Ficlets | Stories posted 3/15/2008

Stories posted 3/15/2008

A Wish Upon A star

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

She had wished upon a star.
She had wished for a….

I had only watched.
I had only…

She starred upon the stars.
She had seen…
Loopholes

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

And then I found it: the emergency ejection code. If the physical body of these robots got too damaged, they were programmed …
WhyMusiciansAreNotHumanMaterial

by Lovely 4 months ago

A “musician” will actually never write you
a damn song if that’s what you were expecting.
He will keep boring you with exha…
Message, Scrawled In Blood On A Rock

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 4 months ago

If you’re reading this, you’re totally screwed, and you probably know it. I didn’t, at first.

When I got here, He met me. He…
Vigil

by Squiddums 4 months ago

They were in the valley when they saw the fire – a pinprick on the slope, light welling out.

It was promising.

They crept …
Scary Story II

by SKermitgorf 4 months ago

The buzz saw wielding maniac yelled, “Get out of the closet, boy,” in a scary deep voice.
I was prettified. I curled up in …
The Red Creek Murders

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 4 months ago

“Sheriff Bradshaw?”

Ted Bradshaw looked at the clock. “Doc Haberstaam? What time is it?”

“2:30am,” the archaeologist said. ...
How Many?!

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 4 months ago

Again and again, his fists rained down. His victim was beaten to a bloody pulp, barely conscious, and most likely not even to…
Love

by Never Explain 4 months ago

Dante received Eve’s text in the morning.

I’m sorry. Come over to my place? He sent.

He wanted to keep it short and simpl…
Changes

by Never Explain 4 months ago

My mom and I barley talked on the way home. The usual. When I got home I got my teeth brushed, watched a little TV, and got i…
Tomorrow in San Francisco

by OhMyGowda! 4 months ago

A metal echo from the street, fading dreams about that winter storm on the beach. Sun spearing orange through wooden blinds …
The Mind Of A Physco

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

It was all a normal day.
Children had started to play there toys.
Wife was sitting on the couch watching the news.

I had sat…
Silver Revolver Part XXI

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

I had walked thousands of miles in the burning sand.
I felt the sharpness of the sand between my toes.
Each cut left a sharp …
amelie part 4

by Melrose 4 months ago

Like every Saturday, Amelie and her friend Melanie met up at a Starbucks. But this wasn’t like any other Saturday. Mel looke…
The Ex

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

She had whispered in my ear.
How I can never mount to anything how ill still be the worthless boy who walks the streets with …
amelie part 5

by Melrose 4 months ago

Shawn stood waiting in the faint light of the afternoon sun, gazing at the biggest bungalow nearby. The one he had told Amel…
Stovohobo

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

You seem to have a sense of humor. In your opinion, is it something you’re born with? Is it a way of getting through the hard…
Life

by Misheru O'ku 4 months ago

1 part sweat, 2 parts perseverance…...................................
TIME PILOT

by YodaOnCrack 4 months ago

Colonel Centuri pulled back on the stick of his Z-84 fighter. He made a climbing right-hand turn and leveled off at 10,500 fe…
Like No Other...

by Anne Rosemont 4 months ago

School finally got out for February vacation.
italic And your eyes, are the brightest of all the colors, you’ll always be …
Just Leave, Please

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

I watched as Garrett turned around, phone st hand. Kirsty looked mortified, and her mother furious. It was actually pretty co…
shaken trust

by Bartimaeus 4 months ago

“You two come on downstairs, ok? And Tom, I’d like to talk with you.”
God, I’m dead
Lucy sat on the couch as i followed my…
WHOAS MEEE

by BLOOEYEZZ 4 months ago

WHY IS IT THAT JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOUVE GOT IT FIGURED OUT, SOMETHING HAPPENS TO FUCK YOU UP?
A PRIME EXAMPLE; JUST THE OTH…
The Other Half

by Misheru O'ku 4 months ago

He has big dreams,
But hides them all,
Unafraid to invest in himself,
An unpretentious individual.

