Ficlets | Stories posted 11/6/2007

Stories posted 11/6/2007

Consequences

by Yeah Write! 11 months ago

_Maggots gushed out of her mouth and eye sockets between the stitches and flooded the gruesome living corpse. She moaned and …
Don't Feel Like Dancing

by pie_is_good 11 months ago

“Don’t feel like dancing,” she mumbled, but he didn’t listen. He never listened. She’d hardly gotten the words out before he …
Yes, Bob?

by Compound Fracture 11 months ago

Fred poked at it with his foot. “I think that might not be so good, Bob.”

“Yeah,” sighed Bob. “I’m with you on this one.”

”...
Don't Feel Like Dancing Yet

by judee4u2 11 months ago

Yeah, many times he wanted to do more than just dance and she didn’t. But what did that matter? Did he even care anymore? It …
Leaving

by Katherine 11 months ago

I can’t take this anymore. I can’t do it anymore. He’shad one too many chances to get his act together and he just hasn’t don…
best things in life are free

by User 6136 11 months ago
as if take a monkey to prom

by gowziproductions 11 months ago

“Amber, the monkey’s using sign.”
“Wots he saying Jill?”
“He says he’d like u to go to the dance with him.”
“Jill! I said: TE…
Is There A Plan?

by Nick 11 months ago

“Wait a gorram second,” Simon said. “What?!?”

“During ‘Nam,” Blake explained. “I was the C.O. of…”

“C.O.?” Angela asked.
...
Knew A Man...

by Romantic Fiction 11 months ago

I once knew a man. Well, of course everyone knows people, look at the person next to you, I bet you they know someone, maybe …
Bratwurst communications

by gowziproductions 11 months ago

The clerk waited for the pretty girl to leave the store then threw his register at a neatly stacked display of canned bratwur…
Security Breach

by Nick 11 months ago

Dr. Hoven was anticipating his first incision, when Agent Winters heard the initial gunfire. Then the compound’s alarm system…
Pickup Lines

by Mr Reeses 11 months ago

Hey guys, I stumbled over these pick-up lines at my job and I wanted to share it with my fellow ficleteers. Here it is:

Man:...
Emergence (3)

by Eckhouse 11 months ago

With another belch of smoke, I lurched the truck into gear and made for the barn door. Still not recovered, her small frame s…
Psychiatric Hotline

by Jenunique 11 months ago

While on the subject of “funnies.” Here’s my contribution:

Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline!
If you are obsessive-compulsi…
His Songz P6

by Mr Reeses 11 months ago

Andi & Yaz walked up to the dancing woman on the bar.
“La! Get down here!” said Andi.
“Have you been drinking?” said Yaz.
“No…
My Favorite All Time Funny: Gotta love tech support

by Jenunique 11 months ago

Gentleman with smoking power supply refuses to believe it’s a hardware problem:
Service Rep: Sir, something has burned within…
Sunset *Prologue*

by Jennifer Meow 11 months ago

Uhh, this used to be on my profile on gaiaonline, but I got banned, so I decided I would continue it on here.
—-—-—-...
His Songz P7 (LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 11 months ago
Tell Them, I Come: Pt. 3

by Jenunique 11 months ago

The hunter blinked as he watched the Native American maid transform back to the golden doe. She stomped and blew a warning be…
His Songz P8 (LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 11 months ago
Sunset//chapter1

by Jennifer Meow 11 months ago

“You want some ice cream?” Ace asked me while we were walking downtown.
“Sure,” I said, not paying much attention. The sun wa…
One Thing Remains the Same: From a Small Window

by Jenunique 11 months ago

The little boy watched as the clouds poured into the sky again. Covering what little light the sun had allowed himself to bur…
His Songz P9 (LA Series)

by Mr Reeses 11 months ago

“Girls stay her, I gotta run and change into the extra dress in the car.”
Yaz stayed to listen while Andi & Laura ran to the …
20th Ficlet: Jenunique's Challenge

by Jenunique 11 months ago

As my 20th Ficlet, I will now complete my mission and issue a challenge.

Here goes:

1. must contain the following words: ra…
The end of days

by aqouli 11 months ago

The end of days was like one final hit

with the gods, or what gods were left

going drunk with ecstasy

the last of their fo…
Memory Lapse

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

I still to this day don’t know exactly what happened. Or I do, I just refuse to admit it.

