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Prelude to extinction

The raptor woke rapidly as piercing screams rolled through the jungle. He stirred, uncoiling from his shelter, his stomache n…
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The Masked Stranger

The Masked Stranger wandered through town aimlessly. Of course she wasn’t wearing her mask, that would have been stupid. With…
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Maybe Ghost Story's Aren't the Best Bedtime Story's

Her parents were going out of town, the sleep over was her moms ideal. Her friends fell asleep first, leaving her awake, alon…
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The Black, Black Room

Hours. Surely hours have passed.
I never slept, just kept my eyes trained on the crack under the door, watching the light fa…
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Inter-species Flirting

“Ellie, love,” Lem turned to her, “it’s not true. I’ve never been on this planet or seen creatures like this.”
“Don’t call …
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Emergency Expenditures of Adolescence

With an anxiety heretofore unrivaled in his short life, Den watched her face react. First came dumbfounded surprise, an altog…
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Just Another Option

When praying fails, there’s really only one option left: Panic.
Now, I don’t say this lightly. Telling someone to panic is …
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Vanilla Ice: A Semi-Original Spoof by BARomero

Vanilla Ice
Got himself into a lot of fights
Vanilla Ice
Beat up by a bunch of guys
Vanilla Ice
Ordered up a bowl of rice
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Zombie Ant

They were in the rainforest before they were in Jude, before he went there for the college. Now they were inside his head, th…
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You're Nobody in Hollywood Till Your 1st DUI

“It was a routine night in West Hollywood, never a dull moment I tell you. You just never know which celebrity, has been or w…
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You Know It's a Good Party When...

Eyes wide, Malcolm sat on the couch staring at nothing, saying nothing. All around him lay the detritous of yet another fabul…
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{Pop-Culture Challenge} The Ad Men Attack

A muddled group of frustrated, overtired copywriters and a dozen used coffee cups were completely unaware of the beautiful ci…
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Tast-E-Freeze Duplicity

“It ain’t right,” Pistol said as he hopped out of the old truck at the Tast-E-Freeze, “You know Sweet’s bout t’ask her out.”
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FICLET THE 26th! LONE WRITER'S 1st CONTEST
Yes this is my 1st attempt at a Ficlet contest, so please don’t kill me if it’s horrible. Your challenge is this, you must se…
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Dark Entities

I can’t move.
My mind is awake, my senses aware, but my body fails to take notice. I am trapped within myself, a victim of s…
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Like a shadow on shadows

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The Song of the Pitchforked Children

Her lantern flickered and went out.
_Hear the little children,
summoned from below.
They beckon and they beg,
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Really Delicious New Dragon Dishes

“But haven’t you heard? The whole roasting thing is so last-century,” the girl said.
“Is that so,” the dragon asked skeptica…
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Biological Warfare: The Shocking Story of the Dawson Family

MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN FAMILY DIES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ATTACK
2 days ago, the Dawson family was found dead in their house…
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I Am Rage

I…am…rage. This mortal dream has begun to bore me. How dare they insult my divinity with the indignity wrought upon what …
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Storm Runners

Five days at sea and Morgan, Quarry, Seline and Rory were already having the time of their lives. They were in the pool hall …
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Gone Under

I was losing my grip again, my body going under, going into the other realm.
I was scared as hell.
My lungs were trapped, ...
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Above

Above
Above the morays of contemporary life
Above the rote and dry facts
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Becoming Lillia

The painting was covered by a thin layer of dust. As she pulled back the heavy red curtain, Kiarra was apprehensive. Why, she…
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Stained Air

Smoke poured out of the gaping hole in the wall, setting the fire alarms screaming. Nurses and doctors raced out of the rooms…
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2 shots

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Those Red High-Heels
I’m not a high-heeled kind of girl.
Usually I prefer the ever-versatile tennis shoes, canvas so worn in places that it’s an …
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A Reality

Horizon to horizon I see no ocean,
as if the land could swallow me upThere is no peace, no blank space,
as the details of l… -
All That Glitters Isn't Gold, Mate

The captain sat heavily on a barrel and pulled out his pipe. As he lit it, the flaring flames cast shadows on his craggy face…
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"HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Forehead! HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Freaking Forehead! HeadOn!"

“HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! Head…
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Doublewide Damnation

Virgil stared down the dirt road. This was the road. It led from their thrice repaired doublewide to the old highway, from …
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Tanya

A woman stepped out of the stagecoach. She was as beautiful as the western sun. I relaxed a little but not competley. After a…
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Blueyedwonder's nEw Challenge from...not hell! (Sorry, YodaOnCrack, couldn't resist). And this is Sorta-Halfway-Kinda Dedicated to Howie Amourscow for Unintentionally giving me the Idea :D
Okay, I know this is totally random and uncalled for since I still have 122 ficlets, but I got this idea and I know I’m gonna…
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Concussion

Someone comes home, and I didn’t reconginize them, so I kicked them in the stomach with as much lust as a soccer striker coul…
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Frog Giggin'
He shushed her with a finger to his lips. She peered worriedly over at him, nervously fingering her long auburn hair.
“Where…
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Even the Voices Have left Me

It was dark, I felt claustrophobic. The last thing I remember is the voices in my head, telling me to kill my sister Lolly.
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Alec and Simone Make Dinner Plans

“Well, Al,” Simone hissed through another wave of pain, “it’s nice to meet you, but us standing around in an alley is not goi…
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Death is always an option

“Now James, you’d best calm down and listen very carefully. When I open the door to your cage, the bomb around your neck wi…
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Lonely Relics

“Do you feel that?”
“Feel what?”
“That energy. That tingling on your arms.”
I didn’t respond. Yvette had always been into …
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A life in the balance

“Please! Please don’t hurt my baby!” she screamed through streaming tears. Sarah inched along the building’s ledge, her verti…
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Polyphobia

Kate boarded the plane, shoving her bag in the over head. Sat down and called the attendant and ask for a drink.
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At War with the Clinophobics {Phobia Challenge}

“Flashlight, misting water bottle, and a storybook,” he said. “What else? They don’t fight fair.”
“Do not look in their ey…
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Get A Job

“You have What??,” said Mr. Givengibbs to his college grad son, Corky.
“Ergophobia,” Corky said in a knows everything way th…
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Whet To Drowned

“La-a-and, ho!” came a cry from the crow’s nest.
Capt. Dalley eyed Francis, “And that be the land ye’d just a-spied fer us?”
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You Killed Her
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Fairy Tales Can Come True

Erma Loveless had expected her new employer to be like the fabled Mr. Rochester from the Bronte book Jane Eyre.
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Where On Earth Did the Name Stovohobo Come From?
It’s a burning question I’ve been asked many times. People seem to be attached to this particular query, hurling it in forcef…
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Can't Talk to Trees, You and I

After two days away, I saw the green man today. When I told him that Paul had not been in school since he tripped me, the man…
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Chairs Are Gone, And So Am I

The chairs are gone. All the grass as far as the eye can see has gone a muted shade of green, though you only catch glimpses …
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Of Witches and Heroes {Simon story}

“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. ...
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The Ficlet Killer ( Victim )

I watched him prepare his ritual , as I tried desperately to free my hands.
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Terribly Excited

Jonathan glanced out the window anxiously. The heavy rain had obstructed his view quite a bit, yet he could tell a large pack…
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50 Doors

Finally, as I stepped around a blade of grass, I was forced to halt on a dime. Otherwise, I would have fallen into a river o…
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Meanwhile, In A Converted Firehouse In NYC

Big D. roared into the garage and hit the door opener; dismounted, grabbed the plastic bags in two huge fists and went in. Ex…
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Diaspora's Leukophobia

Someone was waiting for her at Pyle’s Yard.She’d always heard that strange things happened there, but being a person who was …
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The Fall of Icarus

“Did you remember to pick up my dry cleaning on the way home?” I asked, throwing myself bonelessly on to the sofa.
“It’s on …
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The Dangers Of Rabbit Tossing

“It doesn’t seem like much of a trick to me,” she said
“What? Of course it’s a trick. It’s a really good trick.”
She frowne…
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The Shadow Wraith

A glow filled her room and that’s when she knew everything would be all right.
Everything would be all right…
At that mo… -
The Legend of Batak Beatrix

Many moons ago, a group of undergraduates studying anthropology stayed up far in to the night, speaking of the world at large…
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AD 2029: Legacy of Humans

The meteor struck with enough force to destroy all of humanity. All human life disappeared in the giant impact, and in their …
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Song List per a Challenge

1. Party Hard by Andrew W. K.
2. Hamster Dance
3. The Anvil Chorus by Verdi
4. I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkne… -
Tarot II

