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• Tonight

  by Bartimaeus 39 minutes ago

  I sighed, stepping out onto the porch of the hotel room overlooking the beach. She was gazing into the vastness of the ocean,...

• Life and Times of Andrew Beck- part 8

  by Ezzie 40 minutes ago

  I can’t believe this. Lorraine didn’t want me anymore? Impossible. I mean, I don’t know of anyone who has ever said no to me….

• Game Gangsters - Anyone Can Be A Gangster! (Gangster Challenge)

  by flute faerie about 1 hour ago

  “You sure you’re up to this fool?” Chadwick said in his tough voice.
  “Why wouldn’t I be, you think I don’t know how to hold …

• Two To Argue

  by Freedom :] about 1 hour ago

  Alex startled Chloe and she gazed at him with sad eyes. “I’m still hurting you?” she whispered. He didn’t reply. “I … did…

• Residing Dreams (Chapter 152)

  by SaveTheUnicorns about 1 hour ago

  I realized he was crying too. I had a flashback of my father and I, in which he knew I was aware of something he couldn’t eve…

• I accept the challenge

  by User 10859 about 2 hours ago

  Here is my life in six words

  Happy Sad
  Joy Sorrow
  Strong determined

• Residing Dreams (Chapter 151)

  by SaveTheUnicorns about 2 hours ago

  One day,when I came into his room,he was sitting in an armchair.He stared at me with huge,dignified,yet troubled and apprehen…

• RunRunHarderHarder

  by pianoman about 2 hours ago

  runrunrunrunharderharderharderharder

  I jog the fine line
  Twixt
  Running
  And
  Insanity
  I hear my muscles squealing at
  The tug …

• A Friend who Knows All (The character Challenge)

  by Blusparrow about 2 hours ago

  She was talking to her friend on AIM, but her mind was somewhere else. After thinking for a long time, she came decided to te…

• True Love Challenge- Art of War

  by free_thinker about 2 hours ago

  It was still dark outside as I looked out the window. Only the street lamp lit the dark corner where our house stood. I turne…

• Freshmen Freak Out (Haunted House Challenge)

  by flute faerie about 3 hours ago

  “Well, looks like you’re all settled in,” said Mandy while nervously looking around.
  “Don’t worry, this place can’t really be…

• Thank You

  by Writer4Life00nj about 3 hours ago

  Thank you
  For everything said and done
  Thank you
  For stopping things when they first had begun
  Thank you
  For making me strong…

• Remembering Cynthia

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  The room was completely silent, except for a subtle beeping- a background noise. Cynthia lay, stretched out before me, on a h…

• Determined to Succeed (20 Minutes Later Writing Prompt)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 3 hours ago

  Twenty minutes later I emerged from the tall building and slowly walked down its steps. I found a bench and sat down.

  I wish…

• An Unnatural Coma : Part 8

  by illusionistic about 3 hours ago

  I sat and pondered what to do. The gaurd was getting closer by the second, and I was still in the revolving door halfway betw…

• Remembering Lambecky

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  I watched Drew go through the door, and for one, desperate moment, I entertained ideas of grabbing his arm and pulling him ba…

• How NOT to break up with a guy

  by lost_at_sea about 3 hours ago

  How not to break up with a guy:

  1. Tell him you’ll be his girlfriend.
  2. ....................................................

• My life in 6 words

  by free_thinker about 3 hours ago

  I took a moment to think about what my life was all about and then tried to compile it into 6 words that not only made sense …

• Remembering the Room

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  We finally landed and were met by Paige’s friend Angela. She took us to the airport in her car, chattering cheerfully the who…

• The Consequence of Silence

  by RainDance about 3 hours ago

  As the minute hand made its way around the clock, they waited. Chloe stared down the wood of the table with determintation.

  ...

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• rain on the windshield

  by Mighty-Joe Young about 1 month ago

  ................Rain’s no feat for a windshield-wiper…..................

• Jaguar Man

  by Sleeping Elizabeth 7 days ago

• Shakespeare's Cursed Grave Challenge

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 7 days ago

  It reads upon Shakespeare’s grave:
  Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
  and cursed be he who moves my bones.

  What …

• No One Knows {Theme Song Challenge}

  by Jenunique 1 day ago

  We get some rules to follow…

  I walk into the kitchen, pour a glass of water and read the label again. “This is ridicul…

• I challenge you! Write your life in six words.

  by Momiji-chan about 1 month ago

  Okay. Some people may think this is stupid but I think it’s hard. A few days ago in my art class we talked about this dude He…

• The Haunted House Challenge

  by Ana Cristina 5 days ago

  Oh my stars, I’ve gone and published 700 ficlets. I’m actually at 702 right now (not counting this one).

  Is there a limit to…

• Why I Eat Brains

  by Will Hindmarch 4 months ago

• TRUE LOVE CHALLENGE (TLC)

  by pianoman 10 days ago

  My fellow ficleteers, (say that twelve times fast its fun!)
  In all my long life, all twelve years of it, I have only read _…

• The Sweetest Stink...a Challenge

  by chakatreatmentson!(LoA) 3 days ago

  In our society, we are trained to respond a certain way to “unpleasant” smells…It’s fairly instinctual to find some odors r…

• Bunny Says Ficlets.com is Fine

  by Kevin Lawver 16 days ago

  I was sick in bed, and just kind of paying attention to e-mail as it came in on my pants mac. I’d had a fever for days and …

• The Peoples Choice HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE

  by Tad Winslow 8 days ago

  Having a flashback to all of those monster movies you’ve seen? You know, the ones that tightrope the fine line between scary …

• Strange Acquaintances

  by invisibility_disability 8 months ago

  What does he mean, ‘Who am I?’ she thought. This guy, erm, Aedin, apparently, doesn’t make any sense!
  “I’ll explain every…

• Skinny Dipping

  by TatianaMik 5 months ago

• Shakespeare's Cursed Grave Challenge : Alas I Knew Him Well

  by SKermitgorf 6 days ago

  To dig or not to dig, that was the question. The answer was of course to dig up the immortal bards’ grave. Unbelievable that…

• Thoust Art Curst! [Shakespeare's Cursed Grave Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 6 days ago

  “Dude! I can’t believe we’re getting away with this!”

  The four teenage boys knelt in front of the stone block in the floor, ...

• Harry Potter 8: 19 Years Later in the Forbidden Forest

  by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

  Book 7 Spoilers

  “Lumos” He whispered, jabbing his wand from his cloak as a bright light erupted from the tip. At this ti…

• Chitty Chitty Gangbang! (Gangsta Challenge)

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) about 1 month ago

  Yo yo yo!
  Me, X-Ninja, and N555Champ would like to place a challenge. DUn dUn DuN!

  This should be plenty of fun. We want you…

• Dark Reality

  by THX 0477 3 days ago

  Darkness.

  Cold.

  Damp.

  These companions surround, obliterating all reality. Up is down. Left is right. Day is night, or is …

• Ammonia, Iodine, Dust, and Death [The Sweetest Stink Challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 3 days ago

  Gene shrugged into his coat and eyed the clock. It was two minutes before five AM, two minutes before his shift started. It p…

• Hunter and Hunted

  by Wil Wheaton 20 days ago