear life. But she couldn’t hois…

• as i discover hope

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 11 months ago

  Something inside me rose, i don’t know what it was,
  i think about this new feeling, as i ponder on the thought i watch. And …

• When the Lightning comes

  by Lonely Boy in Virginia 11 months ago

  Greenish-grey stormclouds
  gathered above
  rain falls
  soaking the thirsty plants
  the sun tries to shine out from behind the clo…

• Childhood

  by someday_93 11 months ago

  What happened…

  To the times when crying was so simple? When tears could be fixed with something so simple as a kiss, a hug…

• Pockets

  by Daisy Miller 11 months ago

  The duck’s name was Gertrude, and she guarded the bridge. The cat’s name was Harry, and he wanted to cross the bridge.

  “Sto…

• loneliness

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 11 months ago

  i feel alone in this world,
  all by myself.

  maybe it’s just me,
  or maybe, i really am all alone.

  but sometimes, i get this l…

• She Had Just Moved In

  by Daisy Miller 11 months ago

  He used flowers like a drug, letting her inhale the pollen, hold the sweetness in her throat. He liked it when her fingers br…

• Harold

  by Daisy Miller 10 months ago

  Harold awoke one morning to find that he was dead. Being a rather optimistic person, he tried not to let it interfere with hi…

• My Wisdom Teeth have Arrived with Gusto

  by artistsrunwild 10 months ago

  I had a toothache last night.

  A temple-splitting headache that felt like someone was drilling a large hole through my teeth …

• The Events of Sunday the 30th of September: From a Pre-Lived Perspective

  by artistsrunwild 10 months ago

  I was sitting at my computer a second ago wondering why, all of a sudden, it was like Ficlets had stopped.
  I did some time-zo…

• High School Musical -- Barbie Style

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  The Cast:
  Gabriella-Barbie…Regan
  Sharpay-Barbie….Angie
  Troy-Ken…...........Regan
  Ryan-Ken…..........Angie

  *The Set…

• Get A Job

  by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

  “You have What??,” said Mr. Givengibbs to his college grad son, Corky.

  “Ergophobia,” Corky said in a knows everything way th…

• Where On Earth Did the Name Stovohobo Come From?

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  It’s a burning question I’ve been asked many times. People seem to be attached to this particular query, hurling it in forcef…

• Those Of Us Who Think People Care To Know Where Our Pen Names Came From... A Mischievous Plot Begun By That Squirt, Stovohobo... A Story of Yeah Write And How She Came To Be Yeah Write... A Ficlet of Epic Proportions

  by Yeah Write! 10 months ago

  Before her discovery of weemees from the magical land of weeworld (©, ®, ™, etc.) sponsored by aim (also ©, ®, ™, etc.), the …

• This X is Impossible

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  go
  read my palm
  please, conjure up the ultimate solution
  to this delicate conundrum

  “you’re a study in contradictions,”
  they…

• !yzarC eM llaC elpoeP emoS

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  .hseehS ?naem I tahw eeS .t’nsi sihT This is backwards. .em ton ,sdrawkcab etirw ohw yeht syawla s’tI ?sdrawkcab etirw I od…

• Public Service Announcement: Didaskaleinophobia and the Harmful Effects Your Child Encounters

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  Didaskaleinophobia. Every child in America is affected by this terrible sickness. They go through the pain, every single day,...

• The Denial of the Twinkie Addict Extroirdinare

  by Saint Chuck 10 months ago

  Okay, let me just say this right away. I’m not fat. I’m pleasantly plump. I just want to get back to my “before three kids” b…

• Long words

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 10 months ago

  She cringed at the sight of it, almost breaking down in tears. Wow, I thought what’s her problem?
  “She soooo has hippopotomon…

• In the Psychiatric Unit -- Destiny's Notebook

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  Kerri said just to write down how I feel. What happened. So that’s what I’m going to do.

  I sort of knew him, I guess. I mean…

• The True (Albeit Anticlimactic) Story of How [pens&feathers] Got Her Name

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  So one day, I stumble upon this fabulous website called Ficlets.

  Sign in through AIM. Okay.

  Oh. Insert pen name here.

  Pen…

• I'm Free, Free Falling

  by FourSeven 10 months ago

  This is a sequel (I guess) to the phobia contest post thing. I almost feel like I shouldn’t participate because I dont consid…

• In the Psychiatric Unit -- Kaitlyn's Notebook

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with school, and therefore a love/hate relationship with writing. Mom would always e…

• Break up post-it.

  by Velvet de Larousse 10 months ago

  “Just a note!?” I asked frantically.
  “Yeah,” Jimmster, by best bud, shrugged, “just a note.”
  I looked at the tiny peice of pa…

• Sphinxes Are Stubborn

  by Three Gryphon[s] 10 months ago

  I sighed.
  It had been five days since I had deserted my town, since I had deserted Evan.
  It wasn’t like me, none of it was….

