Ficlets | Stories posted 3/16/2007

Stories posted 3/16/2007

Chordite Dawn

by Paul Anderson about 1 year ago

The cordite in the air burned his nostrils. A dozen trams were still smoldering as the sun set. Minor fighting continued to h…
Birth of the Firefox, Part 2

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

In the thirty years since its inception, Schin had seen the Firefox project go from Netscape’s red-headed stepchild to Micros…
The Green War

by Vara about 1 year ago

Pollen Alert! Pollen Alert!

The trees are attacking! The trees are attacking!

Dry eyed and irritable, Mirabelle pushed asid…
Joey and Sparks

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago
Haxsonville Florida

by God about 1 year ago
supp

by bart about 1 year ago
The Red Pancho Of Death

by stjarna67 about 1 year ago

Even with my eyes still closed, I could tell I was no longer in my bedroom. The comfortable smell of quilts around my face h…
The Wench's Prize

by Rieb7 about 1 year ago

” It’s mine! The doll was mine to begin with. ” Morgan screached, clutching an old doll tightly to her. Jessie picked up her …
The War Message

by i0td about 1 year ago

With all her might, nimble Mirabelle dashed across the burnt plains and away from the unfriendly forest. Only a few more mile…
Spirit of the Crema

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

That morning had started out like any other Thursday morning: I started walking the four blocks it took to get from my apartm…
Seeded

by i0td about 1 year ago

I had just entered the workshop and poured myself some coffee this morning when a fellow coworker, Bob I think his name was, ...
Spirit of the Crema, Part II

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

“Wh-what the hell,” I stammered.

“You are Worthy,” said the crema.

“And you’re a talking espresso.”

“No,” it replied, “We …
the stolen

by Barry Addison about 1 year ago
De Luxe Olympia

by Bearded Jon about 1 year ago

I started on a typewriter just like this one, maybe this one. A De Luxe Olympia. I didn’t know QUERTY and was not acquainted …
the stolen... more

by Bearded Jon about 1 year ago

We’re not that different, you and I he thought of the mosquito. _We both prey upon others. We both just want to be in and o…
Infusion of the Crema

by bytex64 about 1 year ago

The renewed warmth of the cup felt comforting in my hands. I tried not to think too deeply about the Spirit as I lifted the c…
The End of the World as We Know It

by JS.10 about 1 year ago

The problem with tea was that it always gives me terrible gas, Max thought to himself. And the problem with terrible gas is t…
Thrust

by pelvicboogie about 1 year ago

His lance was hard in his hand, and he was drunk with excitement and anticipation. The shaft was rigid, and seemed to throb w…
Der Daumen

by Ehrensenf about 1 year ago

“Wie haben Sie das eigentlich gemacht?” fragte die Schwester während sie den Daumen verband. Nina zögerte. Sollte Sie einer W…
Flame War

by LomzaMalt about 1 year ago

Halogen lamps focused on the knees collapsing in the split second it took for the torso to somersault across the canopy in a …
The Toaster Adventures, Part II

by JS.10 about 1 year ago

Looking down. Well, not really down, but more like I wasn’t sure which way was which without the familiar pull of gravity o…
Father's Hazy Eyes

by Joshua Judd about 1 year ago

One of my father’s tidbits of advice comes to mind now. I’m not sure why. It doesn’t particularly apply to being trapped unde…
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by LomzaMalt about 1 year ago

My eyes could only focus on an imperfection in the floorboards—a sort of buckle in which i ascertained sorrow encapsulated. I…
Keep Moving

by Kamalani about 1 year ago

Keep moving. Two months after Z-Day, and I’ve observed some rules. Rule #4: Keep moving. Click.

Staring up the business en…
Not now, not like this

by Kamalani about 1 year ago

Interruption before response: first a crash, then a scream. Bathroom window. Her scream.

I dropped the tackle box I’d been…
Inside The Box

by Exidor about 1 year ago

I peeled back the tape and lifted a flap.

“It’s empty,” I said.

“It can’t be.”

