Stories posted 3/26/2007

  • Athena's Station Part 3 Inspired by text

    by FrustratedPilot about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    He never had a chance to say “no”. She not only had a counterargument for every argument, but the reason for each one came ou…

  • Whooping Cranes Inspired by text

    by coolmajaka about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The next year the whooping cranes didn’t return.

    An out of season hurricane smashed into the beaches where they nested, scat…

  • A Light in the Distance

    by Bearded Jon about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The day the Sutton Roadhouse burned we were taking a new washer and drier to Valdez for the house down there. I was 14 or 15 …

  • Chris' Big Day

    by Lord Splitzophlgus about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The alarm pierced the silence of Chris’ room. He rolled out of bed, knife in hand. Within seconds, the clock was in pieces on…

  • Self-Winding Samaritans Inspired by a photo

    by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    When the little toy robots started showing up, I thought they were just part of some urban art project. You know, like those …

  • The Secret Freeway

    by Karen of Mavarin about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    I first discovered the secret freeway in 1986, the same year I learned that the back doors of every Yellow Roof restaurant le…

  • Burning Down the Past Mature

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

  • Burning Down the Past (Part Two) Mature Inspired by text

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • Burning Down the Past (Part Three) Mature Inspired by text

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

  • The Hush of Battle

    by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    A trio of men cowered in a trench under the full moon and starry sky. Crickets and night-flying birds were the loudest sounds…

  • Soul Watcher Mature Inspired by a photo

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • Soul Watcher (Part II) Mature Inspired by text

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

  • OOPS Inspired by text

    by Annalise17 about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    OOOPS I guess I hit the button twice. Can we not delete our booboos?

  • Mit dem Fuß auf dem Gaspedal Inspired by text

    by cobold0815 about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Mir bleiben die Worte im Hals stecken. Mein Fuß ist aus der Tür, meine Überraschung dort, wo die Worte nicht voran kommen. Vi…

  • Further Adventures of the Real George Washington Mature Inspired by text

    by Phil about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • Fiction War, Part 1

    by Phil about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “My name is Augustine Hand. I understand you want to hire me as a writer for your magazine?”

    The old man looked at him. They…

  • Fiction War, Part 2 Inspired by text

    by Phil about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    After going down the elevator, the old man (who told Hand to just call him ‘Chief’) opened the door, and they stepped out int…

  • Fiction War, Part 3 Inspired by text

    by Phil about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Adolf-No, Ernie, Hand reminded himself-handed a cup of coffee to the Chief, and said with an accent that was pure Nebraska, ”...

  • Yog-Sothoth Goes On A Picnic With Cthulhu and Tells a Joke

    by Phil about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Yog-Sothoth, ut-nabigash, ur-ralicthlia. Ra’lyeh trop thluhth frt gannuh.

    “(unpronouncable dialogue that took centuries to s…

  • The Crusaders Mature

    by Nick about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • The Light of the Empire part IV Inspired by text

    by Harpo Kennedy (the hidden brother) about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Kaijan didn’t need to look back. Klam made enough noise to be heard three time zones away. He’d have to work on that.

    Kaijan…

  • Unexpected Travels in Time

    by Algai 'd' Aman about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Jor was a hunted man.

    Short and stocky as he was, he scaled the chain-linked fence faster than he imagined he could. His an…

  • You Take The Good, You Take The Bad Inspired by text

    by Arthur Fonzarelli about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    Maybe the mixture of Tootie Fruities and Scotch was a bad idea after all.

    Chris fumbled and scratched at the steering column…

  • How was I to know then that I’d be the first?

    by drob about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The surgery seemed to go OK, judging from a quick inventory of my past experiences. I have perfect recall of my Tokyo days in…

  • Passages and Diagrams

    by drob about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I’m lighting matches for my rescue, so I’ll be on my best behavior, plowing through the laws of nature and disregarding every…

  • Juan sees the future... and the past. Mature Inspired by a photo

    by drob about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

  • Stella Starr and the Road to Gangster's Paradise: Playing With Fire Inspired by text

    by Hobo Beard Bob about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Nelly whimpered.

    Frankie threw the table out of his way and stepped toward the two girls, but before he could make another m…

  • 100 different ways

    by drob about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen a pupil in his eyes for 16 days and the catholic girls loved him in 100 different ways. He’s so popular, voted …

  • Colors of death Inspired by a photo

    by suzieaim about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Red, green, blue. The spectral shades paint a picture of his death. One man, in a box, beneath a tree. His life was more vibr…

  • The Merciful Clutches of Darkness Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I remember the darkness from many years ago, before we lit the city. It’s a chilling sensation to lose sight of everything fa…

  • The Martian Kipling Writes A Poem

    by Phil about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Take up the Green Man’s burden!
    Have done with hatchling days
    The light crown of the Jedak,
    The easy ungrudged praise:
    By all…

  • Cappuccinos of Fate

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    There’s a small café on Gregor Street that has faithfully crafted the world’s best crepes since the elm trees that now canopy…

  • Fred

    by User 1234 about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    Fred was a TV psychic. Not only was he a TV psychic, but he was a TV psychic with a cooking show.

  • Only If You Dance Inspired by text

    by Kenney Boy about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I pointed the gun at her as I shouted:

    “You wanna see me dance too?”

