zkid's published ficlets
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Turn Around To Head Back To The Clearing
You agree that the best plan is to go back to the clearing. At least from there you would know where the beach is.
You turn …
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Keep Going Even Though You're Lost
You eventually stumble across a small stream, filled with brightly coloured fish. Thirsty from wandering the jungle for hours…
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Rest Anyway
You agree that if you want to get to the treasure first (and you do) you will need to be ready to face whatever lies ahead. F…
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Steal The Key From Zoe and Run Away
In the chaos of the sudden sand storm, you snatch the key from Zoe’s hands and run into the swirling mass of sand, knowing yo…
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Refuse And Go Back
You and Joe decide it’s not safe to cross the desert during such a violent sand storm, so both of you head back to the relati…
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Agree with Zoe and Keep Going
You decide Zoe is right, and agree to keep going across the Desert of Death. Joe glances at the key in Zoe’s hands, before re…
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Go Right
After briefly consulting your map, you decide the best path to take is the one heading across the beach to your right. It’s…
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Go Ahead
Before you can all agree on which path to take, you hear a shout from the direction of the ship. You all turn to look, and se…
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Go Left
No one saw you leave the ship, but you realise they’ll know soon. You suggest to Zoe and Joe that you should hide the rowboat…
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My answers to the quiz with the incredibly long title
1. Blue, with seashells.
2. Home. My bedroom to be more specific.
3. Well, my hair is kinda halfway between blonde and brow…
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It's my fault you're in jail [Minimum length challenge]
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It's his fault you're in jail [Minimum length challenge]
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Telling [Minimum length challenge]
“You told!”
“No-”
“Don’t lie to me.”
“Alright, I told.”
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Talking to God [Minimum length challenge]
“I didn’t know she’d die,” I confess to Him.
“But I hoped.”
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What happens when there's nothing to do but stare?
They’re cold, grey and lifeless. I stare at them, hoping they’ll change. But they don’t.
I wish you were here.
No, I don’t….
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The Corpse
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Haunted
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A shadow illuminated
A sudden gust of wind shifted the clouds that had, until now, obstructed the path of the moonlight, as it shone down on the s…
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Waiting for the end
The men in white coats came to take me away. I guess that hardware store clerk must’ve thought I was just crazy enough to be …
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Driving Home
Rupert drove that day as he had every day that week: along a road that looked the same each day, towards a place he had not b…
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