The light wasn’t great, so I reached in a…
Ice Worms of Titan

by graymouser about 1 year ago

The Achilles Heel floated across the sea of liquid methane, its reinforced syntethetic hull cutting a line through the inco…
Der Daumen dreht sich weiter

by User 797 about 1 year ago

Egal, dachte sich Nina, die Tante hier soll von mir denken, was sie will, die sieht mich sowieso nie wieder!
Kaum war der let…
recomeço

by Ock-Tock about 1 year ago

6:00 da manhã
Abre os olhos, sem vontade de se levantar. Toma banho, não querendo despertar. Se enxuga, veste uma bermuda, va…
Oops

by MagicEightBall about 1 year ago

He sat, well, not so much sat, as fell into, which was still quite the accomplishment of balance, given that he’d already dra…
Der Daumen

by Katrin-Verehrer about 1 year ago

Dabei war die Wahrheit doch, dass sie sich ihren Daumen auf einem Rock-Konzert an einer zerbrochenen Bierflasche aufgeschnitt…
Ficlets, a small beginning...

by cin-dicated about 1 year ago

Once upon a time… I was invited by Kevin Lawver to work on this awesome project called Ficlets. So the dream became reality…
Losing Friends

by uselessness about 1 year ago

“Jimmy! What are you doing here?”

“Running late. Will you clock me in?”

“If you worked here, sure. But I seem to remember M…
Sleeping Armies of the King

by Midgard about 1 year ago

“Wake up Giants, armies of the King, for now is my time of need! Grigori’s monstrosities have come from the depths of hell to…
Crossing Lines

by Ereni about 1 year ago

Chela took another drag and looked around.
Flowers and some herbs. A few vegatables peeking out from under greenery. All in …
Fireworks at work

by gotya about 1 year ago

The day started off on a routine note , got up, brushed my teeth, dropped off kid to school and drove over to office. The bos…
A Bad Case of the Mundays

by Piqued about 1 year ago

“Now, what, Einstein?”

“I don’t know! Do we have any more ammunition?”

“Sure. I keep a stockpile of it right here behind my…
Let me start again

by MagicEightBall about 1 year ago

First off, know that I hate tea.

I hate the pretentious, arrogant socialites that hold their pinkies up as they sip from the…
Promise

by Jason Garber about 1 year ago

It was standing there on the side of the road that I realized what had to be done. I took one last look over my shoulder at t…
Resume from Last Played

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

I held down the fast-forward button as the date in the on-screen display crept onward, back toward the present-day. I stopped…
Doom of the Ides

by Cherith about 1 year ago

Beware the Ides of March. It’s too bad that I couldn’t have remembered, or payed attention to the warning sooner. Of course, ...
A Calm Diversion

by Van Lewis about 1 year ago

The door closed silently. His listless body hung over the bed, drenched in sweat. The old fan whirred above, barely moving th…
Be Nice to Vicky

by Jay about 1 year ago

I had no idea that when I gave Vicky the flowers she would react so strangely.
I mean, it took me the rest of the day to clea…
Manuel Returns

by Scimon about 1 year ago

“Revenge!”

There are times you want to hear a squeaky Spanish accented voice shouting behind you. Like… Well I’m sure ther…
My Angel

by Piqued about 1 year ago

I started stroking Angel’s fur while I tried to puzzle this out. She always calmed me down when I felt nervous. Really, it’s …
Yeah, it's Vicky

by fooeynet about 1 year ago

I was walking home to my apartment on 17th Street, thinking of how odd Vicky has been behaving lately, when a splash of color…
An angel

by Emanuel Lagos about 1 year ago

As the juice drips down Stephan’s chin, he is overcome with vertigo as the world spins around him.

In moments, it passes.

T…
Fortsetzung aus dem Comment- Bereich

by User 820 about 1 year ago

Doch all ihre Bemühungen halfen nicht ihre Schmerzen zu verbergen. Angestrengt lächelte sie weiter während die Schwester mit …
He who roars

by Scimon about 1 year ago

He who roars stalked the great expanse searching for new prey. The green fluff of squeaking had succumbed to his stealthy a…
Looting an Empty Planet

by Saffron about 1 year ago

Max took a deep breath, counted to ten. “Uh, Fender, there’s a Kmart right across the street. I always thought it was way stu…
Die Schwester

by Ares64 about 1 year ago

das Sie ja nicht an dem Verband herumspielen sollte. Da viel Ninas Blick auf den Verband, er wirkte für Sie wie eine Rolle Mü…
More About My Father

by Jay about 1 year ago

“My Sweetest Agatha,”

They all begin that way. After that, everything crumbles. He would say things like:

“Perhaps next tim…
Coins from the Sky

by Uncle Sam about 1 year ago

The bag slammed through the skylight, raining coins and glass pellets all over the lobby. Not that we knew it was a bag, it m…
Shooting

by Uncle Sam about 1 year ago

He just stood there, staring off into space, his breath rising above him in the calm winter morning. This image should be cal…
Houseguest

by greenmonkeyfever about 1 year ago

How many times had I asked him to lock the door when he left the house? In this neighborhood, you never know who might let th…
Five ALIVE!

