Ficlets | Stories posted 2/29/2008

Stories posted 2/29/2008

The Drive

by Apostrophe 4 months ago

“You bet” Elsa said as she accepted the keys. “My name is Alex by the way” The salesperson said as he extended his hand for h…
Not Really A Ficlet--More Like A Message to Readers

by NightMaiden 4 months ago

A message to people who read my ficlets: PLEASE COMMENT. Please. I beg you. I’ll bow down and put my head on the floor.

Plea…
Miles from no where.

by visionary vixen! 4 months ago
Stump the Stovo LIST OF DOOM!

by Tears of Phoenix 4 months ago

Okay, Stovo. Here’s mine. I enclosed more if you don’t wish to do this one, but I rather like it.

1. What is the one questio…
No Different Than You

by NightMaiden 4 months ago

“Hey, wait!” Tenma ran after Aphra. “What was that all about?”
“She decided to pick up the swords, and I didn’t stop her,” Ap…
The Bizarre Life of CherryPop McGee

by Melia 4 months ago

Yes. My actual name is CherryPop. No, I don’t know what the hell my mother was thinking when she named me. I was a bit busy a…
why

by desi1707 4 months ago

WHY
Why is Life is so frustrating
Why is it like everyone is trying to impress everyone
why can’t people be there selves an…
writers Block poem 2

by RJ 4 months ago

Are you still blocked?—

I am—

why?-

it’s called writers block—

and guess what?—

we all have it—
Lila, pt.2

by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 4 months ago

And this is how it all started. It was the Fourth of July, and I brought Yuri home to meet my mom, if you could even call her…
Multi-Purpose Salivary Projectiles

by THX 0477 4 months ago

This is when the shouting started, first from my girlfriend, “Seth, for pity’s sake spit in the man’s hand, and let’s get out…
Empty Promises

by SKermitgorf 4 months ago

I’m not who you think I am, I am a flawed hero with a tattered cape.
You think I can leap tall buildings, you think I can fly…
goodbye

by lena 4 months ago

All of this is pointless.
All of your little lies.
I’m done, I just can’t take the drama anymore.
I was true to you.
Yet stil…
The Real You

by Beautiful Disaster 4 months ago

I am watching your every move. You don’t see me, but I see you. You walk amongst everyone like a saint, but I see the flaws i…
True Addiction

by Beautiful Disaster 4 months ago
Entrenched memories

by Blank 4 months ago

There was a time when everything I did made sense.

When I try to remember, I come across a washed out picture of what it wa…
The Giant Within

by Beautiful Disaster 4 months ago

I am a giant, a god among you. I could squash you in a single step, but I choose to mock you with my strength. I am better th…
The Night of Danger and the Morning of Thanksgiving

by NightMaiden 4 months ago

It wasn’t Blake’s lucky night; He had been mugged and badly beaten up, but somehow managed to get away by some miracle.
Blake…
My Gut is Never Wrong

by Dragon_sun 515 4 months ago

This news brought me out of my reverie, ‘Why are they calling me?’ This thought brought only dread as I realized what it mean…
Selfish Love

by yoITSme 4 months ago

All I want is your love.
Unfortunatly that’s the only thing you won’t give.
I’m sorry she hurt you, but time to move on.
Self…
The Ride

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 4 months ago

Malvolia shuddered, holding her injured arm against her chest. She licked her lips as Alfred explained everything to Sioni. H…
It Was Our Fault (The Backwards Revolution)

by [pens&feathers] 4 months ago

It was our fault, really. We let them. We didn’t do anything to stop it. And I believe that, sometimes, doing nothing is wors…
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by -Deleted- 4 months ago
Not My Fault

by SKermitgorf 4 months ago

“I forgot to lock the cell door, none of what happened was my fault,” the jailor wept on the stand.

The prosecutor continued…
Global Socialist United 2

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 4 months ago

Jo reached the Market Square in town after the forty minute walk. She ventured over to the bread line, hoisting Katrine up on…
The Capitalist Union

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 4 months ago

Jake grabbed his jacket as he ran outside, his mom yelling after him “Don’t forget your gloves!” He hadn’t, they were in his …
The Capitalist Union 2

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 4 months ago

The bus pulled up, finally, and Jake and his friend Paul shoved Jeannie aside as they grabbed the seats in the front. Two of …
Hidden

by millenomi ∞ 4 months ago

Fog always puts me in a bad mood. I hate the fact I cannot see through it. Every time I look forward into that gray mass, it …
Just a Shirt

by MeAndTheMoon 4 months ago

Going through old clothes was something she did every year. She pulled out everything and separated it into a pile that would…
Mad

by Never Explain 4 months ago

No, no, no, NOOO!!
I ran after the truck as Tyler sped off to god knows where. I have up, and my thoughts started racing as…
Dear Diary

by One Time, One Chance 4 months ago

My eyes.

