Ficlets | Stories posted 6/8/2007

Stories posted 6/8/2007

Chocolate

by khepa about 1 year ago

The only thing I remember about my past life is eating chocolate. I remember salivating and submerging myself into anything t…
Dream. (Cont.)

by French Toast about 1 year ago

White doesn’t go with these shorts, I thought, trying my luck. The sweatshirt turned a deep blue color. I slipped it over m…
The Tale of Haroun al Rashid and the Mechanical Man

by Cobweb about 1 year ago

It happened that the Caliph Haroun al Rashid and his trusted companion and Vizier Ja’far al Barmaki were out carousing one ev…
Wake up call

by Stoner about 1 year ago
Irrational? Phobias.

by Saint Chuck about 1 year ago

Session 1: Ted Miller w/ Dr. Kenton; concerning phobias.
4:30 P.M., June 12

“So Ted, do you think you could tell me what y…
The Bully in Cona Park.

by drob about 1 year ago

I’m more me now than I was when you were the bully in Cona Park. I’m more me now than than I was when I was the sum of all my…
A Chain of Events

by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago

Ahmad sat in the suspended iron cage looking down at his
captors. The nearest troglodyte was not quite 4 feet tall. It
studi…
Tick, Tock

by Sir Kills-A-Lot about 1 year ago

He just left me standing there, completely engulfed by the room, to watch our time to live tick down on the clock overhead. O…
tremors of doubt

by User 2521 about 1 year ago

It wasn’t there. It simply wasn’t there.The ramifications were staggering. Things were well under way and someone been in the…
Maggie

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Maggie walked as far as her exhausted legs would carry her before collapsing defeatedly into a heap to the side of the abando…
Tidy Office

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

The blue gel pen slid down the face of the tilted table picking up speed before tumbling to the floor with all of the other s…
Ground Chuck

by Laine P. Grey about 1 year ago

It’s funny how a place that is filled with death, can be abundant with life. I thought as I walked into the Butcher’s Shopp…
Moonrise

by MissJonas1492 about 1 year ago

Their hearts blaze like fire
Their eyes glow like rain
They understand the feeling
They understand the pain
They run along th…
All eyes on Amy

by Secret77 about 1 year ago
In Absentia, part 2

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

Minnaloushe was John’s name for the cat, who he’d always bragged was more canine than feline. Minnaloushe played fetch, loyal…
Tick, Tock II

by Sir Kills-A-Lot about 1 year ago

Thirty seconds. We were the best and the brightest the Earth to Space Aeronautics Program could offer, yet we stood there in …
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Awareness slowly came to me. I first became aware of myself and my senses began to gather information. My first thoughts were…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I examined my thoughts. Why would I not know who I am? My head did not hurt. There were no bumps. I had not hit my head. As I…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

No, I did not think I was blind. I reached into my jacket pocket, pulled out a slender, rubberized, tube that felt like it be…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Every surface visible to me except for my own body, clothes, and backpack was mirrored. The effect of amount of reflection ca…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I had to distract myself and my body seemed to be in working order. Therefore, I slowly stood up. I slung the back pack over …
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I released the knob as if it was a snake ready to strike out at me. I released it so quickly that I stumbled backwards. Fear …
Always Something Left to Learn

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

He remembered how he’d tossed a crust of sandwich to a lone seagull, one summer long ago.

The poor thing had just been on t…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

The harder I tried to “remember” something other than the inside of the sphere, the more empty my memories seemed. Yet, how c…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I was not sure if I was prepared for whatever might be on the other side of any of the doors. So, I decided to investigate wh…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

The remembrance of a book that I had once read flashed through my mind. The main character of the book once had a cat. The ca…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Finishing my sandwich, I stood having decided to choose a door. I figured that the only way to reach a destination was to tak…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

With a tingle and a whoosh, I found myself surrounded by greenery.

I was thrown off balance, by the realization that the doo…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

In the distance, I heard the sound of hoof beats which made no sense because beneath my feet was a mossy, spongy surface that…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I strode along the mossy path not knowing if my choices would lead me true. I slowly and carefully turned a blind corner. Whe…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Then, I realized that an opening was widening at the end of the corridor. The end of the corridor was bounded by two massive …
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

As I ran past the crossing I noticed a flash of movement and noise to my left. I stopped dead in my tracks as I looked toward…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Simultaneously, the Unicorn stopped all movement and demonstrated her awareness of my presence. She looked directly at me wit…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

At a crossroads in more ways than I could have possible known or understood at the time, I dropped my backpack to the mossy f…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I felt her warm living breath on the back of my neck as she lowered her head around my shoulder and placed the tip of her hor…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Before I could think, move, bat an eyelash or otherwise act, she pressed against me and effortlessly moved me back to the cro…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

I did not hear her above the sound of my own sobs as she approached. My first hint that she was near, was the tap of her horn…
50 Doors

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

With my tears now dried, I stored the knife in my backpack, stood up, slung the backpack cross my shoulder and walked down th…
A Burden Shared

by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago

“Looking for this?” said Cynthia, behind him.

Startled, Philip whirled on her. With a jaw clench, he regained his dignity an…
emo story part 1

by Ray Klahr about 1 year ago

He had those empty eyes, the kind you don’t want to look into, but do anyway. The kind that give you the chills and you just …
emo story part 2

by Ray Klahr about 1 year ago

Tristen rolled onto the floor and stared at the white ceiling. It matched his white skin. he wasnt usually that pale. It mus…
emo story part 3

by Ray Klahr about 1 year ago

And he continued walking, nonchalantly, to the cafeteria.

He came by his table, “Hey! Tristen!!! I got u a tray, come sit do…
Raven and Demetria

by MissXMassacre about 1 year ago

As I walked in the door, I saw my best friend Raven standing there with blood running down her arm. “I didn’t mean to…..it …
Silent Death

by Secret77 about 1 year ago

“Captain Taylor, we located the syntax error in the code and have made appropriate adjustments.”

Standing up from behind his…
Withdrew

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Charles withdrew from life, society, and the public eye after the tragedy. He could no longer stand the glare of the spotligh…
Dog's Life

by SeekGround about 1 year ago

Then again, perhaps I was a dog. Dogs tend to consume chocolate crazily given the chance even though it can be deadly for the…

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