Stories posted 8/3/2007

  • Smiles Inspired by text

    I looked up at him quickly. Yeah, he was in my math class. Sat two rows in front of me, three seats to the right.

    Max often …

  • Guinevere

    He never fully lost her, and that was the problem. In the abbey in the woods, she was always on his periphery, more real than…

  • Something Witchy This Way Comes Inspired by text

    “Go back up front. Buy me some time.” Simon kicked the basement window until it shattered and the frame fell inward. “And get…

  • Abrief glimps into the mind of The most awesome band geek 4 life!!!(H.H.) Inspired by text

    _Hmm… feelin like a change to day maybe I should change my pen name, how about the unicorn princess?? Nah too 80’s, OOH!!! ...

  • Parking Lot (or: Lust And Theft, part the first) Inspired by text

    FunEgal sat in his truck in Hal’s parking lot, smoking cigarettes and listening to Diane Rehm. He’d know what he was looking …

  • Kissing the fruit cup

    “I don’t wan’t to be a fruit cup!”I yell at him.
    The look on is face is comical and I would laugh if I wasn’t so upset,”What?...

  • Hal's Diner (or: Lust And Theft, part the second) Mature Inspired by text

  • The Heist (or: Lust And Theft, part the third) Mature Inspired by text

  • A Simple Request Inspired by text

    “That is the true history of our world,” said the man grimly. “Few know of it, save for the descendants and several others. I…

  • Future Events Inspired by text

    Jeffery was surprised at this. The old man did not look capable of murder, if that is what he had meant by “you will die”. Ho…

  • Mistery Inspired by text

    The pale man spoke several words Jeffery had never heard in his life, and hearing them made his ears burn. _Nyareh, etraena, ...

  • The Spheres Inspired by text

    The man’s face was long and thin, his cheekbones easily visible. His skin was extremely pale, almost pure white. The man’s li…

  • A Year Without my Best Friend

    It hit me the other day, that you are not coming back to school, hard. I was looking at an invitation to something in Roger’s…

  • The Vision Inspired by text

    Jeffery saw himself, in the room, sitting in the chair. But it wasn’t like a dream, where you’re floating above, in the corne…

  • Fake Smoke * revised

    Susan smugly blew fake smoke away from the tip of her gun. Walked casully over to Jeffs body laying on the floor, giving him …

  • 1 min ficlet returns for more Inspired by text

    Oh Chinese food buffet
    with your chicken and broccoli
    fried shrimp and crab legs and
    squid?... eww.

    Oh, my plate is so small…

  • Bobs Bar & Grill * Inspired by text

    Jack walked into Bobs bar, and motioned to Bob not to speak.
    He looked around,Jason was sitting alone at the end of the bar. ...

  • Night Crew

    Derrick Brown stuttered when he spoke, syllables and consonants bouncing on the backs of his teeth like rocks.

    Talking to pe…

  • A Day in the Life of Alexa's Work Computer Inspired by text

    Quiet hum

    “Here she is. Late. Yeah, hit the keyboard. Like that’ll wake me up. Hit it again. You really think that means I…

  • Welcome Back Jack * Inspired by text

    The room was white quite cool only the sound of the monitor beeping.Jacks mom held his hand, and slowly stroked his hair. Jac…

  • The Subtle Math Of The Damned

    The bathroom was an almost perfect place; his living room was too exposed even when the curtains were closed and the bedroom …

  • Alternate Routes Inspired by text

    Jeffery watched in horror as he was strangled before his very eyes. “You see,” the man said to the Jeffery in the chair, his …

  • Preservation Inspired by text

    Jeffrey immediately vomited on the floor in front of him. “You sick, sick man!” he screamed. “How could you do such a thing?!...

  • Twelve Lifetimes in One Inspired by text

    Countless questions were battering my brain. I was a thousand years old? What had we done to threaten the Marshall? Was Dadae…

  • voicemail Mature Inspired by text

  • Thougt crimes

    His last 5 ficlets all seemed to be poems, but they just didn’t make sense to him. He pondered a few of the lines:

    The span …

  • Matt and Me Inspired by a photo

    It was 10:30 when I heard a knock coming from downstairs. I quickly threw a robe over my pajamas and ran to answer it. The do…

  • Ambushed at the Station Inspired by text

    A Man sat in the drivers seat with his keys lodged in his neck, obviously taken over by the roar. Tim grabbed the keys and pu…

