Ficlets | Stories posted 11/1/2007

Stories posted 11/1/2007

Old Coat

by User 5982 10 months ago

Haven’t worn this coat in forever. Tess called and wanted me to meet her at a Halloween party. I had no costume so I decided …
I Died Today

by TheWindBlows 10 months ago

My soul died today.
I was betradied.
They killed my joy and happiness.
They cut out my heart and left me there to bleed.
I c…
The Godfather of Soul-Sucking?

by ChuckEye 10 months ago

Some time in the year 1867, a fishing smack sailed from Boston. One of the sailors was a Portuguese, who called himself “Jame…
Unexpected Occurance

by Swedishcarrot 10 months ago

He crashed through the dome onto the 15th century church floor cursing a blue streak that would have made any Marlovian Offic…
Surprise

by Michael Storm 10 months ago

Jacob was watching as the scenery around him began to dissolve, melting away like ice from a window. Greens and whites began …
Freemont

by ChuckEye 10 months ago

The day the phone rang, Chip Wilson answered as he had been trained, “Operator.”
A thrill went down his spine, took a detour …
Q-Copy

by ChuckEye 10 months ago
Upheaval

by ChuckEye 10 months ago

There was naught else for the astute ne’er-do-wells of Soloman to do, save stew in the bile directed at them by the invisible…
King Sex (I)

by ChuckEye 10 months ago

It was a joke: the yellow diamond sign showing four crowned men walking in profile like some perversion of the Abbey Road a…
King Sex (II)

by ChuckEye 10 months ago

King Sex was as much an accident as a product of its environment. Ground level was a town straight out of the Old West, and w…
Driving Home

by zkid 10 months ago

Rupert drove that day as he had every day that week: along a road that looked the same each day, towards a place he had not b…
Nathan

by ZackLK 10 months ago
Halloween Challenge Mashup Posted

by YodaOnCrack 10 months ago

For those of you who wanted to view it, Google video finally cooperated and allowed me to post my YodaOnCrack halloween ficle…
Shadow of the Night

by Maybe_Miseryx 10 months ago

It was a cold, windy night. The leaves on the fall-looking, orange and brown trees were struggling to hang on to the branche…
Waiting for the end

by zkid 10 months ago

The men in white coats came to take me away. I guess that hardware store clerk must’ve thought I was just crazy enough to be …
A shadow illuminated

by zkid 10 months ago

A sudden gust of wind shifted the clouds that had, until now, obstructed the path of the moonlight, as it shone down on the s…
Purgatory

by Nick 10 months ago

Where are your two bits? the hooded man — Charon — howled, his voice the darkness at the center of a void.

“Don’t got ‘em,...
Into a Dark Alley

by Lionman 10 months ago
Warm Mission

by Lionman 10 months ago

Sarah made her way through the rain towards that red neon sign above the run down church. She scampered up into the overhang …
Dream

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

Some dreams try to tell you want you want or what you feel, and some are meant to help you get through things. My grandmother…
Haunted

by zkid 10 months ago
Morning Sun

by Lionman 10 months ago

The rays of golden sunlight reached out over the horizon and touched Top Paw’s fur as he laid there on the walkway around the…
The Turkey Perilous

by Eckhouse 10 months ago

Most people who enter the turkey plant emerge in one of two states: complete abhorrence of turkeys, or more appreciative of t…
Change

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

Unknown to the world
and the people in it.
Just waiting for the day
that I can break free.
People kick you when your down.
Th…
Butterflies (LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 10 months ago

I was walking from my car into the tech building, I was wearing this sexy red shirt that showed enough cleavage but it was cl…
Butterflies P2(LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 10 months ago

“Are you going to visit the Haven?”
“Um yeah… actually I am.”
“At Homecoming?”
“No, I didn’t, I was planning on going next …
Inspiration

by Lionman 10 months ago

David adjusted his glasses and stared at the laptop screen. He poked the inspiration button and started to enter in keyword…
Butterflies P3(LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 10 months ago

“Well I’ll let you get back to your math homework & I’ll call you.” He waved as I walked by. I looked in the reflection to se…
Conversations From Inside A Closet.