What I do remember is this:

I wa…
Accedents Happen

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

All that happened was an accident, a simple accident. I never meant to hurt him. I loved him. How can you hurt someone you lo…
Forever

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

The day started out simply enough. A slightly cloudy autumn morning. Chilly, but bearable. He came downstairs in his new leat…
Catching A Fly (pt. 1)

by Howie Amourscow 11 months ago
Catching A Fly (pt. 2)

by Howie Amourscow 11 months ago
Mutilating Sheep Carcases for Father Christmas

by THX 0477 11 months ago

“Mutilating sheep carcases for Father Christmas,” he said with slight hint of an Australian accent.

“Wow,” Dr. Vij said in h…
Cover up

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

“So, lets go over this again.” The detective sighed as he eased into a chair in the interrigation room.
“I already told you”...
Leaves

by Luedecke09 11 months ago

A million billion leaves may fall
None quite the same

Upon Newton’s fame they fall
To a state unclaimed

Each through time …
Best Job in the World

by horrorfan13 11 months ago
Not For All The Money In The World

by horrorfan13 11 months ago

You beat yourself up to bring yourself down.
He stares at these seemingly random words on the wall of the bathroom where he…
Saviour

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

What really happened that night, only I know. I know there was not another man in the house. I made that up. I lied. I know. ...
Jenny Says

by SKermitgorf 11 months ago

She turned toward me then she turned away.

“Jenny, come on, tell me, do I dress casual or is this a black tie affair you pla…
Taken for a Ride (Daniel Gate)

by Compound Fracture 11 months ago

Two figures were watching a video monitor.

“Do you think he will continue to follow our lead?” one asked.

“Certainly,” said…
The Finding

by Wizzer 11 months ago

It was only a year ago that it happened. I thought it’d be simple. Ha! Everyone always thinks that don’t they. It’s a standar…
One Boy One Girl 7 _So long ago_

by DorianGray 11 months ago

Johnathan Michaels was so focused on his video game that he didn’t even hear the knock on the door. Of course the incessant y…
Blackness

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 11 months ago

Giselle woke suddenly, struggling to figure out whether her eyes were closed or open in this disorienting darkness. She lay p…
Sweet Escape...

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 11 months ago

She ran through the darkened forest, her arms flailing and reaching for a handhold to draw her away from the ravenous beast s…
Gods Work Shall Be Done

by Saira Abroad 11 months ago

I walked into the room. Thomas started up from the table. He looked shocked to see me. The seductress must have altered his m…
The Tao of Jenny

by Eckhouse 11 months ago

As the ripples from one rock met the ripples from another, the pattern on the surface of the water became more random.

“She …
Demons

by realities 11 months ago

What scares you the most”? She asked “I don’t know” I said “not much anymore”. But thoughts of the question ran through my he…
Manifesting Her Fears

by horrorfan13 11 months ago
MM [15] *exp.

by Sophia D'Soleil 11 months ago

As the men and women procreated and began to fill the land, Earth was overrun with small magical toddlers. Some of them got p…
MM [16] *exp.

by Sophia D'Soleil 11 months ago

And next to the magi, another race arose. As the magical community prospered and Dendros, Scortio, Merlin, Vivianna, Aquaria …
Rendez-vous

by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

Winnie glared at Angelo, or rather Das Meer. “Tell me where he is,” she demanded for the umpteenth time. Her chains felt he…
MM [17] *exp.

by Sophia D'Soleil 11 months ago

The non-magical race, who had begun to call itself Morti, was resentful towards the magi. Why did they have so much power and…
MM [18] *exp.

by Sophia D'Soleil 11 months ago

He enjoyed torturing his victims, turning their magic against them. Then he would skin them and gut them, making their friend…
Decision

by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

“Don’t look so surprised, dearest!” Dr. Lamb admonished. “Don’t tell me you thought,” he gestured at their surroundings, “you…
Hungry

by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

Bijoti lay in the field, craving what she couldn’t eat. When Carmen approached, she sat up.
“I feel uneasy. Something is awr…
Hiroshima

by Laine the Grey 11 months ago

When all was lost, there IT stood. IT would win the war for us. IT was our final hope. Or, so we thought.

