Ficlets | Stories posted 7/28/2007

Stories posted 7/28/2007

Too Many Chances Wasted

by MissJonas1492 about 1 year ago

“I’m sorry. You’ve had so many chances and you just threw them all away. There’s a new guy in my life now and you don’t mea…
Still having him

by Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy about 1 year ago

I looked at my mother and she attempted to smile. Grabbing my hand and squeezing it, she whispered to me:
“You were his littl…
Drifting into imagination

by WordsOfALadi about 1 year ago

Feeling despondent, she rested her head back on the sofa. Searching desperately for some enlightenment. Some inspiration. Som…
Running out of options

by Dreamstorm about 1 year ago

Before I could think up an excuse, she gave a malicious grin and said, “Because you know, there are a lot of people who just …
Zantacs Fast

by The Ghost in the Machine about 1 year ago
mine.

by looseleaves about 1 year ago

you always came easy to me. you took me exactly as i was, without judging, without scrutinizing, without hesitating. within d…
On That Day

by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

On that day, the sun withdrew behind the clouds.

On that day, birds did not fly.

On that day, rain fell on every inch of la…
Out on the Balcony

by partysprinkles about 1 year ago

“Henry, it’s getting cold. Can’t we go back inside?”
“But we’ve just arrived. It’s your fault for wearing nothing but my nigh…
Fritz and Zooey: On the Way Home

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Fritz and Zooey split the check evenly at the counter. They left Mel’s caffienated and eager for what little the night had le…
Thank You For Loving Me

by User 4022 about 1 year ago

You are so good for my heart. You have a way of putting everything in its right place. I have to have you in my life. I am so…
Fritz and Zooey: Beautiful Moon Face

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Zooey pulled out a purple pen from the depths of her bag.

“You slut,” Fritz gasped, “you stole that guy’s pen.”

“Oops,” she…
Life Is The Saddest Song

by MissJonas1492 about 1 year ago

There are many songs. Slow songs, fast songs, techno songs, punky songs. Every body and every thing has a song. An individual…
Fritz and Zooey: The Sofa Gave Birth to Kittens

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

“Zooey!” Fritz screamed from the living room, “Zoooeeeey! Help!” Zooey ran into the room in the process of tying a robe aroun…
But How Do You Really Feel?

by FlirtingWithaBrickWall about 1 year ago

“And why not?” the words, laced with malice, dripped venomously from my lips. It took all of my will power not to scream stra…
Stranger

by Autumn Night about 1 year ago

Your face is a distant memory
Your words are not so profound
Your name no longer has meaning
There’s no flutter when you come…
The Witch's Retirement

by Batak Beatrix about 1 year ago

Like fine wines, witches only improve with age. This particular witch sat in her armchair, enjoying the sounds of the forest …
Detention part four

by Fyora Cartagan about 1 year ago

“Feel free to sit down, Mark.”

I walked toward her, and sat down in the chair in front of her as quickly as I could.

“I see…
The Other Woman: Part 1a: Jessica - revised 9/11

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

I didn’t know. I never even suspected until the phone rang.

We met two years ago. He worked in New York at some law firm tha…
Scrumulus J. Caen (Part four: The morning)

by Fyora Cartagan about 1 year ago

One morning, he had been walking with the old beachcomber, and, for once, the old man spoke up.

“What’s your name, boy?” he …
In-Character Survey: Jessica from The Other Woman

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

Do you do laundry regularly?
No, I mean to, but the plan always fails.

Your favorite piece of furniture?
Bed!

*Night ow…
Buried {a poem}

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

after you ripped my beating heart
out of its loving, gullible home,
with your cold, bare words,
i realized i was better off
...
Fritz and Zooey: Bookmarked People

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Haunted by the eerie smile of the woman sitting on the sidewalk, Fritz and Zooey were speechless for some time as they ascend…
Fritz and Zooey: The Morning After

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

The phone rang loudly in Zooey’s ear. She blinked up at the ceiling that was illuminated with the bright morning light that c…
Freshman Rush

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago
Street Sign Relics

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

The street sign’s are just relics
We’ve got nothing to rebel against
Neil was right, but all we could be were critics
Indo…
Crawling in the Night

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

It was close to two in the morning, as far as Reid could tell from behind the chipped glass on the clock that hung above the …
What's Up?

by TotallyNOTBlonde about 1 year ago

Everyone went to Ty’s house including Teddy. He was another boy my age. After Ty was stealing all those glances at me during …
100 Years

by starcrossed about 1 year ago

Ouch
My finger hurts
I poked it on a spindle
And it’s my birthday, too

People rush in the door
Screaming
Crying
“What?” I a…
"4"

by jinn about 1 year ago

in the world whatever keeps you going,, in my world 4 kept me going, not just going but alive… not a big number closest to …
Courage...?

by Sophia D'Soleil about 1 year ago

“Heya stranger!” A giant man with horrible breath was right in my face. I couldn’t exactly make out who it was because i had …
The Cat's Massage

by Fyora Cartagan about 1 year ago

“Hey duck, how are you doing today? You look a little down.” said the cat.

“Yeah, my feathers are a little ruffled because m…
Fair Trade

by aqouli about 1 year ago

“Why the hell should I? I already breathe smoke.”