_Some people laugh when I get angry, for they say that not only does my entire mood swing, but my eyes strike fea…
Barring Unforeseen Circumstances

by J.B. Williams 4 months ago

“Can you please bring my homework to me?” my sister asked. “No,” I replied flatly. I don’t want to risk the time, I thought. ...
The Search Team

by kRyNn StRaWbErRy 4 months ago

“Arietta!” Scarlett yelled again, running around the park. She saw a group of girls dressed completely in black. They were pa…
Lead the Way

by Never Explain 4 months ago

“Awesome.” Dante grinned. “See ya tonight.”
He walked off, and the day seemed to slip by until He was stopped by Gabby.
“Heey…
Bad 80s Free Verse

by CoffeeMike 4 months ago

She’s an Easy Lover, Livin’ on a Prayer,
where you get Money for Nothing and chicks for free.

She’s an Easy Lover, Livin’ on…
Arrietta's Last Halloween

by kRyNn StRaWbErRy 4 months ago

After a half an hour passed and the team found no traces of Ryan or Arietta, the girls wanted to call the police. “What about…
Incognito

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

How am I going to distract a huge crowd of Jonas Brothers fans? I wondered as I sprinted down the hallway.
I took a deep br…
Emptiness

by Bartimaeus 4 months ago

I feel unable to do anything… i want to love her, and be with her… though I may have rushed, not knowing what I was doing…
School

by Never Explain 4 months ago

I woke up to my alarm clock, and pushed the snooze button with expert precision.
Just five more minutes….
Fell asleep jus…
Life is funny

by Sandy 4 months ago

Life is funny. People walking everywhere. Rushing up and down the streets like their life depends on that very moment when th…
Reactions to Reactions (Or, Newton's Third Law)

by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

I flipped open my Anatomy book, and pointed to a random word. “Platysma.”

“What’s that?” george asked.

“A broad, thin layer…
Only As Real As Your Fear, Nothing More Than What You Make It

by tekisui 4 months ago

“Son, are you sure you really wanna do that?”
The tech checked his clip board, as if he didn’t really believe someone could b…
I can only do me and no one else

by Pieces of Andi 4 months ago

I can only do me and no one else. I’m tired of you saying you don’t like the way that I do things when I’ve been doing them t…
The Jonas Robbery Part 21: Going Home

by Fantasy 4 months ago

“Well, where am I supposed to take you boys?” Mom asked. “Don’t you need to go home to your parents or something?”

“Well,” s…
6 word challenge

by Geek Mythology 4 months ago

I know the competition has closed, but thought I’d write one anyway.

No-one listens. Problems of their own?
Hurry!

by Never Explain 4 months ago

I sat on my bed, listening to my iPod, when I got a call from Macy.
“Hey.” I smiled. “What’s up?”
“Kirsty is up.” She said.
_…
I am the Subject of Fights

by Blusparrow 4 months ago

I was slammed against the wall again and at the time when I was trying to breath. He held me there against the wall. I couldn…
Run

by One Time, One Chance 4 months ago

“I’m leaving.”

I kept it blunt, stood up, and tried to walk out, but he grabbed my arm and swiftly turned me back around. Wi…
Chris

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

Every day was always special to Chris.
He would wake up brush his teeth eat his breakfast. And he never was late for the mour…
Psychic Readings

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

“C’mon, it’ll be fun,” Marisa said, tugging on Jason’s sleeve.

“If you say so,” he muttered. The business sat in between a l…
The screenames Game #5

by leala1953 4 months ago

After I flew home to bury her in her cheaply made wooden coffin, everything was a blurr. When the phone ring and I answered i…
"It?"

by Dangle, My Marionette... 4 months ago

“Do it.”

The midnight sky was tinted orange from the heavy clouds above. Black slush lined the sidewalks in mounds, barely a…
Get To The Point

by Vertically Challenged 4 months ago

Stop beating around the bush.
Get to the point.
You know what you’re doing is wrong.
So stop using drugs.

