Stories posted 4/13/2007
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Countdown to Doomsday
I knocked on the door and she let me in. She had a couple of things to take care of before she was ready to leave for dinner….
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Finale

I knew this day would come and dreaded it. This King is better left in the oblivion, than put in the spotlight. Your comprehe…
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There be dragons here... drat.....

“Just… try throwing your voice in the direction of the slippers.”, he muttered.. “And DON’T let the slippers fall off… No…
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Now you see her... damn...

What could happen? This whole thing is a hallucination, right? My feet dangled out of the window for three minutes and all I …
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Introducing Joe and Cindy - puppeteers

‘Guten morgen.’, I heard the snake say from inside the window in a really bad German accent. “Dragon Lucy, I would like to in…
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What next?

She is waiting, for what she is not quite sure, anticaption, anxious.
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Small

Erik stared up at the sky and sighed deeply as a tear rolled down his cheek. Whenever he wanted to feel smaller, more insigni…
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The 120 Second Doubling
David was a yawner. Every time he opened his mouth, the colony of Tannerella forsythia rejoiced in adulation.
“Oh man, I l…
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My cat did WHAT?

I cringed a bit. No animal.. well… animal that talks.. would be stupid enough to believe that story!
The dragon raised her…
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Further into the rabbit hole

The snake looked from the little fuzzball cat that until a second ago I thought was named ‘Fluffy’, up to the medium-sized bu…
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Snared

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Let's Travel Through Time

“Jon Spokes. Got it”, said Sam. The old man was clearly senile and Sam was not interested in small talk. Besides, it was comm…
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Run For Your Life
Red and blue lights flashed, sirens screamed, and tyres screeched on the damp road as the police cars tore through the narrow…
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Armageddon Is Toaster Than You Think

Not just the Apocalypse from the toast’s point of view, of course, although it was pretty traumatic. Just imagine, one moment…
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Believing and seeing
Some people wear tinfoil helmets and keep away from windows. Some analyse photos endlessly. Some make constant requests for u…
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The Last Roughneck Starts Fresh

Back in Alaska, my crew had quite a collection of adventure stories to tell, most of them revolving around me. I was somethin…
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The Last Roughneck Makes a First Impression

“Have you ever worked a wind harvesting operation before, Stanton?”
“No sir. 25 years on a rig off the North Slope, Alaska.”...
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The Late Mayor of Lake Derry

Larry Pillsbury was a wreck, and that’s putting it mildly. His face was nearly unrecognizable beneath streaked coats of dirt,...
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Hidden girl
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The Problem with Inertia

Sam cracked open his eyes. He was still on the same road, and for some reason, lying on the ground to its side. He also had s…
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Snared 2

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Flying phobia

The snake made the discussion short and sweet. “We need to get to Yankee Stadium before the cookie crumbles.” So much for any…
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Fred Masterson: Suburbian Sexual Adventurer
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Meet our leader

We landed in the middle of Yankee Stadium, right on the baseball diamond. Ricky leaped off the dragon, turned and bowed to he…
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Snared 3

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Take me to your leader

I never knew a snake could fall. I mean.. when your stomach is so close to the ground, where is there to go? However, I know …
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This sounds fishy

If I were to write a list of what I expected to find in the locker, I am not sure where I would start. I can honestly say tho…
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ficlets.com does not allow to remove *my own* 'ficlet'!
WTF???
how do I remove a ficlet?
at all. no sign of it should be left. no ‘draft’ or whatever.
WTF?!?
PS
and it inserts … -
Trash ejected, Soul Acquired 2

I began at a sprint toward my apartment; my moves akward and abrupt. I couldnt see straight and everything was a bit blurred;...
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Speech with the boss

“Put your head in the fish tank!!”, my cat repeated rather intensely. “The Catfish wants to speak to you!!”
I looked at the …
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no clue
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