Frustrated after spending the day trying to find his old tarot cards John went to bed. The sermon haunted him; “Christians sh…
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Announcing: The Ficlets Casting Couch Challenge!
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…
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Stella Starr - The Movie {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 …
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An Apartment Between Them {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…
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Casting Couch Challenge for some Doublewide Damnation

It’s not a regular series, cause there’s no ongoing story arc, and the individual pieces are more like random snapshots out o…
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Scarlet: The Major Motion Picture

My absolute favortie Australian girl, Emily Browning, simply must play Scarlet.
The role of Holden Thompson would be Rider S…
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What Got Me Writing, This Time Around

Asleep, of course, I dream I’m on a stage. I know, in the way that you can only know things in a dream, that I’m part of the …
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Black {Amaster's Color Challenge}

He was dead. Nothing would ever bring him back.
It was silly and irrational, but her response was to go to the closet. Upon …
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What's With All These New Challenges? (Otherwise Known as Stovohobo's 300th Ficlet)
I’ve been noticing that lately, for some reason, almost all of the Most Popular and Active ficlets are challenges. This had n…
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Pervert targets girls on Ficlets (THIS IS REAL)
Today I was contacted by a person via my im said she was reading my story The Others. She turned into a he and a pervert at t…
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And the winner of the YodaOnCrack Halloween Challenge is....

Before I announce the winner, I narrowed all of these to the top 10. This was HARD!!
Many entries missed the top 10 list by…
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Stella Starr and The City of the Super-Apes: Monkey Trouble

“The monkeys told me I’d find you here, Dr. Munroe,” Stella said, her .38 aimed at the doctor.
“Stella Starr, Girl Detective…
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Hereditary Right

Bearing the accouterments of the ceremony and clad in his finest battle armor, King Vorenus was escorted to the Great Hall. B…
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Bumbo The Happy Wood Nymph [NaNoWriMo]

_Bumbo the happy wood nymph capered through a beautiful meadow. He carried with him his licorice banjo and a basket of doll h…
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Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: The Wrath of the Undead Don

Frankie Stein was built like a baby grand. That along with the scars, the corpse-blue pallor of his skin, his cold, dead eyes…
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The Hush of Battle
A trio of men cowered in a trench under the full moon and starry sky. Crickets and night-flying birds were the loudest sounds…
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Colors of death

Red, green, blue. The spectral shades paint a picture of his death. One man, in a box, beneath a tree. His life was more vibr…
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The Wrong Song

Orange, yellow, white,
the box is way too tight.
The spectral shades
where energy fades
Somehow isn’t right.Vibrant is t…
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yuri
yuri,yuri,I can’t seem to get that name out of my head.
“sorry like an angel” then he comes right back and stabs me with a ar… -
The Drama Queen

“Jeff? You there? Dude, answer your phone, it’s me, Mitch!”
Oh, haleluiah! “Mitch? Thank God it’s you!”
“Yeah…love you,...
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Barefoot with Shoes to Fill

I know a guy who can remember when he was born. Seriously.
But I’ve never been so unfortunate, myself, with a childhood stee…
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Thee corn mill
The cold heart beated once more.
the man who had the gun was standing there with a terror look in his eyes. He had done it. H… -
Summerdale at Twilight

I see lost souls in the twilight grasses of Summerdale, Alabama. The clusters of light dot the fields like fireflies, stretch…
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All of the Other Reindeer

“Are we there yet?”
“No Donder, I’ll tell you when we get there.”
“How Long Santa, how Long will it take?”
“Comet, will yo…
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NEWS FLASH!!: FEMALE BODYBUILDING CHAMPION CLAIMS TO BE VAMPIRE {Vampire Challenge}

Tabitha Moore was tall and fit, with long dark hair that fell down her back like black velvet. Even with her muscular frame s…
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The Boy, The Girl, and The Black Crow
Once upon a time there lived a boy and a girl who were poorer than even church mice, so poor that their only roof was the sky…
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Eternal Monologue

It takes three things to kill a vampire.
Yes, I know.
Of course you do.
Then why are we talking about it?
Because you hav…
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uselessness's SHOCKING DIALOGUES Challenge!
So I’ve never hosted my own challenge, but seeing how it is all the rage these days, I figured I’d finally take a stab at it …
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Newsflash! I Am Not A Hack! Stop Staring At Me! I Hate All Of You!

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[Abstinence] Setting The Table

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Head games

Perhaps he should have been worried. These little fantasies he imagined were more and more frequently intruding themselves on…