Please?
A Hug

by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 4 months ago

“You shut the fu—” Kirsty began, but when Garrett burst through the door, everything screeched to a stop. The svreaming, t…
On Cars in the Concrete Jungle

by [pens&feathers] 4 months ago

Broken line.
Cities fly by in zero-to-sixty snatches.
Hearts break and mend
in the time it takes to drive around the block.

...
The screenames Game#6

by leala1953 4 months ago

” what do you mean my mother died????” I was finding myself looking down on the phone as if I was chalking it ten inches from…
The Blessed Baby Grand

by Dangle, My Marionette... 4 months ago

The music flowed through me as I struck each key. My body danced along with the tune, as if my piano itself was an escalator …
Dreams Of Hellfire

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

Fire, hotter than that of earth licked at her skin as she fell, down into eternity. Flames of every color reached their seari…
The Best Intentions [part I]

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

Thomas Baker woke up that Monday morning with the beatific feeling that all was well with the world. He’d gotten his 8 hours …
The Best Intentions [part II]

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

The light turned green and Thomas drove away, soon forgetting all about the woman and the twenty dollar bill.

Less than 24 h…
Crazy or not

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

I’ve gone a little crazy
can you really tell?
From the blood on my hands
to the stories I spell?

No, you can’t see it.
...
Only in Death

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

Dripping from the ceiling
Running down the doors
Painting all four walls
Coating the floors

Smeared on my face
matting …
Always Take Notice It's Not What It Seems

by butterflygirl6106 4 months ago

The man entered the room, very spastic and seem out of control.

walking in circles and mumuring to himself. The people in th…
The Gatekeeper

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

Warren didn’t like doctors. They made him feel uncomfortable and nervous. Still, this was a necessary check-up, and the soone…
Flighty

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

They always told me I’d find you here
Sitting under the skeleton tree
You never had a home they say
always just ran free.

I …
a poem about kites

by i live NYLSC 4 months ago

Little kites way up high,
Looking down from the sky,
With strings so thin to tether you down,
The wind holds you in its gras…
Playground.

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

A creaky swing
an abandoned slide
a climbing tower
a place to hide.

the playground
it was always so lonely for me.
I sat all…
A Supreme Example of Tug-of-War

by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

We turned the corner, and our independent feet took us to a familiar purlieu of ours.

The school library.

We were just outs…
Urinals Are Scary Things

by OrangeOreos 4 months ago
The Rising

by butterflygirl6106 4 months ago

Where did it come from, Who brought it here?

People started to crowd around the skelton figure of some kind of pre historic …
Wall

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

Standing tall in disrepair
It doesnt care It’s just a wall
No one notices it standing there.
No one would panic were it to fa…
The wait

by Pat J 4 months ago

She planted the seed and waited. After a while rain came down from the sky, pelting her skin, chilling her. She shivered but …
ish

by RunningWithScissors 4 months ago

We were lying on the bed, as we often did. It was different, though.
“Jack?” I asked.
He rubbed my arm.
“Will you be honest w…
A Twist Called Dare

by Freedom 4 months ago

Pete yelled at me, “You are not supposed to be happy. You don’t deserve to be happy after what you did to me.” I walked towar…
Unique and Painful Solutions

by THX 0477 4 months ago

The fight was over, and so the ranch was saved. At least, Toby hoped as much from his lowly position in the dirt.

Grady towe…
As Moths to Flames

by KasumiRose 4 months ago

“I want to be reborn as a moth in the next life,” she stated

He simply wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his ch…
Gloom and Doom

by butterflygirl6106 4 months ago

Why so sad Kevin, whats wrong?

“Oh I really don’t know, Do you ever feel like there is no reason to feel anything?”

” I gue…
You and Your Self Having a Coversation (200th Ficlet Challenge)

by butterflygirl6106 4 months ago

Challenge 200th ficlet.

Ok, since my last two chanllenges did not pick up any takers. Lets try the luck of this one.

Have y…
We're In This Together

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

I saw a guy with a camera hanging around his neck follow me as I walked back into the hospital.
_I do NOT have time for this!...
lightning

by Strait Jacket Child 4 months ago

Splitting the sky
crisp’ning the air
Lighting the world
for the people standing there

High into the heavens
down to us …
Prey

by butterflygirl6106 4 months ago

It was a cold and miserable night.

The wind blew snow dust in the air. In the back of the alley there was a pair of green ey…
The Jonas Robbery Part 22: Don't Leave

by Fantasy 4 months ago

All four of my dogs bombarded us as we came through the door.

“Whoa!” Kevin exclaimed as my rottweiler jumped on him.

“Si…

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