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

“What?!” I whisper-yelled at her.

“You know, the gan-”

“I know what you mean, just… how? Why? Whe-”

“Shut up in there or…
The Nervous Jones

by Eckhouse 10 months ago

You are backstage, attempting in vain not to hinder those who are scrambling around you, which appears to be everyone _except…
Rebirth

by Nick 10 months ago

He stumbled, disoriented; grabbing the nearest piece of furniture to prop himself up. His vision was blurred, vasoline smeare…
Cedar Street

by Melia 10 months ago

She wandered into the bar, disheveled, lost… She stood near the entrance and squinted as she looked around the dim room.

J…
Nightly Patrol on Tennessee Road (NaNoWriMo)

by uselessness 10 months ago

Duke Laramie knew every shrub along this part of Tennessee Road, every foxhole. Of course he knew the stories too, tall tales…
Halloween Spooks

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

I turned around to face the girl, and now she too looked scared. I was deciding whether to run away screaming, or to go into …
Asphodel

by Aislinn Kerry 10 months ago

“Woe to you, brother!” A beggar’s cry. “Woe to me! Bitter woe to us who seek the asphodel!”

Luke stopped, turned. An old wom…
The Fall

by Drawlight 10 months ago

He looked ridiculous, dressed in a black cape and mask, boots, and a padded vest. His hair was wild, blown around by the wind…
This city is sinking

by iammrwright 10 months ago

This isn’t possible! She can’t be doing this to me!

I stumble down the hallway, falling sideways into the wall.

_What a h…
Cat

by ryanbytes 10 months ago

She’s sitting next to me. So beautiful. So smart. So cute. So strong. Oh yeah, my girlfriend is sitting here too.
Panic

by Melia 10 months ago

Afraid to move despite the sharp pain in your ankle, you squeeze your eyes shut and pray that the fog you feared just moments…
A Happy Medium

by iammrwright 10 months ago

A cab pulled up to the curb and he jumped out of the backseat. I don’t think I remember ever seeing him this happy. He wasn’t…
dark

by MagicEightBall 10 months ago

It’s dark in here. Dark the way I like it. No one can find me here. Here in the dark. I like that no one can find me here in …
The Doorman Sees All the Drama

by BetwINeen 10 months ago

Being a doorman didn’t have many perks and Farlington Smith knew that too well.
“Hello Mrs. Maglerere”, he said.
Mrs. Maglere…
Sally Sanders

by pie_is_good 10 months ago

Sally Sanders never much cared for looking in the mirror. It wasn’t that her face was too asymmetrical or her body was padded…
Second Sight, Secondhand

by Aislinn Kerry 10 months ago

They say that children see things, things that grown-ups knew once but forgot to look for.

Riley saw the way his sister watc…
The Great Black Hole Caper

by Pat J 10 months ago

The disaster ate Europe, from Paris to Helsinki, stretched the British Isles like warm taffy, but thank God, a team of boffin…
Blocked from my heart

by Billy Wenge-Murphy 10 months ago

And Robin said, “The reason I don’t love you is because you’re an AOL lamer. I could never love a boy who types in all caps.”...
The Betrayal of Buddy Sykes

by Zac Bentz 10 months ago

It was the third night after what had come to be known as “The Betrayal of Buddy Sykes.” The town was running out of air, and…
Stone

by Starwatcher 10 months ago

You feel a wet pulse of air across your legs, another
across your back.

You quiver mindless.

Shapes flicker in the dark f…
Hunger

by Ged 10 months ago

The night is too dark
But the hunger overwhelms
Look! One approaches!
Lay Him Down

by Melia 10 months ago
Pre-Flight (1)

by Eckhouse 10 months ago

“This thing hasn’t run in fifteen years. Why bother?”