We gathered physic…
Is Death an Inevitability?

by AccusedWishes 11 months ago

Welcome to my first story..the one that began with the death of my pet,Charlie. Charlie,or Char,as we called him,was a good p…
The Evil of the Night

by Stoner 11 months ago

The October night was crisp with the smell of fall in the air. The blue moon shown like a beacon in a sky littered with cloud…
A Classroom Christmas

by someday_93 11 months ago

“So, Mr. H, I was going to let the kids cut out Christmas trees and such for the classroom decorations. That’s all right, isn…
Consequence

by RndDolph 11 months ago

Typically, I would be in the woods, secluded, breathing its crisp air, listening to the muted crunch of snow giving way benea…
Stories Change...

by Mikomi 11 months ago

As I sit before my computer, hands slouched across the keys that beg me to type, I wonder…what will I write about? My frame…
Night Job

by Jeanette Gettysburg 11 months ago

The pounding rain in combination with the not so random song buzzing on the radio suited her mood just fine. A proper send of…
Just What I Need

by SocccerISmyLIFE 11 months ago

I looked at myself in the mirror. Short jean skirt, cute pink tank and adorable sandals. Hair down, framing my face and make-...
Monday's Mail

by Mike Kearney 11 months ago

I received a large package in the mail. It was a white brick with big black letters on it.

FIRE ME.

I was perplexed. I wasn…
Make Love Baby.

by thenameisbobdudes 11 months ago
Puppet Strings

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

They hold me up when I want to fall.
They pull me back when I want to walk.
They make me move when I want to stay still.
They…
Company of the Dead

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 11 months ago

Roland looked at the crows that had brought about this powerful state of being. He could see their skeletons, their still-bea…
Heather Hotness

by Mask By The Moon 11 months ago

I sigh and look through my bags, pulling out the most American major city outfit I could find. I walke dinto the bathroom and…
Self-Portrait

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

I look in the mirror,
the effects of aging
forever taking their toll,
Where does the time go?
Why does it happen so soon?
S…
Invited guests.

by Masque66 11 months ago

By some miracle, he caught himself before the chair tipped over. It was an odd trait of his that when faced with adversity an…
=Head Drops= yes, it's me.

by Mask By The Moon 11 months ago

Feared by boys and hated by girls, this clever little eleven year old sits busily doing her work. Her competitors, in an adva…
Walk in the Woods

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 11 months ago

Elenore walked slowly through the moonlit forest. She brushed her dark hair from her eyes, large and searching in the dim sil…
Dead Girls Don't Say No

by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 11 months ago
=Head Drops= yes, it's me again.

by Mask By The Moon 11 months ago

She was ugly by her own standards, and the only thing her bony elbow, strong legs, and sharp nails were good for was fighting…
Mirror Image

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Walking down the halls
Head down, eyes on feet, arms crossed
Walking straight ahead towards my destination
Nobody notices me …
The Tears of Knowledge

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Here I sit
Across the room from you
I can see it happening
I can see it all from here
I can see her
There by your side
And I …
The Masks

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Several of us wear masks.
We go around pretending.
Some are easy to recognize.
While others are never seen.

What would it be…
Teens Are Strange

by One Time, One Chance 11 months ago

“For what?” he asked.

Okay, babe, I love you, but seriously..

“We have to pay for this..” I gazed at my dirt enfilled roo…
Heather Leigh

by Mask By The Moon 11 months ago

I was so tempted to turn around and all but kill him verbally. I walked out, not ready to check out, just leaving for the m…
Because We're Mutants: Escape!

by Lone Writer 11 months ago

There speechlessness soon turned to terror when the alarms in the safe house all began to blare simultaneously.
“What’s happe…
Burn, Boy, Burn

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Its time to lose the picture.
Its time to move on.
Time for the next stage.

Burn, Boy, Burn

I want to let go,
So I will.
I …
The Truth I Can't Say

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

He tells me he loves me,
But I’ve been hurt so many times.

He tells me he trusts me,
But I’m not there yet.

He tells me I’m…
Life

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Is it worth it?
Is it worth all the pain I feel?
Why am I still alive,
With all my many thoughts of suicide?

What keeps me h…
My Savior

by Kristi 11 months ago

“I’m sorry!”
“Dammit Kaylee!”
He smacks her across the face. She falls to the floor like a broken doll. Tumbling over herself…
Food

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Some seek it as a comfort,
But thats not for me.

Eating is a waste of time.
It delays the inevitable.

The effects it can ha…
I Hate Myself

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

I hate myself
because being who I am
I can never be happy
I will always question
if I am good enough

I hate myself
because I…
Dead Girl Superstar

by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 11 months ago

Once Crowe had gone, Stephanie looked at the data again.