A writer,
A musician,
A m…
The floor

by ACORN 4 months ago

The good ol’ bookmark came rushing towards me. I had fallen directly on top of it. _I hate how everything reminds me of the b…
Chapter 1- The alcoholic mother. They way she is.

by unclejon92 4 months ago

Boom! Boom! at that moment I knew it was my mother, Lily. I can tell she’s leaning on the door lazily and banging on the same…
Part 2 of Chap 1- The alcoholic mother. The way she is.

by unclejon92 4 months ago

“Open the freaking door you son-of a gun!” my drunk mother yelled.
Now I’m even more scared because when she use’s that harsh…
Neighbors

by Never Explain 4 months ago

“Bite me!” I called back.
Kirsty slammed the door and Macy was still clinging to me. I could practically feel the icy chill…
Tanya Gets Ambushed

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

“Why are ya inta bounty huntin’?” I asked her again.
“None of yer buisness.” she said, never removing her eyes from the wind…
Spring Break

by Mr Reeses 4 months ago

“Hey mama!” said Denise.
“Are you coming home for spring break?” said Denise’s mom.
“Yeah, but for a little while. My break i…
Justa Swingin'

by Emmyful 4 months ago

As I swung on the playground with the Beatles blasting in my ears I watched a young boy and his father play with the boy’s du…
The Posse

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

I climbed out of the overturned stagecoach and saw a posse of four or five men on horses galloping in our direction. Tanya st…
Ode to Spitzer

by Misheru O'ku 4 months ago

The great leader Pericles
Faces punishment for his sins
Particularly, for his association with Aspasia,
Who ran a brothel whi…
A Gem for a Girl

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

“If I give you this necklace, will you give yourself to me?”

“Sure, honey!” When a guy who looks like Omar Sharif comes to y…
Spring Break Atlanta!

by Mr Reeses 4 months ago

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
“Yes!” said Denise
“Denise!”
“Yes!”
“Open the door!”
“Okay.”
Denise peeked through the peep hole and ope…
Because We're Mutants: Liftoff

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

The motorboat coursed down the underground river as fast as Derrick could make it. They could hear the sounds of things crash…
Spring Break Atlanta! (Guys)

by Mr Reeses 4 months ago

On the flipside:
‘Yo Travis, you got everything?’
Travis along with four other guys were moving items into the house they ren…
Cyclops?

by DARK! 4 months ago

We lived a mile from a nuclear power plant.

At night while putting out the trash I saw something skitter by out of the corne…
Four lessons

by 1369ic 4 months ago

“Please, sit here,” said the government man.
“What for?” the old woman asked.
“We’ve gotten more reports.”
“Telling the truth…
Spring Break Atlanta Begins

by Mr Reeses 4 months ago

‘Dee! Are you serious?’ said Rell.
‘Yeah, I dont if I should tell the girls, and ruin their break.’
‘Oh snap.’ said Travis.
...
Lyric Stuffer (It's Pathetic, I know)

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

“Let’s Groove.” he says.
“Never say that again.” I say.
“Come on. Do you love me?”
“What’s love got to do with it?” I a…
Spring Break Atlanta Begins (2)

by Mr Reeses 4 months ago

Dee pointed at her cell phone as “Sexy Can I” played as her ringtone.
“Hello?” said Denise.
‘I miss you.’
‘What… Who?”
‘You…
Perfect Storm

by Apostrophe 4 months ago

Tom and I were driving down the highway. It was just minutes before a huge storm. We were headed East, so we were going to be…
Ms. Pac-Man Goes In For The Kill [1980's Arcade Games Challenge]

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

I was sick and tired of eating these never-ending dots, but I knew this was the only way to get out of here and catch up to _…
ATTACK!!!!!

by DARK! 4 months ago

It was a regular day fishing. 2 fishermen named Kermitgorf, and Dark. It was just another trip.
“SOOO BORD.” I said.

“Well t…
Fighting Two at Once

by .:band baby:. 4 months ago

I can’t believe I just threw her into the pond! I said in amazment to James.

_That was sweet! How’d you do that? I thought…
Enchanté

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

The next thing I knew, we were on a boat on the Seine.

As soon as we were seated, he slapped his forehead. “Oh! Forgive me,”...
Robot 20394895049 (read if u dare)

by DARK! 4 months ago

The year was 583598. The only human alive was….. MASTERpiece. Masterpiece looked like a robot but was human! 100% human. He…
Love and Cigarettes

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

“Non?” he asked, cocking one eyebrow.

