The birds did not scatter as Roland expected. Instead, they fell silent and still. Leaves crunched beneath his feet as he walked through the flock, each step marked by dozens of unblinking black eyes. A gust of wind surrounded him as they beat their wings and took flight. They circled, and became a swarm. Roland was about to learn why a flock of crows is called a murder. 2008-01-31T17:09:55Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/12243 <p>Short and deadly. Love it.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=37728 2008-01-31T17:09:55Z White Hat http://ficlets.com/authors/whitehat <p>Makes me think of King&#8217;s The Dark Half. <br />Very suspensful &#8211; and of course, great title.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=24974 2007-11-25T07:52:19Z The Wait Child http://ficlets.com/authors/the_wait_child <p>creepy! i read this because we just read Poe&#8217;s &#8220;the Raven&#8221; and I recognized the &#8220;Nevermore&#8221; so great title!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=21944 2007-11-07T23:31:44Z Yeah Write! http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwrite <p>Yikes, very scary.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=21401 2007-11-05T00:27:12Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>I get the prize 4 first comment! (yay me) Also I agree with Kermit.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20892 2007-11-02T21:27:49Z Lone Writer http://ficlets.com/authors/solopen <p>nice work!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20747 2007-11-01T22:58:58Z Pisces Girl http://ficlets.com/authors/mizmagic <p>I also picked up on The Dark Tower. Methinks &#8220;target practice!&#8221;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20658 2007-11-01T18:17:45Z Zac Bentz http://ficlets.com/authors/zac_bentz <p>Also: Great title.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20567 2007-11-01T01:59:50Z Pat J http://ficlets.com/authors/pj <p>Nice and spooky, though, like Kwatz, the name &#8220;Roland&#8221; is associated with the Dark Tower in my mind, forever.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20566 2007-11-01T01:59:36Z Pat J http://ficlets.com/authors/pj <p>This is so good. You did a wonderful job portraying what was happening. As I read what was going on I pictured a young teenage boy walking along a path and coming upon a flock of crows not scattering as he walked through them, but instead watching his every move in an extremely creepy way. And then, all of a sudden he feels a gust of wind swirling around him and at the same moment the crows take off swarming him. <br />I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s exactly what you were trying to portray too. Very creepy.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20258 2007-10-29T23:43:10Z Hunting Beauty http://ficlets.com/authors/missourigirl <p>Wil your comments were as good as the story, well written,atmospheric,</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20052 2007-10-28T06:55:49Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>Reminds me of when the college swans come out of the lake ad walk by the paths in perfect synchronization. That is the creepiest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20028 2007-10-28T01:54:30Z Amaster http://ficlets.com/authors/amaster <p>I pictured a man in a cowboy hat wearing a low-slung pistol in this story. I think your juxtaposition of the name &#8216;Roland&#8217; and black birds triggered the &#8220;Dark Tower&#8221; section of my brain.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20023 2007-10-28T00:28:46Z kwatz http://ficlets.com/authors/kwatz <p>Thanks!</p> <p>This was inspired by a walk through my neighborhood this morning, when I walked through a flock of crows. It was <em>so</em> creepy that dozens of them fell silent and just . . . watched . . . me, like they knew they had me outnumbered, and, uh, out-beaked, I guess.</p> <p>I wondered what I would do if they decided to go all <em>The Birds</em> on me, and started writing.</p> <p>I was going to call this &#8220;Murder&#8221; but I thought it would sort of spoil the ending, so I decided to pay homage to Poe.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20015 2007-10-27T23:14:29Z Wil Wheaton http://ficlets.com/authors/wilwheaton <p>Ooh. Spooky. <em>Very, very</em> spooky!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/12243?basename=20012 2007-10-27T23:10:44Z Lone Writer http://ficlets.com/authors/solopen