• Dear Gossip Girl: I'm Failing Every Subject

  by argh-matey 10 months ago

  Dear Gossip Girl: I am terrified, and would you mind, if I sat next to you, and watched you smile?
  -FoB4Neva

  Dear FoB: Uhm…

• {Genre Ficlet} Drowned Tears

  by -PeacockQuill- 10 months ago

  Sara stared off into the lake,throwing a stone into it once in a while.Her eyes were filled with tears,showing you a reflecti…

• Hollywood Heroin

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  Notice: The people from the Gossip Girl franchise came and told me I couldn’t use the name anymore…so from now on, I’m Ho…

• The Insane Knight Finds a Head

  by Weirdology about 1 year ago

  The duo started to leave, but then a dragon walked across their path. It had a giant head in its mouth.

  “So that’s what kil…

• Cold Sparks

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 10 months ago

  The snow hit my numb face like little sparks, the sparks stung. But they made me happy. I came to this place often, it’s a ve…

• She and I

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  I can hear her sigh softly as she caresses me. I curse myself—how embarrassing it was for me to have such flaky skin, of a…

• Playlisted

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  1.) Just What I Needed – The Cars
  2.) Where Is My Mind? – The Pixies
  3.) San Francisco – Vanessa Carlton
  4.) You Get What You…

• What Happens When a Bored Kid Named After a Twisted Version of His Name and a Hobo Meets Music? Just About THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST EVER...Well, Maybe Not (But the Longest Title for a Ficlet Ever, Definitely)

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  1. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left—Andrew Bird (a recent find, great!)

  2. Thick as Thieves—Dashboard Conf…

• Just One More {Challenge: mundane object}

  by Tiggerstripn2 10 months ago

  As I waited in line at the supermarket, I noticed a woman with a small boy.
  She was pleading with the manager ;
  she had tea…

• Freedom Dies (Fin)

  by Blossom Ruoqen 10 months ago

  He thought he was doing what he’d always dreamt ‘bout
  but the worlds been around for a whole lot longer
  was he so naive to th…

• Third World Innocence

  by Saint Chuck 10 months ago

  Five year old Kaleb started sadly at the small bowl of rice that had just been handed to him for lunch. He carried the bowl b…

• Your color is red (Color Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  You wear all black, eyes lined in Kohl. Even your hair is dyed black, so dark it swallows the light. But your color is red.

  ...

• Not a Fairy Tale

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  Once upon a time…

  If only that was the way all stories started. If only this story was like a fairy tale…but it is not…

• Happy, and you know it.

  by RunningWithScissors 10 months ago

  The sucky Friday was instantly brightened- as it was any time she saw Marl.
  He was classic with a few dents and bruises, muc…

• I'm A Foreigner And I Don't Speak German Well [In German!]

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  Ich bin Auslander und spreche nicht gut Deutsch..
  Ich bin Auslander und spreche nicht gut Deutsch..
  Bitte sprechen sie doch l…

• Free-men

  by Blossom Ruoqen 10 months ago

  Free-men die as rich-men thrive,
  the earth keeps spinning by and by.
  That’s the way our stories go,
  there’s nothing left tha…

• World.

  by Maybe_Miseryx 10 months ago

  Think about the world. Think about it if we had no computers, (thats right, i said no computers), no cell phones, no ele…

• Finally Proud

  by Maybe_Miseryx 10 months ago

  That day, i walked out of that lunchroom proud of who i was. I didnt care what that scale said, i loved myself. For once i…

• Confession [3]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  Autumn knocked on the door of the dorm that Bethany shared with her boyfriend of four years. She answered, dressed in sweatpa…

• Confession [4]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  “Tony, what about Tony?” Bethany didn’t make the connection.

  “Beth, Tony’s my baby’s father. I’m so sorry, It was a horrible…

• Telling Tony [5]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  “Hey Beth!” Tony gave his girl a peck on the cheek. “Hey Autumn, I didn’t expect to see you here.”

  Autumn started to speak u…

• Outcome [6]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  Tony remained speechless. Bethany moved over to hug her friend. Both girls were crying. Finally Tony broke the silence. “You’...

• 10 Years Gone By [8]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  Ten years went by after Autumn gave birth to Lyric Elisabeth Crickmore. She gave the baby her last name, because of what had …

• Scared More Than A 6 Year Old Should Be [Dream Challenge.]

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  I come home from school to see a big truck in my driveway. That’s strange. I think and head over to find my dad – he had so…

• This Is Fo All U Hata's Who Is Dissin My List Fo Havin Rap. So Here's The Lyrics To A Hip-Hop Song About Hip-Hop By KJ-52. He Even Agrees With You Guys.