She had assumed that the infection spreading across Chicago turning…
Amy Arrives

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 11 months ago

The girl with eyes of fire crept slowly beneath the window sill. She giggled quietly as the question was asked. He wanted to …
More Time.

by butterflygirl6106 11 months ago

yesterday I saw an old man who stop me and said what time is it? He was dressed in a ratty old coat and a black cap, yet ther…
Break Ups

by LeAnn717 11 months ago

Why do some break ups work out,
While others blow both parties apart?
Why do friends feel they have
to pick a side?
Why can’t…
There is No Beginning, There is Only An End

by Leave Me A Note 11 months ago
Train to Mexico

by Yeah Write! 11 months ago

The driving force for which I persevered for days and would have for months was the glass porcupine. There were originally tw…
Curiosity

by charmaine 11 months ago

My father always used to warn me about the westerly woods. As a young child, I feared the dark abyss that was said to be beyo…
the crash

by charmaine 11 months ago

A sharp beam of light came through the windshield, and then perpetual darkness overcame. A ferocious vibration shook the enti…
blank paper

by charmaine 11 months ago

Afraid of blank paper
no words come
I know exactly what to write
yet my pen is frozen
words mashed in my mind
then suddenly t…
curiosity part 2

by charmaine 11 months ago

As I neared the true edge of the forest, my father’s deep voice resonated in my head, but another lighter, more playful voice…
curiosity part 3

by charmaine 11 months ago

I followed the light deeper into the forest. Shadows leapt off of the trees and mosses and ferns, all of which thickened as w…
a beautiful song of misery

by charmaine 11 months ago

her heavy heart moves the light pen, words flowing easily through the loud mind of the silent girl. everything she thinks cap…
denial of the heart

by charmaine 11 months ago

nothing looks right
and nothing looks wrong
what sight overlooks
the other senses realize
and what the ear misjudges
the othe…
What Used To Be

by Leave Me A Note 11 months ago

What used to be was a home, a home that kept all bad things away.

What used to be was a love, so strong, nothing else matter…
Eclipse [poem: part one]

by Ana Cristina 11 months ago

i
So summer leaves turn gold over night.
One falls in love while sleeping.
All the patterns of seduction I could’ve followe…
Eclipse [poem: part two]

by Ana Cristina 11 months ago

iv
And what does your name spell out for me?
This sacred alphabet I can’t help but scrawl
on every blank page I find.
Your …
Flashback

by Wizzer 11 months ago

_A new government project, Cybernetics, the wave of the future. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of something like that! Here I…
The Circus Comes to Town

by SKermitgorf 11 months ago

Gunter wasn’t excited about the reunion of his old circus pals.
He’d let himself go big time, his belly was flabby and his mu…
Hyper Girl And The Porcupines of Destiny

by THX 0477 11 months ago

You don’t know me, but my name is Umblefumble Jones. Yes, my parents were evil, thoughtless people, but that’s beside the poi…
Vampire Love

by User 6194 11 months ago

I was stupid to think he could change. As he walked through the halls with his new girlfriend. I thought that after what happ…
Baptism By Fire

by mtvrocks996 11 months ago

The cold air was crisp inside my throat as I had rushed from the meeting, “Were they really serious?” “Did they really expect…
Some Secrets Are Best Kept to Yourself

by mtvrocks996 11 months ago

As the truck pulled up the driveway, my heart skipped a beat. Were they finally here? Were my troubles over? Would my secret …
Who Will Hang Up First?

by Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore" 11 months ago

They don’t understand me. I’m thirteen, and they think that I’m too young to love. I love him, but is that too much? Is it po…
She Visited Today

by mtvrocks996 11 months ago

She was here today, how I was supposed to know she would be here is beyond me, but she was here nonetheless. She claimed it w…
Camp Mowapi 4

