The Ficlet or The Lecture

by THX 0477

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Eyes downcast and face lit by the first flickerings of her laptop, she sits in the back of the lecture hall.
“Come on, come on,” she quietly urges the wireless connection, willing it to work in the dusty corner of campus to which this lecture has been condemned. Just a bit more for that PhD, she tells herself.

”...how what one culture might be viewed as barbaric can be perpetuated from generation to generation,” drones the professor, a doddering pervert who hasn’t seen the field in years. At least here in the back he couldn’t try to look up her skirt.

What was the topic today? She glances at the syllabus: Initiation Rites of Papua New Guinea. Remembering her brief skimming of the reading the night before, she shudders. Why do we always have to dwell on the creepy stuff, she wonders. But before she can dwell too long, the screen comes fully to life, the browser is open, and it’s time to ficlet.

Hmm, she wonders, what would be more interesting to write about than another dry anthropology lecture?

Prequels

Write a prequel

Sequels

Write a sequel

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 12 months ago

    O_o…. If that was about me, why would it be? My name is in the tagline and well, it’s not me. Is it just because I started the challenge?

  2. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    Batak Beatrix's Buddy Icon Batak Beatrix

    Posted 12 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    * dies laughing *

    Okay, that’s utterly fantastic.

  3. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 12 months ago

    Sorry, Mask, just put your name in the tag line since you started the challenge. I was figuring we weren’t supposed to give clues as to the identity, though someone seems to have figured it out.

  4. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 12 months ago

    kays. making sure…

  5. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    insomniac's Buddy Icon insomniac

    Posted 11 months ago

    erm, then who is it?

  6. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    who is it????!!!

  7. The Ficlet or The Lecture

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 11 months ago

    Oh, sorry. I thought I wasn’t supposed to say who it was. This would be my guess at an afternoon in the life of Batak Beatrix.

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