    She wasn’t shaken by my bravado, smiling and crossing …

  • The Traveling Freak Show Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Atlanta’s not a stellar place, but it had been livable with its cheap rent, a job that didn’t require human interaction, and …

  • Knowing Inspired by text

    by Kenney Boy about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “I know what you want to make,” he said once into the camera that caught his face and beamed it to millions. “I know your des…

  • Bangalored ... Inspired by text

    by Explorer about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Where in the world can she be? She is well aware that the cab moves out right on time and this has never ever happened in the…

  • The Search Inspired by text

    by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Stacy reached for a pencil and paper and began to sketch their murderer: late 20’s white male, sideburns, a face that said “t…

  • no answers yet Inspired by text

    by Explorer about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    Whenn Stephan woke up again, he found himself on a raft, sailing through the clouds…

    he almost skipped a hearbeat… Oh my…

  • BooBooUndo Inspired by text

    by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    NEW! The BooBooUndo Button, just $19949.99 from Cronotron Industries!

    They said time travel was impossible, but they never m…

  • Unexpected and Unwanted Travels in Time Inspired by text

    by Ethyachk about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Jor sighed. Normally you might expect a man who had just had experienced his own death to react less calmly than to simply co…

  • A deathly hiccup Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    He’d watched all the movies of course. The heroes that live each day over until they find the one key, that one little item/e…

  • The Light of the Empire part V Inspired by text

    by Ethyachk about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    It wasn’t that Kaijan heard something that made him stop cold, it was the realization that, other than the ruckus Klam was ma…

  • Happy Birthday

    by MagicEightBall about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Thirty-six years Bob had sat in the same place, in the same building, done the same job. Maybe the tools had changed, but the…

  • The Wrong Song Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Orange, yellow, white,
    the box is way too tight.
    The spectral shades
    where energy fades
    Somehow isn’t right.

    Vibrant is t…

  • search Inspired by text

    by Explorer about 1 year ago 2 out of 5 stars

    She immediately got down to work on her Wikimapia. To her amazement the Dave Store appeared in at least a dozen places…

    No…

  • The Triangle

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    We spotted her capsized on the rocks a hundred yards offshore. A beautiful weather-beaten rig, sheets frayed from abuse and s…

  • dead angel

    by bunnyhero about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    i saw the dead angel in the backyard from the kitchen window. at first i didn’t know what it was – just a small grey-white sh…

  • The Chest

    by Explorer about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    His eye sight was starting to fail him. He was unable to recognise the frail frame that was sauntering towards him with a gai…

  • Nine Inspired by text

    by Kenney Boy about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The newest slash. The eight in a line of scars that screamed for two more.

    A nudge on her arm caught her attention, a ball o…

  • Isaiah 14 Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    How you are fallen from heaven,
    . . O shining star, son of the morning!
    You have been thrown down to the earth,
    . . you who…

  • Faith?

    by MeadowCress about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    She smiled wryly and stared up at the sky. Then found a pebble nearby and flung it at the nearest cloud as she shouted ”you h…

  • The Fishermen of Lake Derry

    by theWallflower about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “Fish on,” Larry casually called out.

    Ralph shrugged and nodded, shifting his red plaid flannel. He hardly needed to raise h…

  • Faith Too? Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The stone, instead of losing speed and falling to the ground, accelerated. Flying straight, without the wobble associated wit…

  • On the Trail of the Wily Space Burps Inspired by text

    by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    We sauntered out of the apartment building and up the street, just a guy taking his cat for a walk. While not popular because…

  • Picking Locks is Happymaking Inspired by text

    by coolmajaka about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I looked up and down the street, but no pedestrains were near. Even if they were, saying, _I think a tiny toy robot just spok…

  • Foursome Mature Inspired by text

    by RicoLaser about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • The Lawmen of Lake Derry Inspired by text

    by RicoLaser about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The Lake Derry Police Department consisted of three men.

    The first and most important was Chief Caleb Ridgway, who’d been ch…

  • The Ridgways of Lake Derry Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Jefferson Beauregard Trestlehorn had just dozed off when Ralph stumbled through the station door flat drunk.

    “Chief Ridgway!...

  • Eggs

    by unsquare about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    This time it was a puzzle piece. I watched, fascinated, as its edges began to curl in the crackling oil. I saw, perhaps, the …

  • The Void Inside

    by Nick about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Robert’s first recollection of the sense of loss was just before he turned 13-years-old: there was a hole somewhere in his bo…

  • The Mayor of Lake Derry Mature Inspired by text

    by RicoLaser about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

  • Cursed

    by Squeaky about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    As I fell, I realized that the fortune-teller hadn’t been speaking metaphorically. How was I to know that weasels could grow …

  • Eggs II

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The shell cracked and a bundle of colors fell in a flurry into the hot oil.

    “By the bejeebers, what are you doing to me, man…

  • Refusal (Guardians, Ep. 3) Inspired by text

    by Coz about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I flexed my will, old, unused muscles of the mind reshaping metal back into flesh and bone.

    “My service is done. My term se…

  • Realization (Guardians, Ep. 4) Inspired by text

    by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Behind me she spoke and a flutter burst from her hand. A wrethling, messenger.

    The tiny creature flew about me, hindering m…

  • Arrival

    by Pat J about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Jupiter was a grey and dismal spheroid, its atmosphere mostly blown away into the vast darkness beyond the heliopause. Its mo…

  • Resignation (Guardians, Ep. 5) Inspired by text

    by Coz about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I stepped back from the edge and willed myself to calm. My body reshaped to “normal,” that state I used to inhabit by nature …