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  Hey everybody won’t you look at me now,
  I’m on VH1 they got me on the countdown!
  Got a phone call that’s how I found out
  I’m …

• Talking [10]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  “Autumn!” Tony called out as she hurried into the house, holding her daughter by the hand. She opened the door when Tony grab…

• Tony's Side [11]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  Autumn sighed. Maybe she had been a little tough on Tony. After all it was a heavy load to drop on him. They were only ninete…

• Telling Lyric [12]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  “Lyric, come down here please.” Autumn called to her daughter.

  “Coming mommy!” Lyric yelled back from her room. She scurried…

• Of Charcoal and Porcelain

  by Laine P. Grey 10 months ago

  As soon as the bell rang for the end of third period, Carmen ran out of the classroom. But this time, he was waiting for Bijo…

• sunset

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 10 months ago

  “Someday,” he begins his voice, hopeful “I’m going to visit there,” he points to the setting sun, sguinting to to make the pi…

• Finding It

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 10 months ago

  I felt like a party. I needed to get out after all that crap with Ty. I went online and talked to everyone I knew. There had …

• Stone

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 10 months ago

  I feel like a stone,
  I sink.
  Nothing breaks me,
  I break other things.
  I hurt people,
  When I don’t mean too.
  But no one hurts …

• I Miss You

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 10 months ago

  I miss u
  Like a lot
  I almost wished u owed me something
  But u don’t
  I stare at the computer screen
  With u in mind
  And realize…

• Watch Me

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 10 months ago

  Watch me walk
  But don’t look at my butt
  Watch me run
  But don’t watch my breasts bounce up and down
  Watch me talk
  But actual…

• Playlist? Ha.

  by Laine P. Grey 10 months ago

  Hmm…

  1. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
  2. Another Day from Rent
  3. Potential Breakup Song by Aly and Aj
  4. He Hates Me by…

• All Because of a Container of Low-Fat Yogurt

  by BetwINeen 10 months ago

  It all started with a container of low fat yogurt.
  Rob had just chucked various brands and kinds of yogurt in the cart, per u…

• Song challenge- An interesting selection

  by Dr. Lew 10 months ago

  here goes…

  1. Nightmare- by Dane cook

  2. In Love With the 80’s (Pink Tux to the Prom)- Relient K

  3. Smile like you mean …

• The Entryway

  by theWallflower 10 months ago

  “Honey,” she says to you. But you already know what she’s going to say. “You have to go.”

  “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,” y…

• Doc Malone, Private Eye (Gumshoe Challenge)

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  It was a cold, dry night in the heart of Chicago. A night for smoking with the window open while sipping your scotch. _Chink!...

• How It Feels To Be The Ugliest

  by insomniac 9 months ago

  What are you staring at? I’m just another one of you. Some of you look like me, but they don’t have Ugliest Human Contests ...

• Searching for A Plot in a Plotless Story 8...billion

  by FourSeven 9 months ago

  “No we don’t!” cried the audience in grape-flavored contrast.

  So doo doo be boop, the plot will go oooooooon

  And on.

  Sudde…

• This Would be what Happens when you Piss Off your Secretary

  by Saint Chuck 9 months ago

  I was in the process of tidying up when the phone rang. I walk over to my desk and pick up the phone, bracing myself.

  “Hello…

• Ancient Children

  by Nathaniel Payne 9 months ago

  The two kids stared at each other from opposite ends of the lunchroom. Amidst the chaos of an elementary lunch period, the tw…

• Prowl

  by Compound Fracture 9 months ago

  The taste of metal in my mouth. My ears are ringing. I can feel a large knot on my head, and my hand comes away wet and stick…

• Train to Mexico

  by Yeah Write! 9 months ago

  The driving force for which I persevered for days and would have for months was the glass porcupine. There were originally tw…

• Hyper Girl And The Porcupines of Destiny

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  You don’t know me, but my name is Umblefumble Jones. Yes, my parents were evil, thoughtless people, but that’s beside the poi…

• A Wrong Number and Granny {Insert Pen Name Here's Fifty Nifty Challenge}

  by Jenunique 9 months ago

  Stupid remote

  I pointed it at the cable box while I repeatedly pressed the buttons. All the while pushing myself off the c…

• Porcupines in Spain

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  In Madrid on the express train a man handed me a package and quickly darted from the platform before I could stop him.
  I c…

• Strange Meeting

  by horrorfan13 9 months ago

  While waiting for the express train one day, a pair of AA batteries rolled right up to me. Not long after, a petite girl of a…

• Unnamed because its that special

  by Phsycic Friend 9 months ago

  Live life with eternal flare.
  Trust me someone out there cares.