She didn’t look up. “We should have been gone two days ago,” I pestere…
Time On The Rock

by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

Marco Graham had been at Alcatraz for six years already.

He was sent there from Leavenworth for killing another inmate.

Mar…
AD 1029

by SupRspi 10 months ago

The Sqiuom Shell Mother patiently lay wrapped around the large rocky mass that would harbour her eggs over it’s phenomenal jo…
With Every Ending

by Evilgasm 10 months ago
Me and Him – Are We More Than Friends?

by Ms Pixy Stik 10 months ago

August 28th 2006, I left for my first year of college, wondering if the relationship between me and him was more than just fr…
Me and Him – The Love Begins

by Ms Pixy Stik 10 months ago

September 8th 2006, at 4:29 pm, he came to his sense. He regretted his earlier decision not to be with me. He wanted nothing …
Me and Him – Miss Him More

by Ms Pixy Stik 10 months ago

October 19th 2007, I knew our relationship started and would continue to be long-distance and I knew it was going to be hard….
Science vs. Sisterhood

by someday_93 10 months ago

My biology teacher once told us about autumn leaves. “Leaves are filled with chlorophyll,” she said, watching to make sure we…
Three's a Crowd

by cainegreene 10 months ago

Way to go num nuts! Look at ‘em gigling at us. Damn I’ve got Spanish class with Donna next period. Shit maybe we should all c…
Afterlife

by Evilgasm 10 months ago

My dad lived a very interesting life and he has no illusions about which way his soul will go when that life comes to an end….
Transatlantic

by Kilna 10 months ago

The plane rumbled in a way that unnerved him. He was unable to explain away the crackling of this overnight transatlantic wit…
Fire

by jinn 10 months ago

Smiling, laughing, dancing, throwing shadows against the wall. He gave this gift to us… playful little thing, until it grow…
Ghosts

by The 13 Year-Old 10 months ago

“Tyson… It’s been all night.” Giselle said. She had a soft spot for Tyson. No one could match her love for him, and some d…
No One Goes Out Alone

by Tales From The Script 10 months ago

Shot’s rang out behind me one then two, the mutated creature’s backed away grumbbling, eye’s glaring.

I was shaking, my bro…
Fight of the Kings

by jinn 10 months ago

His shield and armor laden with gold, the sword of the gods… Excalibur.. on his side. His lance more than twenty feet long….
Standing Stone

by Evilgasm 10 months ago

The sounds of chanting fill the air, drowning out the churning of the river.

Along the banks, near the waters edge, some twe…
Some Kind of Story I Suddenly wanted to write (Author of 'Just an Idea that Spurred into a Twelve Year Old)

by The 13 Year-Old 10 months ago

Zearoph. His name echoes destruction across the thousand worlds of the Heirarchy of Syrotic. Thousands of years ago, the migh…
Just because I'm in a medival-fantasy sort of mood

by Mask By The Moon 10 months ago

Xedrin walked the village, a sword at his belt. A patrolman of the highest power deserved a pleasant walk. Villagers waved wa…
Magic's Mark [10] *explanation of the magi heritage*

by Sophia D'Soleil 10 months ago

In the beginning, there was mother Earth. She was the ground and the trees and the plants and the sky and the oceans. She po…
Vrsta

by Laine P. Grey 10 months ago

Jonathan awoke to a cool but soothing feeling. Noiselessly, he rolled over. The clammy feeling of being underwater was gone. ...
It's Just A Crush...

by Maybe_Miseryx 10 months ago

Hes on my mind. Hes in my thoughts. He just walked by. In the hall he quickly looked through the window to my homeroom class…
Malakai

by Mask By The Moon 10 months ago

Malakai sat triumphantly on his throne. It seemed as if nothing would knock this tyrant from his perch, where he stayed like …
i'm not that girl's FIRST 50 FICLET CHALLENGE

by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

so, i just realized that i had 50 ficlets. which means CHALLENGE!!! and for my 50 ficlet challenge i want to make a mixed-up-...
Heartfelt Arguements

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

“Oh my god.. Theresa.. don’t scare me like that!” Shade exclaimed, refusing to let go of me.

