The Ficlet Ficlet

by Antonio E. Lopes

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I didn’t know what to call my ficlet, but that was the least of my worries. What the hell was I supposed to write about? 124 characters in, I still had no idea where the story was going, and the talking cat from the Toaster Adventures was eyeing me suspiciously.

I don’t know, maybe it was a different cat. These things are so hard to tell when people don’t give thorough descriptions.

391 characters in, the situation wasn’t improving. All the glasses of water, all the resulting trips to the bathroom, all the jumping jacks, all the orangutans, and all the YouTube videos in the world weren’t enough to divert my attention from the dilemma I was caught in. And worse still, there was the body of the homeless guy stinking up the hallway and leaking blood everywhere.

God, why is a good idea so hard to come by?

The cat wasn’t saying anything, again leading me to believe maybe it was a different cat. No help there.

By the time I got down to 71 characters left I started panicking. I had nothing at all. But then…

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Ficlet Ficlet

    Jay's Buddy Icon Jay

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Your ficlet sucks. Okay, it doesn’t suck, but it’s not as funny as your profile. Or maybe it’s better than your profile. I’m not sure. I got confused by all the numbers.

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Nowhere near as funny as your profile, but I enjoyed your search for something that might be interesting enough to write about, since talking cats, dead bodies, and orangutangs are all so common-place.

  3. The Ficlet Ficlet

    J.B. Williams' Buddy Icon J.B. Williams

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    A champion glass eater at twelve?! That’s funny as hell@

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    J.B. Williams' Buddy Icon J.B. Williams

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Does anyone not hear that ESPN voice(I think he does voice over on the footage from the old games) in their head when they read this man’s on point profile? Glass-eating champion at twelve? Way to aim high!

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