Stories posted 9/30/2007
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Second place
_Have you ever been second? To know that you are second and that you will never be first; can you really live with it? And ca…
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Creature
There was a man. That was it. That was all there was to it. He couldn’t remember anything else, just the man. He could distin…
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A Sudden Mistake ( JD Series)
He rocked himself, as he was curled up in a ball in the dark room, thinking about his friend. Whom just losted his life in a …
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20 Ficlets: This Calls For A Challenge
Now I know it’s common folklore and tradition that when a ficlet writer comes of age: has written 100 ficlets – it is their d…
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The Touch
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What's That You Say? Althaiophobia? That Sounds Absurd!

I’m afraid, so far, I have been very unlucky in love.
It’s not that I’m not pretty or that I don’t have a good personality – ... -
All That Glitters Isn't Gold, Mate

The captain sat heavily on a barrel and pulled out his pipe. As he lit it, the flaring flames cast shadows on his craggy face…
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The Events of Sunday the 30th of September: From a Pre-Lived Perspective
I was sitting at my computer a second ago wondering why, all of a sudden, it was like Ficlets had stopped.
I did some time-zo… -
Giggles the Clown was a Mean Drunk

“Man that Giggles was funny as hell, but he sure was a mean drunk,” Sam said.
“And he knew it too, which is why he dried ou…
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A day in the life of the Governator

Arnold hoisted the pair of two hundred pound dumbbells above his shoulders, chin trembling as he pushed the steel bars upward…
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Worst Family Reunion Ever
It was the worst family reunion ever. In years past i remember barely knowing anyone, but this year there were even more peop…
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Bailey

After we had stuffed ourselves to the point of resembling balloons, I decided to give my sister a break. I took my baby neice…
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I Know Lonely Too

I kept a close eye on Bailey and Cole until Bailey’s eyes began to blink and then close. I picked her up out of the swing and…
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Really Bad Karma

I know I’m weird, okay?
I mean, it’s not your everyday person that has Clausetrophobia, or whatever, right?
What, there’s a l… -
Only Babies are Scared of the Dark
“Come on, Caroline.”
“Ashley! Do we have to go in there?” Carline’s voice shook from fright and the dampness seeping out the … -
Ghosts In A Cave

Stomp, stomp.
The young children twirled.
Badum, Badum.
The fire crackled.
Stomp, stomp.
The cave walls shuddered….
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Dream World
The first day of school. What a BORE! 7th grade was no different from 6th grade, besides more homework.
I was dozing in my s… -
The Girl I Sometimes Wish I Was
Sometimes I wish I was a girl
with perfect hair
and lovely eyes.
She is a mix of
bestselling novelist
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How It Happened
Ahh! Stop that! Joshua was trying to tickle me. Well one things for shure he was definatly flirting with me just in a physica…
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An Ironic Fear

Fears. Everyone has them, I suppose. But I was never a cliche. I could sleep without a light, I didn’t mind spiders. I could …
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Another Chance?? (Sequel to A Sudden Mistake) JD Series

He looked over to see Nina (the victim’s sister).
“Nina?” said John wiping his tears away
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Heroes Don't Always Fly
I remember when I was a little girl, watching Superman on our T.V. on Saturday mornings, always flying off to save Lois Lane….
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White Rose

My heart thumped uncontrollably as I approached Lucien. His eyes were wild with love, I could see the purple in them looking …
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We Made It - Alive, That Is. [sequel to "Another Chance??"] JD Series

“What was that?” Nina asked, tear still trickling down her face.
Not wanting to put off the news any longer, he grabbed her …
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You Ain't Nothing
A child no older than nine rushed trhough the forest, fear in his grey eyes. ‘I’m not like them,’ he thought. ‘I’m not human….
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Walking on.....Or not
Introduction
A car whizzes by on main street.There is a girl in a car, her feet resting on the dashboard. The car turns t…
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Butterflies
So graceful when they move
and colorful to protect
But even when you wish and try
You’ll never really fly
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Without His Girlfriend

Getting tired of waiting for an answer, I decide to prank the hospital into getting a nurse into my room.
I dialed the hospi…
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Stacey the Monkey's Teacher (My 1st Ficlet Nirvana)

“The monkeys told me I’d find you here, Tricia.”
“What? You’re insane! There are no monkeys here! Are there?”
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No Ransom

Robert pored over the charts again. The sound of the TV made his teeth grind, but he said nothing. He never said anything. Th…
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Appliances

“Not the dishwasher again!” I cried as ran towards the kitchen where I could hear the sound of gushing water. It seemed, that…
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Delerious

My neck had healed. I could move it with ease now. I stood up and walked out into the hall, praying that this disease only af…
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Oh to be Different
In life, one of my goals is to be different. So when I began writing ficlets I wanted them to be different also. Something th…
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What Do Baby Unicorns Eat, Anyway?

