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• Modern Transport

  by MarySue about 1 hour ago

  “One wonders,” Elsbet says, twirling her parasol between her fingers. It rolls back and forth across her shoulder and the lac…

• Hula Hoop Girl (by VideoGameBoy)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 hour ago

  there was a hula hoop on the side of the road, and it was a girl’s. She picked it up and she hula hooped with it. The hoop we…

• Da Teaches Us About Manners

  by MarySue about 1 hour ago

  Us kids were brought up right. When we didn’t know what to do, we looked to a higher power. All our eyes now turned from the …

• Ficlets Podcast!

  by Oy about 1 hour ago

  I have recently begun my own podcast, and need some more stuff to go on it, so does anyone want their Ficlets to be on my pod…

• Identification

  by Maleghast about 1 hour ago

  I looked again, trying to see something that in my heart I knew I would never see again. There is no way to describe the mome…

• Cartoon Nostalgia Is Not For Kids! (Nostalgia challlenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 2 hours ago

  I was watching them for nostalgia’s sake. I loved them as a child. There was something whimsical, wholesome, and fantastic ab…

• Out my Bedroom Window

  by Warmheart about 2 hours ago

  I looked wildly around the room. My eyes flashing to the front door, the window over the kitchen sink. I listened for any noi…

• August lost his letters

  by Wyatt Aapr about 2 hours ago

  In this way August finally reached the water’s edge.

  A hand suddenly gripped his shoulder; he turned his face at the touch. ...

• Arpeggio

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 3 hours ago

  “Repeat after me,” Cricket said seriously, clearing his throat. “Do, mi, sol, do, sol, me, do” I shook my head, my eyes fri…

• Can You Hear the Harmony?

  by NightMaiden about 3 hours ago

  I shrugged, my heartbeat picking up.

  I was scared to open my mouth, in case another operatic voice would come forth from it….

• My Last Words

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

  Can they prove that I was there? No, they can’t. Did they try? Of course they did. Did they succeed? Yes they did. Why? Becau…

• Guilty

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

  My lawyer prepared me for trial. He said that the fact that I was blind would surely assist my case. Who would send a blind b…

• Death Isn't Pretty

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

  When she disappeared no one blamed me. Of course, why would they? Jeremy the blind boy couldn’t possibly have had anything to…

• The Girl Who Helped Too Much

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

• The Girl Who Helped Too Much

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

  Even as a youth I was different, a radical, they said. They were scared of me, all of them were. I just was one of those kids…

• Shades of Gray

  by Z.A.M. Kernett about 4 hours ago

  “Infinite shades of gray, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, infinite shades of gray.” Then they watched the life stream out o…

• Remembering Alive

  by Dreamer about 4 hours ago

  I froze at the door, my hand on the handel. I turned to face her. I could see her, crumpled on the ground for the second time…

• Remembering Death

  by Dreamer about 4 hours ago

  I waited, my heart breaking, for him to answer. For a moment, he stared at me blankly, and then his face contorted into furio…

• Remembering Truth

  by Dreamer about 4 hours ago

  She bit her lip, looking away with a pained expression, “Yeah.”
  We were silent for a moment, and then she slowly turned towar…

• Rhubarb's Hidden Wonders

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 4 hours ago

  The rhubarb pie worked wonders. I don’t know what it was, but something about it made me feel better. I didn’t feel that sh…

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• I'm oncall again

  by evergreen about 1 month ago

  Disclaimer: Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

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  Evergreen glanced at her pager:...

• I'm oncall again

  by evergreen about 1 month ago

  Disclaimer: Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

  BEEP

  Evergreen glanced at her pager:...

• WEIRDEST DREAM CHALLENGE!!!! (ENTER OR PERISH)

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) 14 days ago

  Last night, I had a dream about walking in a meadow and talking to some kid I had seen in school once about Barack Obama’s ru…

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

  by My Name Is "Dead Because I Killed It" 6 days 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…

• Did Anyone Read Midnight Sun's First Chapter by Stephenie Meyer?

  by AwkwardlyReversed about 1 month ago

  I just read the first chapter of midnight sun.

  it’s freaking amazing.

  whats everyone elses opinion?

  heres the link if you …

• Chitty Chitty Gangbang! (Gangsta Challenge)

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) 17 days 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…

• Limerick Challenge [=

  by Writer4Life00nj 6 days ago

  Okay everyone, this is a really random, poetic challenge [=

  Challenge: Write a funny Limerick! If you don’t know what a L…

• 400 Ficlets Challenge

  by Freedom 7 days ago

  I was going to write a challenge once I reached 400 ficlets but I sort of forgot and now I’m at 404 :] Oh well.

  So your chal…

• Jailbird Challenge

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) 6 days ago

  Whoah!

  It’s a challenge!

  I, X-Ninja, have a challenge for all of you Ficleterers.

  Write a story about what you would do …

• Strange Acquaintances

  by invisibility_disability 7 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 4 months ago

• Perkins Always Dies Twice or Kevin Lawver must die.

  by Mighty-Joe Young about 1 month ago

  Elsha’s thought drifted to the first time John Perkins had been killed back in aught 8 when he was just a homeless bum living…

• 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…

• Mistress Elsha gets a good day's sleep.

  by Krulltar about 1 month ago

  John Perkins repeatedly checked Mistress Elsha’s neck for a pulse.

  “Don’t worry John, there’s enough tranquilizer in those d…

• I Hate the Jonas Brothers

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) 11 days ago

  “DId you see it?”

  “Nah, but i heard it.”

  “Yeah, so did every other person in town.”

  “Hey, I’m a deep sleeper. This is …

• Chucacabra Sighting

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA) 11 months ago

  There had been a chucacbra sighting, the first time in over 10 years. The last sighting was in 1992 in December-something, bu…

• Twilight Story Challenge: When One Hurts, the Other Hurts

  by SKermitgorf 4 days ago

  Bella didn’t think the rain would ever stop. She hated the rain. But that wasn’t all she hated about this small town she was …

• This Is For a Fellow Ficleteer Of Ours:Freedom (continued in sequel)

  by music.is.life. 4 days ago

  I recently read Freedoms’ “I Remember This…” series.
  It moved me.It touched me deeply and I felt great sadness.
  In my heart…

• Skinny Dipping (2)

  by cloister 26 days ago

• If Her Eyes Could Talk( Freedom's 400 Ficlets Challenge)

  by SKermitgorf 5 days ago

  One thing was certain, Miranda was dead. How she died was evident. But who killed her and why was the sixty four thousand dol…