“Well.. it.. wasn’t.. really.. ...
The Key

by Jessie Verino 10 months ago

Kerryn couldn’t believe she’d accepted Stefan’s room key. An old-fashioned, metal key for one of the penthouses which had gr…
The Photograph

by Compound Fracture 10 months ago

Phil watched the receptionist scan Jen’s favorite photo. It was a picture of her Great-gran as a young lady, walking along an…
Malakai (continued)

by Mask By The Moon 10 months ago

This one had blonde furred paws, a rare find among the kind. The accountant silently clicked numbers into the machines, her e…
Together, Again

by Laine P. Grey 10 months ago

Scarlet looked both ways before crossing the street to a dimly lit convience store. Josiah blindly followed
“Hey. Mister. Can…
Memories.

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

Memories.

Memories of my childhood, and realization of how much I’ve changed.

On the top of my computer, a *Trollz.com “mem…
Memories.

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

Memories.

Memories of my childhood, and realization of how much I’ve changed.

On the top of my computer, a *Trollz.com “mem…
Chains and Bloods

by AeroPen 10 months ago

Brie’s sobs eventually quiet down, and I’m terrified. I’ve never seen her scared before. She has always been the optimist, as…
Lady Liberty Marries Sorrow

by Stovohobo 10 months ago

La liberté éclairant le monde: The Statue of Liberty, Adrien thought, gazing at the now mild waters surrounding Ellis Islan…
Coffee

by blueyedwonder 10 months ago

But still, I felt truly beautiful, strong, important as I ordered the most expensive item on the menu. I smiled kindly at the…
Bank Account-Don't roll any houses now!

by Mask By The Moon 10 months ago

“I know why,” he says, “You don’t have any American money! You can’t pay if you lose!” I roll my eyes and pull him to our roo…
Lightning Never Stikes Twice (NaNoWriMo)

by uselessness 10 months ago

Old habits die hard.

Duke had walked the mile stretch to Pleasant Valley and back again every night since his father passed …
Left Behind

by Aislinn Kerry 10 months ago

The scent of spice hung on the air. He stepped inside, closed the door. Called her name.

Silence, and a faint bitter scent b…
Murder

by AeroPen 10 months ago

Three days before Christmas I can’t wait. Dad will come home from his business trip. Last year he bough me a wooden horse f…
Life-changing Actions

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

I was walking down the halls of the Radlburg Junior High and what do you know… the popular kids walk right up to me! That’...
Right Now{i'm not that girl's first 50 ficlet challenge}

by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 10 months ago

I stared blankly at my computer screen. Looking down at the keyboard, each letter having its own button. I was writing so…
The new(hot) guy at school

by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 10 months ago

After catching my breath, I managed to nod.
“Hi I’m Devon,” he said smiling kindly. He had a nice smile, his teeth were perfe…
Killer Clown (Stovohobo's Challenge)

by SupRspi 10 months ago

As always I came upon the scene in medias res. The train had derailed and tumbled down an embankment, crushing a house.

An…
Life-changing Actions II

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

That day changed my life in many ways. One, I haven’t been picked on anymore. Two, I found the love of my life. His name is …
Happiness Over [scw(bd)ow's challenge]

by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

I lay down in my room, and begin reading The Wedding Planner’s Daughter. After meerly a few pages of reading, the storyline…
10 Minutes

by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

Ten minutes, that’s all that was left.

Just ten more minutes and the end of the world was upon us.