He believed me. Or he believed the cancer hissing in my voice, the coffee …
Competition Starts NOW!

by TotallyNOTBlonde about 1 year ago

We were all in ‘the’ yard again. I was a little tired because I couldn’t sleep thinking about Ty which sounds kinda weird but…
the blue light

by jinn about 1 year ago

so here he was, sitting on his bed in the corner looking out of a fenced window watching the blue lights shoot across the cit…
Savra {Part two: Musings}

by Fyora Cartagan about 1 year ago

We rode to our destination in silence. He’d occasionally glance at me, and I would look back at him, but we both said nothing…
Screwed Over

by Sophia D'Soleil about 1 year ago
The Plan

by TotallyNOTBlonde about 1 year ago

School was just starting and I was already looking plumper. I saw Jack with another girl. ” That little.” I stopped myself sh…
The letter

by Dreamstorm about 1 year ago

Eva hadn’t grabbed her mail in several days. She had been busy or had her hands full every time she’d walked past the boxes. ...
The Other Woman: Part 1b: Jessica

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

On our two-year anniversary, he brought me back to the same Indian restaurant for supper. My friends had been saying that he …
The Other Woman: Part 2a: Sheila

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

I don’t use the computer too often. There was a commercial that ended abruptly, and said you had to go online to see how it e…
The Other Woman: Part 2b: Sheila

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

“Please visit,” the e-mail read, “Boston is lonely without you. Here’s some pics to help you remember what you’re missing. Ki…
Fritz and Zooey: Missing Roomate

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

“Fritz!” Zooey yelled as she stumbled over a pile of coffee cups stacked in a pyramid. Black coffee spilled out onto the hard…
The Other Woman: Part 3a: James

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

I didn’t mean to do it.

I met Sheila in grad school. Falling in love with her was easy. She was graceful in her movements; g…
The Other Woman: Part 3b: James

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

I’d been in Boston for a conference. They offered food in the hotel, but, Boston on a sunny, warm day? Why be inside? The s…
Fritz and Zooey: Mr.Williamson Solves the Panda Paradox

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Mr. Williamson meowed pathetically in attempts to lure Zooey into feeding him and hopped down from under the bedsheets. The t…
Fritz and Zooey: Cumming with Cuteness

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

As Zooey poured Mr. Williamson a saucer full of the Panda condensed milk, she heard the usual sound of Fritz struggling to op…
The Other Woman: Part 4a: Jessica *revised 7/30

by Alexa ♥ about 1 year ago

James came back to the table. I felt so disgusted. My heart still beat faster when he came near, and my body craved him. _He’...
My Porch

by Suburban Saint about 1 year ago

The view from my porch faces east. I, the poetic saint, look up at a black sky, every star covered by a cloud that is as impe…
My Porch (cont'd 2)

by Suburban Saint about 1 year ago

With the angel shedding tears on the other end of the airway, I break down in the grass. Hitting the ground I feel a chill go…
My Porch (cont'd 3)

by Suburban Saint about 1 year ago

Even when what we were conversing was talk of hell from angels lips, no moment felt so right. No moment as ironically terribl…
Lost Love

by starcrossed about 1 year ago

I propped my chin on my hands, and stared out the sole window of my solitary tower at the world below. I watched my knight in…
Black Coffee

by Sophia D'Soleil about 1 year ago

The large shadow’s pistol lowered to his side. His head jerked to the side and someone came and untied me. The curtains were …
You Did It, Didn't You?

by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

“You really don’t wanna do this, do ya?”

“I didn’t say that.”

“You implied it.”

“Oh yeah? Well then. . .what does implied …
Silent Conversations

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

She was watching him, waiting.

“You don’t know,” he started, “the silence, its killing me inside. I’m dying. The silence, is…
the kitchen, as mature as it gets for me :)

by araiya sanz about 1 year ago
Mail Call

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

In the far off parlour room, Reid could hear for a brief moment, a low hum. He peered over the accumulation of books and pape…
Morning Salutations

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Sunlight crept casually through the accidental parting of the curtain. Outside, the city hustled in its usual manner, the con…
The Offering of the Cow People

by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

The chanting filled the night air, swelling up and out, breaking through the clouds.

The explorer peered through the dense f…
Artemis

by blueyedwonder about 1 year ago

It was dark and quiet one night, in a simple, quiet town. Everyone was sound asleep in their beds-save for a cat. Silently i…
Nosy

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Mrs. Jameson lived alone in apartment five-fourteen, her only company being a near-dead pomeranian and daytime television. Sh…
The Date

by blueyedwonder about 1 year ago

She didn’t have a lot of friends at school, but she had been so excited when he asked her to the movies. She put make-up on…
Two Weeks

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

Two weeks, he thought. Two weeks since he had bathed, two weeks since he had eaten anything that he could keep down, and two …
Observer And Observed

by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago

She wandered among the trees aimlessly. It was late in the fall, he could feel winter’s first bites in the air. The trees wer…
Don't Come Back

by starcrossed about 1 year ago

We sat on the big swing on the porch, swaying back and forth. I relished the feeling of his arm around me, the security and c…
Fritz and Zooey: Beautiful Strangers

by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 year ago

“Anyway,” Zooey said ignoring the issue at hand, “Where were you?” She moved to pick up Mr. Williamson, who was absorbed in h…
I'ma Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

I gulped as the old-fashioned Peugeot 404 pulled in the drive, rims gleaming. The headlights illuminated the gravel as I inev…

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