“Non. No lover. I dumped him last month after I found out he’d been cheating on me wi…
SWORD THE RIGHT WAY

by DARK! 4 months ago

SWORD !!!!!!
BY
۞۞۞۞ DARK ۞۞۞۞

It was a peaceful day in Camalot. Just the same square table, same everytihng, same sword…. w…
L'Autre Femme

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

Sebastian smiled, revealing perfectly even teeth. Oh my God, I was insane to be on a bateaux-mouche with a man this handsome!...
Plans

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

“Mon Dieu, American women are très amusant! But to answer your question, beautiful Emily, no I am not gay. I am a very, _very…
Asteroids (pt 1) - 1980s video game challenge

by electrobrain 4 months ago

Beep. Beep.

Raymond Chan, decorated Armada veteran and the Savior of Sector Seven, awoke in a half-drunken stupor. Without …
Cendrillon

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

“Well, I don’t have any definite plans…”

Sebastian took a deep drag from his cigarette. “Would you like to come visit la m…
The Pine-Cone Fire

by Mario 4 months ago

It was camping weekend for the Jake and his friends. They all loved to camp and were always excited to get up there. After ar…
Time - Forwards or Backwards?

by Jimothy 4 months ago

Time.
It gets the best of us. It waits for no man, or woman. We notice when there is too much of it, and are saddened by its …
Reading With No Answers

by THX 0477 4 months ago

She stared. That’s all she did, I swear. Well, and the tear, but just one.

Frankie had dared me, “Go on, see what the crazy …
My thoughts (Utopia Challenge)

by Katsuyori 4 months ago

Many stories talk about finding utopia in the afterlife. Depending on the story most times they tell of finding Paradise, or…
New York to Paris

by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

“You’re so young, though. How long have you been working here?”

“This is my fifth year working for this museum. I am 28, sur…
Shop Talk (80's Arcade Challenge)

by BARomero 4 months ago

“So what do you usually do?” the clown asked, as the waitress placed two pints on the table.

“I like to dig up a long column…
Vampierella

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

We all have the essentials to life:water, air, food, etc. But what are the unofficial essentials to life. I mean like love, w…
Vampierella cont'd

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

But love
and contact
is not the only thing we need,
otherwise
our lives would be easily filled.
We set
goals for oursel…
broken teen

by sfost93 4 months ago

A bad mood puts my in my place,
and i have to sit here while in u hit me in the face.
I am a broken dream,
nutin is what it s…
CeeJay the Resplendent

by atllta 4 months ago

CeeJay walked on the stage, resplendent as a prized turkey strutting his garble for all the hens to admire.

Outfitted in tig…
CeeJay the Resplendent

by atllta 4 months ago

CeeJay walked on the stage, resplendent as a prized turkey strutting his garble for all the hens to admire.

Outfitted in tig…
A Gem of a Girl

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

Ah, sir, welcome to my humble stall. What interests you? Men, women? Boys? Girls? Or…ah, exotics! I have the finest selection…
don't play it like it's ur sister

by sfost93 4 months ago

My story has no ending,
it has no middle and has no begining.
A sad love story that torn me apart,
one that has no start.
We …
Three Pulses to Down

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

I snapped back awake to the sound of fighting getting closer. Whatever it was, it was approaching the door quickly, and with …
CherryPop Sums It All Up

by Melia 4 months ago

So there you have it. Liam selflessly gave his life to save me. My father selfishly brought him back to protect me. It put a …
Devon's Point of View

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

The courtroom was green and brown. It reminded me of the duck, Melvin, that I made Laney take a picture of at the park. I rem…
I almost got run over by the Jonas Brothers!

by xxcatiexcatxx 4 months ago

I ALMOST GOT RAN OVER BY THE JOBROS!
Last night, March 14th, was the best night of my life – Jonas Brother’s concert! At firs…
ROBOTRON 2084

by YodaOnCrack 4 months ago

Voice Log Entry: 2,970

Date: 3/17/2084.

Subject: The End

I fear you’ve been dead, my love, for nearly 6 months, bu…
Let Time Fly, I Have You

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

“Someday,” he said, putting his arm gently around the small of my back. “I’ll have a boat like one of those.” The boats rocke…
Trazelli Enacts Plan B

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

The trial began to get bumpy. Devon’s papers were sound. The judge adjourned for recess.