The longest ten minutes …
Everything Will Blow

by Melia 10 months ago

The streets were quiet tonight. Not unusual for this time of year. The subtle, crackly-crisp air filtered through the autumn …
No Camp For You

by THX 0477 10 months ago

“Ah, Sigmund,” mused Charlie as he jostled the bobblehead, “What would you do about mother?”
“Dr. Freud can’t help you now,...
Camp Mowapi

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 10 months ago

It was my first day of summer camp. We were going to be roughing it. I saw the sign from the window of my mom’s van. Camp Mow…
just can't foget her

by User 6022 10 months ago

Her loud cheery voice
being heard all aroud
is something you
JUST CAN’T FORGET

Her petite little body
with highlighted h…
MM [11] *more explaining...

by Sophia D'Soleil 10 months ago

The second woman was Aquaria. SHe was an elf, and she had the power to manipulate the elements- earth, fire, water and wind….
Shall A Daughter Go? (NaNoWriMo)

by THX 0477 10 months ago

Penelope went to bed, but did not, as was her usual custom, don the heavy night dress. She did not tie her auburn hair, the e…
Perfection Doesn't Make Happiness

by Maybe_Miseryx 10 months ago

She walks her little bouncy walk, the huge bugeye sunglasses she wears with her short, naturally highlighted brown and red h…
At Peace...?

by Melia 10 months ago

She stood on the outcropping of rocks, a lone figure against a backdrop of gray sky. A wave of coastal fog drifted in, threat…
No Chance to Bleed Anymore

by Compound Fracture 10 months ago

Dianne was looking at the slide. “When did this happen?”
“When did what happen?” asked Leon.
“When did play-parks get so… b…
Death Of Me

by TheWindBlows 10 months ago

I am dieing inside.
Slowly the life of me fades.
I can feel it being riped away from me.
My heart is cold as ice.
My body is …
Report #7

by Jonas 10 months ago

[begin transmission]

[error: transmission incomplete]

Unit 72: Hello? HQ? Anyone there?
HQ: This is HQ /static/ a…
Camp Mowapi 2

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 10 months ago

I claimed a cot inside a canvas hut. I decided to quickly shove my stuff under it and shoo mom away by assuring her I was fin…
Dust in the Wind

by Compound Fracture 10 months ago

Some of the ash fell onto the water and swirled around making complex patterns before returning to its birthplace. A powder r…
Camp Mowapi 3

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 10 months ago

Of the 5 specimens representing the female human species in our Family Group were the muscles-bigger-than-mine Gorilla, the f…
So hot

by Katherine 10 months ago
Report #8

by The 13 Year-Old 10 months ago

“The thing that scared me most about that thing was that it blitzkrieged our ambush site.” Velk took a moment to pause, recal…
Pretending To Live

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

People pretend to live.
They go through the days
sad and depressed.
When what should make them happy
Is pushed away.

The goo…
The House of Valance

by Swedishcarrot 10 months ago

She crawled closer to the opening of pale moonlight a decade old techno-pop song playing in her head as her own personal soun…
Commuting

by Compound Fracture 10 months ago

Some kid hogging the whole seat. There’d be room enough for three. Antisocial. Boy or girl? Who knows. Separated themselves f…
I LOVE YOU

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

I love when the leaves turn red.
And everything you’ve said.
I love channeling your feeling.
To help you with your dealings.
...
Autumn Redeemer, Thy Day Cometh

by tekisui 10 months ago

Saul grumbled and rolled over. The clock blinked 3:34. Wasn’t it Bradbury that said this was the low tide, the ebb time for t…
The Author

by Jasmine Shea 10 months ago

Her fingers were always poking at something unseen. Lots of mental patients have ticks. It helps make sense of things, Mickey…
After The Weekend

by Jack Cameron 10 months ago

She sleeps in the day. Awakening long enough to get the kids dressed and let him take them to school. She doesn’t eat in the …
Me.....Look.

by Pisces Girl 10 months ago

My blonde hair and blue eyes
make conversations arise.
and my strawberry lips are pursed.
Yet I show no dispise.
So please…...
Cotton is Gone

by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

Wiping the tears from her eyes, my mom looked up at me and said, ” Oh Cee Cee, it’s just alwful Cotton is gone. He was hit by…

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