  • 1 minute ficlet . . . my turn? Inspired by text

    So I decided to take it a ste49p further and write a one minute ficlet as well. hhhhhhhhhh g it pro ved to be rather difficul…

  • A glimpse into the mind of a Phantomess Inspired by text

    It’s 7 AM. The school is filling with hundreds, if not thousands, of students. Some are new, and some are returning. The new …

  • Rainy Football Day Inspired by text

    I woke up today and it was raining. It was like one of those pouring storms that make everything muddy. There was a break in …

  • "…the strange creature called WITCHBOY!" Inspired by text

    Simon groaned. “Oh, crap. Not him …”

    “Yes, Cousin,” came a voice from the shadows. “I have returned!”

    From the darkness a…

  • Tingling Touch Inspired by text

    Dani walked towards Logan’s backyard along with Steph and Blair. When she spotted Logan her heart stopped; but as nervous as …

  • Blood Month (I) Inspired by text

    The entire world was light and a bright, high-pitched ringing in my ears. Red lights. Blue lights. People in uniform mouthed …

  • Blood Month (II) Inspired by text

    Blood. Month. She’d missed some periods. Don’t ask me how I noticed, I just did – I obsess over patterns, names, connections….

  • Why Should I? Inspired by text

    Scarlet smiled. It feels so good out here. She thought happily. As she crept around the 33rd floor of the highrise, she smi…

  • Adorable, Little Bandit Inspired by text

    “You confessed everything to us… I naturally thought that meant you were…” Charlie explained.
    “Repentant? You were going …

  • Une Minute Ficlet Inspired by text

    Let’s see…

    Funny thing about writing a “minute ficlet” is that you focus on the time and not the content.

  • Blood Month (III) Inspired by text

    Everything spun. Hearing was coming back to my right ear – shouting and sirens and fire and water from the hoses, all soundin…

  • A Girl For Logan Inspired by text

    Logan sat on his couch awaiting a call he was sure was soon to come. He flicked through the channels, not really looking for …

  • A Perfectly Normal School Day Turns into a Not-So-Normal Mysterious Occurence

    It was a perfectly normal Friday afternoon for a bunch of rowdy eighth graders. Mr. Nahoolewa was my last period and you real…

  • to the castle 4 Inspired by text

    She quietly made her way through the village.Hiding her face from the people as she passed.Out on the square people were buyi…

  • Kiss and Run Inspired by text

    I had my eyes closed and all I could feel was the cold rain on my back and his warm lips on my own. Finally we stopped after …

  • I Want So Badly To Take You With Me

    I wish I could draw music. It is so beautiful, but the only place in this world that I can see it is behind my own eyes. I he…

  • Keep Going Inspired by text

    She cried. Not gentle sobbing, but the kind of crying that makes you feel as if you’re drowning.
    Why did it have to be him? ...

  • The Dream

    I awoke to see the small amounts of sunlight that oozed into the room through the decrepid windows. It fell upon the floor a…

  • the red rug 5 Inspired by text

    Water from a near by stream raced swiftly across the path it was rising but not even that stopped her.Now out of the forest w…

  • The Dream (pt. 2)

    She stood against the doorframe with a patience that betrayed her childlike visage. Her smile was haunting, boring into me w…

  • Curly Winters. Mature

  • Dead Lions and Closed Umbrellas

    Closed umbrellas with rain dripping down them and all over me.
    Thousands of dead lions
    And there is silence
    None of them can…

  • The Gathering Inspired by text

    “Listen Jeff why don’t you come with me. We’ll go back to my mansion there are some people I’d like you to meet.” said Erin.
    ...

  • The Fight Inspired by text

    The baby was getting bigger inside me. Now sometimes I could talk to it and I would rub my belly. I was almost hoping it was …

  • The Betrayal Inspired by text

    The door bell rang and Dani got up to answer it.
    “Hey Steph, what are you doing here?” Dani asked.
    “There is something you…

  • Cliff's Mark. Inspired by text

    I rose from my bed. I needed to get dressed. I was already in my Jeans, but I was missing my shirt. I vaguely rememberd loosi…

  • Cliff's Mark. Inspired by text

    I rose from my bed. I needed to get dressed. I was already in my Jeans, but I was missing my shirt. I vaguely rememberd loosi…

  • Jake Inspired by text

    Jake looked relieved that I wasn’t just standing there and staring at him anymore. He relaxed a little, reaching over to the …