“Alright,” Peter said with his hand pressed to the long, sticky scratch across his cheek. He counted his breaths – his first …
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Never
I want to say that it’s okay for you to walk away and have nothing to say and never look my way that way again. I swear that …
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Never
I want to say that it’s okay for you to walk away and have nothing to say and never look my way that way again. I swear that …
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Gone, Wandered Away

It was gone when Peter returned.
He stood near the dead mare, gallon jug of milk gathering condensation as it hung next to h…
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Listen

I look out into the vast blueness of the sky,
wondering to myself, where it comes from.Then, I look at the horizon,
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Victoria St. Paul

The girl stared strangely up at Adrien, as if she had never seen a man in a hospital before. Greg was just as confused, wavin…
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Where Is He Now?

His hat ended up in Waukegan, still on his head, which is in a dumpster behind a Dairy Queen. Oh, one of his fingers is in hi…
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The Door

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Situation: A crazy guy wants to kill you, and Earth was blown up

Lyra sat down on a stump in shock.
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Flying snakes

Bolts of lightning streak and crackle through the darkening sky. I check my instruments and decide to climb. Hopefully it won…
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Artist Calling
Strokes of red, violent blue, what makes up a life? A world? A dream?
If the world’s a canvas then who is the painter, why d…
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Clocks
He’s dying.
Talking tonight of all the things he’s never done, the places he’ll never see.
I don’t think like that you kno…
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The Short Life of a Small Goldfish

“Mommy thats the one I want!”, A little girl shrieked, pointing at a small spotted goldfish.
“Of course dear”
“_People. Bag. ... -
"HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Forehead! HeadOn! Apply Directly to the Freaking Forehead! HeadOn!"

“HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn! Apply directly to the forehead! Head…
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A time to be born and a time to die

Blaine could still remember the first day he held Gregory. It had been a miracle, they weren’t supposed to be able to have ki…
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Riviera High 2

Eddie Michaels was the largest, most athletic Greek God to grace Riviera High within the last decade. His biceps were bigger …
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Order in the courtroom 3

My mom is well intentioned, really she is but if she doesn’t stop trying to set me up with available men I’m going to disown …
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Middle of the Night
No good news ever came in the middle of the night. It was hard to stave off excitement, but it never interrupted sleep, nothi…
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New York here I come
Graduating from the BVC school was one of the best days of my life. I had finished prep school a year early and had managed t…
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New York here I come 2

Sitting there I began thinking of what I would be leaving behind, and really it wasn’t that much. Both of my parents had past…
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New York here I come 3

I wait up for Preston and find two o’clock passing before my eyes. When the door opens he is standing there, tie crooked, shi…
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Music Can (And Will) Save Us All
At the end of the day, Ashley sat down and cried.
She was angry and sad and regretful and confused all at the same time.
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New York here I come 4

We make love for the last time that night, and for the first time in months it isn’t mechanical. He holds me like he’s afraid…
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New York here I come 5

The next morning Kate drove me to the airport. It had started raining shortly before we left and hadn’t stopped. She spoke ve…
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Buisness as usual part 1
Just because I’m young, doesn’t mean I am stupid
The quote wrapped around Bella’s shiny black coffee cup like a snake. _Ju…
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Buisness as usual 2

“Miss Stevens, I don’t think you are realizing what I am saying, either you work it out or I sale my stock in the company,” h…
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Buisness as usual part 3

“Pull the file for Avis Burns for me please Trudy.” Bella sat back as she heard rustling over the speaker. A moment later Tru…
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Homecoming Madness

AHH!! Time is running out so fast I can smell it! Such a pretty girl won’t be free for long, and the problem is, I don’t want…
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Buiness as usual part 4

“You’ve caused one problem too many today Avis,” she said softly to herself as she picked up the phone and began punching num…
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Superheroes
My father is a very hard worker. My mother is very strong willed.
I grew up with these images of them, strong and determined…
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Desperation in the Key of E Minor
The fan swirled lazily over the small café, circulating the humid Louisiana air that hung like a shroud in the late afternoon…
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At the Place of Meeting (Tell Me it's Going to be Okay)
I stand anxiously by the fence, palms sweating. Even though I’ve never seen it before, never even dreamed it, my heart knows …
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Storm Runners (pt. 2)

They made it out just in time. After the first piece had fallen, the rest of the ceiling had decided to follow. Lightning fla…
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Doublewide Damnation

Virgil stared down the dirt road. This was the road. It led from their thrice repaired doublewide to the old highway, from …
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Apocalypse

There was only five of us left.
They had already taken a girl who tried to escape. Her decapitated head still remained in …
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Hello Fire
Fire
you light what was dark before
Fire
i have known you for as long as i can remember
Fire
i wish i had never met you
Fire
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Tanya

A woman stepped out of the stagecoach. She was as beautiful as the western sun. I relaxed a little but not competley. After a…
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Blackmail Is My Business

I arrived at the Biltmore at 4 am. ,went up to the penthouse, the door was unlocked so I let myself in.
The bedroom was ransa… -
An Eclipse of All Reason

The rain fell down in sheets, drenching Eduardo as he walked down the dark street. His handsomely rugged face revealed soul-r…
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Blueyedwonder's nEw Challenge from...not hell! (Sorry, YodaOnCrack, couldn't resist). And this is Sorta-Halfway-Kinda Dedicated to Howie Amourscow for Unintentionally giving me the Idea :D
Okay, I know this is totally random and uncalled for since I still have 122 ficlets, but I got this idea and I know I’m gonna…