“Don’t worry Mr. Trazelli, these th…
Can you see me?

by xxcatiexcatxx 4 months ago

gCan you see me Daddy? I’m dying now.
Can you see me Daddy, lying on the ground.
All I ever wanted from you
Was a kiss, some…
Confessions of a Loner

by Dr. Mousse 4 months ago

You see me alone in the halls, at lunch, in class.
I don’t laugh, giggle, flirt, talk, whisper.
“The loner kid” you call me.
...
Pine Ridge Adoption Agency

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

The Pine Ridge Adoption Agency sat on the corner of two very busy streets. There wasn’t a pine tree within 500 miles of the r…
On autopilot until

by 1369ic 4 months ago

On autopilot until my daughter’s birth….......................
Phone Call

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

The Rollins brothers owed Mr. Trazelli a lot. He had seen their potential at a young age when they tried to rob him. He caugh…
One Bullet Was All It Took

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

The brothers had no trouble breaking in to the basement window of the Agency. It simply fell into their gloved hands.

They f…
Laney's Unanswered Questions

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

I watched the detective talk to Mr. Trazelli at the end of the hall. I watched him leave. I thought it was odd that he would …
Confessions of a wrist-cutter (pt.1)

by heartbeats echocho 4 months ago

I close the door to my room, blocking out the sound of conversation coming from downstairs.
_Why don’t they understand me? ...
Missed Opportunities

by Misheru O'ku 4 months ago

10.

9.

8.

7.

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

“Happy New Year!” the crowd yelled.

He stared into her eyes.
She stared back.
Both …
The Name's Kya - Part Three

by Vertically Challenged 4 months ago

Bits of paper fluttered out of Kya’s hand as she approached a door at the end of a dark alleyway.
“Good-bye directions, hello…
Mailroom Confessions (A New Life)

by thebetweenspace 4 months ago

“The truth is,” at least the truth I had to make Vincent believe, “I wanted to show it to Paulo because I think it proves tha…
Asteroids (pt 2) - 1980s video game challenge

by electrobrain 4 months ago

“Oh, shit! Shit shit shit!”

The stream of expletives was not unwarranted. Not only were there more asteroids in his field of…
Emily, Alone [Character Generator Challenge]

by Music-Hearted 4 months ago

Beat beat. Beat beat.

This is the sound of your heart. You know it well, yes? I’m sure. It is a comfort in the dark hours….
Teary Hot Chocolate

by xxcatiexcatxx 4 months ago

Not even aware that it was Chirstmas, she sat in the deserted cafe’ crying. How STUPID she had been. She would never get home…
Donaldson, Steven R. Lieutenant, Earth Corps. Serial Number AP71396.

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 4 months ago

“Donaldson, Steven R. Lieutenant, Earth Corps. Serial number AP71396.” He had repeated it a hundred times, and would repeat i…
From the Files of Ace Casecloser

by smarty101 4 months ago

Hello. I am Ace Casecloser. For those of you who do not know me, I am a kid detective. Sigh, I remember one sunny June day….
Reality: I Remember This...(Pt 23)

by Freedom 4 months ago

Well, I…
told my parents.

They cried.
And I cried.

In my dream
last night.

So much for reality.
Confessional

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

Emilia looked up as the feathers graced her smooth chin. Her eyes looked tired and worn.

“This house has a lot of memories f…
Cerulean

by Freedom 4 months ago

I’m about to. FLY.

And I’m flying away just because I want to. I’m expanding my arms out spaciously and I’m soaring up to …
It's a Dog's Life for Buddy

by smarty101 4 months ago

My family’s always nice to me. Everybody except the big cheese. He always yells at me when I bark to tell Mom that people are…
She can't be dead!

by invisibility_disability 4 months ago

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Sitting on my bed, I was reading a book entitled, Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from this Book. I thoug…
WARLORDS

by YodaOnCrack 4 months ago

The castle walls of the Blue fortress towered above the red soil, offering protection from the three other kingdoms on Mars…
The Purrfect Pet

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

Sarah tried to think. It was so hard, with Simone petting her like that. The purring drove all other thoughts out. “C’n I…b…

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