  Live life passionatly day by day.
  Don’t let the love fade aw…

• Dumpster Diving

  by tl 9 months ago

  Came up empty again; third time this week. Once I found two glass porcupines. Traded them to Umblefumble for a dime bag a…

• What {fifty nifty challenge}

  by Tiggerstripn2 9 months ago

  Sherri passed Umblefumble something written on a post-it note knocking her spanish phrase book to the tile floor.
  It e…

• The Things We Do For El Amor [50 nifty challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  I have the knack of falling in love with girls with strange names. My last girlfriend was named Trenchcoat, I had a brief fli…

• The News

  by Dr. Mousse 9 months ago

  I ran down the stairs as I heard my dad come home from work.
  “Dad!” I shouted.
  “Hi, guess what? I have news for everyone,” he…

• In Loving Memory (My Sister in My Heart)

  by Brebelles 8 months ago

  A Tribute to a Loved One
  Lora Pacheco
  December 11th, 2007
  8:27P.M

  Lora is a close friend, who as of the date & time menti…

• Nuclear Winter

  by Amo de Tuus Aetas et Mors 8 months ago

  Trumpets flared out, flames from their muzzles reaching the carpet. A queen, in her quite royal regalia, walked down the car…

• If I was a Boy....

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 8 months ago

  If I was a boy, I think I’d be tall
  If I was a boy, my best friend would be Liam
  If I was a boy, I’d still be at the Davis’ e…

• 5 Things That You Never Knew About Stovohobo (You Know What? 6 Just for the Sake of Non-Conformity)

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  1. I love my friends, but sometimes they can get on my nerves. For example (names are changed. I am Fransisco [cuz it’s an am…

• 5 Things That You Never Knew About Stovohobo (You Know What? 6 Just for the Sake of Non-Conformity) Cont'd

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  4. I can’t stand horror movies. I’m fine with getting scared or surprised, but it’s the nightmares and insomnia that might pl…

• Quirky, Who Says I'm Quirky? (Pens' Quirky Challenge)

  by SKermitgorf 7 months ago

  1. I put an icecube in hot chocolate and tea.
  2. I take off the lettuce, tomato, onions on a hoagie (sub sandwhich on a long …

• The John (8)

  by Freedom 7 months ago

  John must of loved me enough because he left for rehab. Patrick must have loved me because we moved into his mom’s old apartm…

• A million more

  by Black Ink 7 months ago

  You think you can look at your phone and hit Ignore beacuse you chose how I feel, like I’m your miniature whore. And I ne…

• The UCL

  by Stovohobo 7 months ago

  A cold sweat broke out on Darryl’s face, sprinkling into his eyes and onto the ice, forming small puddles. His arms pumped fu…

• 4: Player

  by Freedom 7 months ago

  Pete pulled away finally from their make-out in the middle of the bowling alley. Very classy.
  _Stef: Hey, I’m kinda hungry.
  P…

• Bartimaeus: A philosophical Exploration of the Pen name that is supreme above all others.

  by Bartimaeus 7 months ago

  Bartimaeus. It’s epic, heroic, and a powerful-sounding name. It mixes ancient with new. For Bart is a somewhat common modern …

• Love: The Optimist and the Pessimist

  by Dreamer 7 months ago

  Love.
  Love is that feeling you cannot explain,
  Love is the wish for the absence of pain.
  Love is the wanting, the wishing, th…

• It's me! (A Little Inspiration Quiz)

  by Blusparrow 7 months ago

  1. Yes… I have tried crank dat, a Homecoming after party.
  2. the most nastiest thing I have eaten was when I was little I a…

• A Fun But Insane Quiz From Insert Pen Name Here's Very Insane Mind (Hopefully this really really really long title will grab your attention: CLICK ON MEEE!!!) WOW!! That was long!!=O!

  by Blusparrow 7 months ago

  1. Green, my sister has a cold
  2. The livingroom at my home
  3. My hair is blonde, just blonde.
  4. I was on that one aim site …

• A Fun But Insane Quiz From Insert Pen Name Here's Very Insane Mind And the Title DID indeed catch my attention so here is my reply to Insert pen name's quizzy-poo ;)

  by Jenunique 7 months ago

  “Oh, boy,” thought Jenunique happily. A quite lengthy title staring boldly at her after signing in; a tingle of inspiration *...

• Tad's response to : A Fun But Insane Quiz From Insert Pen Name Here's Very Insane Mind (Hopefully this really really long title will grab your attention: CLICK ON MEEE!!!)

  by Tad Winslow 7 months ago

  1) No tissue box, I use a roll of toilet paper on my desk.

  2) Propped up in my bed on my lap top while a very noisy tv distr…

• Answer To Really Long Quiz With A Really Long Name That Really Grabs Your Attention

  by Three Gryphon[s] 7 months ago

  1. Tissue Paper Is: Invisible/Chesire Cat (Sorry if I Spelt That Wrong)
  2. Writing From: Home
  3. Hair Color: Majority (Brown)...