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

So, having given up on finding Mr. Right, I decided to make one. Frankly, it didn’t take an Einstein. Just a bit of heavy dig…
I Am Not Stalking Vicky!

by User 707 about 1 year ago

I’m not a stalker! Well, I’m sure you understand that, but Tina didn’t see it that way, and neither did the judge. Now I’...
The News

by Uncle Sam about 1 year ago

Sarah twirled her fork in what was left of the plate of spaghetti, wasting time before she had to go home. She didn’t know wh…
The Queen of All Housecats

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

She was twenty-two feet tall from the tip of her foreclaw to the tip of her ear, and she was the ruler of all she surveyed. T…
Coming soon, to a theater near you

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

Coming soon, to a theater near you…

They thought they could keep them down in the garden.

They thought they were safe.
...
The Good Day

by xmuskrat about 1 year ago

The gypsy looked into my coffee, reading the beans. “Looks like you will have a pretty cheery day today.”

But, believe me, I…
The Meaning

by Short and Pervy about 1 year ago
Oh, Snap

by Short and Pervy about 1 year ago
Hello, Dali

by Milan about 1 year ago

As the intercom cut off, the ship seemed to shudder, knocking the mop out of my hands. I watched in growing horror as it righ…
Operation: Gooshyfood

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

Fluffy finished wiring the last connection. This was it. She was finally ready.

It had taken the longest time to track down …
Move it, Pinky

by Jnova about 1 year ago

In April a shower unlike you’ve ever experienced.

Will bring May flowers of a kind you never knew.

This June, a lawn yo…
Struck

by hoop about 1 year ago

A slapping sound, less loud than thunder, but no less sharp. The crack of soft skin wronged against stubbled skin impenitent….
Woah Means No

by Jay about 1 year ago
Spreadsheet, part 6

by jarod about 1 year ago

With the ropes over her shoulders, it only took Parity a few sharp tugs to get the enough slack around her waist to bring her…
Tis The Season

by Bearded Jon about 1 year ago

The ache creeps into my shoulders, spreads down my arms.

Is it from hunching over the keyboard? Is it my posture?

A tickle …
revolt

by hoop about 1 year ago

Then the people rose up, incensed out of anger, guilt, greed, frustration…an economy in motion lorded over by their darkest…
Eternal Present

by AlchemiA about 1 year ago

It was a late summer afternoon. A breeze came up the hill from the sea below.

An old man made his way up the hill. Slowly, t…
When Fighters Become Lovers

by wonderer about 1 year ago
Spreadsheet, part alt-6

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

With a jerk, the conveyor suddenly doubled its speed.

The last thing Parity saw was Spreadsheet smirking down at her from th…
Pop Pop Entranced

by i0td about 1 year ago

The blue glow was dim and distant. Still, little Pop Pop was able to sense the faint light calling out for her. The girl shoo…
Intangible

by Midgard about 1 year ago

With the car coming at him faster than a shot from a canon, and the driver paying more attention to tuning the radio than wha…
The Family Curse

by uselessness about 1 year ago

Frostbite got Mom. For Dad, it was pneumonia. My older brother struggled for half a decade with the whooping cough but he eve…
Spreadsheet, part alt-7

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

Parity darted forward, noticing that all the wireframe pipes seemed to be tagged with identifiers that expanded like tooltips…
Just Us Until the End

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

Fender thumb-keyed a message into his phone, spelled out with angular, multi-branched glyphs. Roughly translated from the Gum…
Eat your Veggies

by GregsBlog about 1 year ago

“I just ate lunch and it actually had some vegetables in it. I can feel my blood circulating for the first time in 24 hours. ...
The American Dream

by fooeynet about 1 year ago

Wait. Maybe I’m going about this the wrong way. I mean really, a rifle? I’m supposed to be quail hunting. Since when do you h…
Meeting

by Ayla about 1 year ago

Angie stared at the remnants of her rum and coke, slowly circling the straw around the glass. Trying not to appear too eager,...
Walking On Sunshine

by Antonio E. Lopes about 1 year ago

“You know,” said Sonja, the thick Persian accent dripping from her lips like too much DiSaronno in too small a glass, “dancin…
If This Was My Baby

by wonderer about 1 year ago

I looked down at the little 6 month old baby my friend was rocking in her arms.