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 11 months ago

I scanned the lunch crowd for any attractive girls. There were a couple, but I knew they wouldn’t even look at me. Guys like …
When I looked into the eyes of my future

by un"leash"ed 11 months ago

My mind was on overload- it was like every emotion and thought and feeling wanted to be a part of this moment. I was overcome…
A Wrong Number and Granny {Insert Pen Name Here's Fifty Nifty Challenge}

by Jenunique 11 months ago

Stupid remote

I pointed it at the cable box while I repeatedly pressed the buttons. All the while pushing myself off the c…
Coming Back

by Adalade Clearwater 11 months ago

“HEY! Are you almost done in there?’‘
Rachelle pulled her head out from toilet. It had been a long night. She pushed past the…
The Wayland

by Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore" 11 months ago

Silence. This is a dead forest. No birds chirping. No life to be seen or heard. Only I exist here. It is the Wayland. In betw…
Passing Window TV Displays

by Stovohobo 11 months ago

It had been four days since Adrien had run off after Vicky, and Greg hadn’t seen either of them since. He cursed the snow, an…
When I looked into the eyes of my future (Pt. 2)

by un"leash"ed 11 months ago

Excitement suddenly swept away every thought and emotion and left me thinking of nothing but a future full of him. A future w…
Everything Goes Black

by Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore" 11 months ago

I rush down the dark alley. It is an awkward green light, hiding my shadow amongst the shadows. This isn’t where I should be …
Blood on my hands

by un"leash"ed 11 months ago

As I sat there in the dark, my eyes still burning from the tears, my cheeks still hot from the rage, I suddenly felt, well, r…
Coming Back

by Adalade Clearwater 11 months ago

The flight was the longest it had ever been. She had only made the trip from Boston to Kentucky once and it had been going th…
What's in the corner?

by Kee 11 months ago

You ever wake up and feel something is going to happen?
Not something horrible, not even something good. You can’t put your f…
Coming Back

by Adalade Clearwater 11 months ago

It was a ten minute drive from the airport to the Walters’ estate. Instead of Walters children moving out from there parents …
Cold

by User 6209 11 months ago

The summers were hard now. Not like she once remembered them, decades ago, as if from a previous life; hazy memories of climb…
Cashier Musings {IPNH's challenge}

by `espressotherapy. 11 months ago

“Two hours!” I sighed and leaned my chin on the high part of the cash register, but not before checking the area around me to…
Snapping Back

by Wizzer 11 months ago

Snapping out of the haze, I locate the address and search for the other information I need. They gave me only 1 gb of storage…
that other girl (maybe misery's christmas challenge)

by Dr. Lew 11 months ago

Born with one older sister, a chinese mom and an european father, this, my father has told me was an interesting story from t…
Camp Mowapi 5

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 11 months ago

The shower house was a joke, not clean, not private, and with two showers, two toilets, and 20 guys; crowded. The water was c…
You Aren't Alone

by mtvrocks996 11 months ago

“You aren’t alone” were her last words to me, gasping after every other word. Everything was muffled and so there is really n…
Camp Mowapi 6

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 11 months ago

I decided she just wanted a quiet, less densely populated place to hang out.
But I was too curious not to study her, which wa…
Everything Will Blow Pt. 3

by Melia 11 months ago
Writer's Cramp

by .:band baby:. 11 months ago

I scribble feverishly across the page. My hand won’t write as fast as my mind spits the words out at me. Word after word, lin…
Everything Will Blow Pt. 4

by Melia 11 months ago

Steven could tell I was bound and determined that we would make an appearance to support a couple of friends of ours who were…
Religion

by .:band baby:. 11 months ago

There once was a girl. She was a Catholic. Now, she wasn’t a devote, perfect Catholic, no where near, but she loved learning …
Run, Boy, Run!

by Courtney's Man 11 months ago

As 13-year-old Floyd Cunningham raced across the frozen Kansas land, his little 8-year-old brother, Glenn, trailing behind, p…
Run, Boy, Run! Part 2

by Courtney's Man 11 months ago

potbelly stove in the center of the room. As Floyd yelled for the Kerosene, his brother took off. As Glenn neared the door, a…
Run, Boy, Run! Part 3

by Courtney's Man 11 months ago

their eyes started to tear, he then realized what happened. Floyd had died and he had been wounded trying to save him. As day…
Run, Boy, Run! Part 4

by Courtney's Man 11 months ago

ho wins first place in the one mile race at the Morton County Fair.” Knowing Glenn, I would think that he would sign up, whic…
Run, Boy, Run! Part 4

by Courtney's Man 11 months ago

ho wins first place in the one mile race at the Morton County Fair.” Knowing Glenn, I would think that he would sign up, whic…
Setting up the Procedure

by Wizzer 11 months ago

_The wires will be run along my arms and legs to “stimulate” the muscles. The memory will be used for basic storage and shoul…

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