“I love it when she’s like this,” the new mo…
Sea Chat

by Bryan VorBryan about 1 year ago

I was 43 when the whales started talking. Dolphins too.

I happened to be down at the dock in our little waterfront town wit…
Asequal

by User 842 about 1 year ago

Then I realized: I’m asleep. i awoke and jumped down from my bunkbed above my brother, who was sleeping like a dead man lies….
Willy's Offer

by RicoLaser about 1 year ago

I was surprisingly unconcerned about my sanity. For some reason, my tete-a-tete with the marine mammal seemed ordinary, if a …
Cheers

by RicoLaser about 1 year ago
Things Not Seen

by W0PHT about 1 year ago

“Have you ever actually seen one before?”

“Well, no. Now that you mention it. But there’s lots of stuff I’ve never actually …
Der letzte Abend

by felvader about 1 year ago

Der letzte Abend von Felix von Pless

Es war der letzte Abend der Sommerfahrt.
Henrik und Johannes waren froh, bald wieder z…
Playing Innocent

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

I grinned at Julia as she wandered in from her bedroom the next morning. “Morning, sleepyhead.”

“Morning.”

“So what’d you d…
The Cat

by David Schlachter about 1 year ago

It all seemed so real… The shark glided through the bustling waters of sky. Was it a dream? Was it reality? He didn’t know,...
Schwach

by felvader about 1 year ago

“Sie arbeiten zuviel,” grunzte die Schwester. “Man sollte am besten garnicht mehr aus dem Haus gehen, bei allem, was einem da…
Walking on Shoeshine

by 494449 about 1 year ago
Sentry

by W0PHT about 1 year ago

The air was thin but clear. You could almost see the curvature of the planet on the horizon. The sky above was still lit by t…
It's going to feel great

by psst about 1 year ago

She stood by the window looking out. It was still dark, but she could hear the rain hitting the windowsill. Ever since she de…
Birth of the Firefox, Part 3

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

A few more keystrokes and the uplink was done, the innocuous-looking code added to the nightly build using an alias he was 95…
how do I delete a story?

by Short and Pervy about 1 year ago
Getting Things Done

by Short and Pervy about 1 year ago
Getting Things Done to Me

by Throat Wolf about 1 year ago
The Lid

by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago

I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I need what’s inside. My head is going to explod…
Computer Logic

by Uncle Sam about 1 year ago

“Please. Now what would that accomplish? Either way, you will die. If you wish to end your life, as you say, it would still b…
No Lid-Proof Child

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

And then my four-year-old son toddles in from the next room, plucks the bottle out of my hands, and deftly twists the lid off…
Sic Semper Tyrannis

by RicoLaser about 1 year ago
Feline Courtship Ritual

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago
Requiem for a Cat-Lady

by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago

“I just had a frakked-up thought,” Simon said, stopping short as he reached for the doorknob.

“What’s up?” Sarah asked, her …
The Case of Richard Nixon and the Novocaine Curse

by PixelFish about 1 year ago

The sonic pick whined, faded. My dentist dabbed my cheek, suctioned spit from my mouth and said, “There we are. Go rinse.”

I…
The Gum'Bnds

by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago

Leaving a trail of sludge and interstellar waste in its wake, the Legerdemain approached Earth, carrying with it two of the m…
Hard to Find Good Help

by Short and Pervy about 1 year ago
Whole Lotta Bull

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

We stood there for a moment looking at Bill’s car.

“Well, I see you finally found a can big enough for you,” I said. “I’m im…
The Maker's Hands

by dna about 1 year ago

What was I thinking? What was I thinking? What was I thinking?

The regretful mantra echoed in his skull to the crispy beat…
Death and Sausages

by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago

George hated dragons. They killed his family, and worse, they smelled of death and sausages. He killed dragons by the dozens,...
The Breathing of Airports

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

When nobody is around, the buildings breathe.

Any building will do this, though with older buildings it is more noticeable, ...
City Under Glass

by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago

No one was sure how the city had come to be enclosed in the temporospatial discontinuity. It had just sort of—happened one da…
Wet with Willie

by Bryan VorBryan about 1 year ago

While barely glancing back, I stepped off into the water with Willie. It was cold, it was salty, it was about what you’d expe…
Fizzmeinia

by The K about 1 year ago

Bzz bzzz bzzzzz

He tried to bat the fly away from his ear, but his hand wouldn’t move. He tried with his other hand, which m…

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