Ficlets | Stories posted 3/20/2008

Stories posted 3/20/2008

Moving on

by Inspiring Girl Author 4 months ago

I held her close while she cried. Even while crying she looked adorable. I turned her face towards me, and looked into her e…
Honor and Significance in Hindsight

by drob 4 months ago

James: To stem the tide of negative sentiment I offer only kind words and consolation to those lost. I forgive you, the young…
Notes of the Past and Present (Part 1)

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

I used to come home from school and watch the ceiling. I had nothing else to do… The main reason being that I had no friend…
Notes of the Past and Present (Part 2)

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

The other homerooms, I believe, didn’t discuss very deeply the message given by Mr. Brown, but my homeroom, well we talked. W…
Never Look In The Dark

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

“There’s something you should see.” If are love is as strong as it is then you can understand what I have to show you.

“You …
Love's Crime

by Geheim Sir Ayita 4 months ago

Sleep covered her body, but she opened her eyes, no longer able to keep them closed. The Sun was dripping in through the wind…
Soka. Tapin. Yu. L'tal. Gural.

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

“Are you ready?” she asked me.

My first lesson in meditation. “Yes. I’m ready.”

“Okay,” she told me. “First, sit on your ma…
wahaha.....Geheim Sir Ayita Rap!!

by Geheim Sir Ayita 4 months ago

Whats my name?

Sir!

Whats my name?

Sir

What’s my name baby

Sir!

Oh dam right…

the names geheim

im liking this cream…
The Choice

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

“No way, man.” Jimmy was furious. How could they even think of asking him to do this?! “That is not going to happen!”

“J…
Falling Out (I)

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

“Will. Will!” I ran to catch up. “Dammit, Will, what the hell’s your problem tonight?”

He looked at me like I’d just grown a…
Watch For Falling Books (II)

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

I walked down the hall. Halfway back to my apartment, I could hear Robert and Jaime. Jaime was laughing as Robert make fun of…
Jaime - Super Woman (III)

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

I never even saw it coming. I had been taking karate since elementary school, and I was pretty good. Robert, for someone who …
Apologies All Around (IV)

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

Twenty minutes later (about fifteen minutes after Rob got to his car and engaged in some rather creative cursing), I got up o…
One Week Later

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

As he walked towards the door, Seb wondered how many people had gone to a funeral parlour knowing they were neither attending…
Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans (V)

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

“Yeah, well, I did see it, and I will pay big money.” The more I thought about it, the more I regretted throwing Robert’s…
Nighttime

by Beautiful Rain 4 months ago

Head back, I stare into the cloudy dark sky.The moon peeps a shadowy glow through the haze from time to time, like a returnin…
Nighttime 2

by Beautiful Rain 4 months ago

So I sit here writing, alone on this peak, while I should be sleeping, because I can’t quite face my dreams yet.I can’t yet s…
The Room (VI)

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

When I woke up, it was daylight. I opened my eyes, and noticed something very wrong with my apartment.

Namely the fact that …
Castus (VII)

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

Jaime was an artist. A pretty damned good one, if you asked me. But what did I know about art? I can’t even draw stick people…
Delisu Adrovan, 4th Wizard (VIII)

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

Delisu Adrovan, 4th Wizard, Master of the Golden Tower, Spellkeeper for King Hani of the Southern Vale, stode into the room w…
Harsh Mistress

by atllta 4 months ago

Kim typed exactly what she was thinking, “I’m about to freak out.”

The boy an entire city away, seeing this statement, told …
The Blue Jay

by smarty101 4 months ago

Jeremy awoke early the next morning to the sound of a bird tapping on his little window. He opened it up, and the bird happil…
A Moment's Silence

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

“Just hanging out”? Seb wanted to take off his shoe and beat himself to death with it. He was certainly in the right place to…
The First Night

by smarty101 4 months ago

As he got into bed, he thought about where Jay would sleep. He quick got some branches off of the tree next to his house, and…
The Difference Between Zombies

by Melia 4 months ago

Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…
Flashing Lights 3

by Twitch 4 months ago
Flashing Lights 3

by Twitch 4 months ago
Dream A Little Dream (IX)

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

“Okay, look,” I said. “I know what this is. The role-play session didn’t go well last night. I fell asleep, and this is all a…
A Subtle Shift

by thebetweenspace 4 months ago

Sgt. Rollins continued, “Isn’t that right, Terry?”

The name didn’t bring a flood of memories, but it did give him an idea. _…
I hate you

by Band/ HP Nerd 4 months ago

I hate you
If you’re going to talk behind my back
I don’t care
If you’re going to talk say it to my face
I don’t care
I hate…
Bad Timing on Big Decisions

by THX 0477 4 months ago

Life and death swirled before and within my mind, pulling me along every eddy and wave. So this is insanity, I thought with w…
Who Had?/ Praise? (couldn't decide again!)

by Dragon_sun 515 4 months ago

My eyes were closed as I prepared to touch the magic I needed. Magic without a spellbook was harder because when you usually …
Zombie Types [Stovo's Zombie Challenge]

by Melia 4 months ago

Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…
The Insane Knight: Answers

by Hobo Beard Bob 4 months ago

“Would you mind removing your pretend weapon from my neck?” Ted asked.

“Okay,” the Knight said, “But don’t try that staring …
Tell Me!!!

by Never Explain 4 months ago

“Where do I know you from?!” I loudly asked.
“You will never find out.” Colleen sneered.
“Why!?”“Because.”
I groaned in aggra…
Clipping Challenge

by p.lauré 4 months ago

Yup, that’s right. This is a challenge for people to take this clipping and make it into a story.

*...when angels fall to ea…
Locked Away

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

“Is it a live father?”

“yes,” Father had spoken in a ghostly matter “The doctor had worked on this thing for many years in t…
On The Run

by p.lauré 4 months ago
Logan

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

Logan had watched as a young teen was struggling for air.
Logan had started to smother her tighter and tighter as the minutes…
My Child [Clipping Challenge]

by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

You were always in the background, although you deserved to be the star of the show here on Earth.

I never realized how impo…
Digital Dawn: Chapter One

by uselessness 4 months ago

The Blue Brain Project was a novel idea: if we can’t create Turing-primed artificial intelligence through conventional progra…
Loveterror

by uselessness 4 months ago

I’m terrified in love.

Utterly, bewilderingly, happily terrified.

And I want to spend the rest of my life with you in my ar…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Two

by uselessness 4 months ago

Henry Markram was a genius in the same way that Victor Frankenstein was a genius.

As director of the Blue Brain Project, he …
How to Save a Job

by duckn 4 months ago

The tack was the only thing I found that worked. I had lost three jobs, and was well on the way to losing numero cuatro when …
The Human Defect

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 4 months ago

The man with no face does not fear anything in life nor does he hold the very parents who had sold him away.
He doesn’t mind …
Last Temptation of Hezidrixal (p.laure clipping challenge)

by Jenunique 4 months ago

Hezidrixal was floating in the moonlight. Though he’d been warned, the moon was too bright and the sky too clear, he couldn’t…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Three

by uselessness 4 months ago

If the Blue Brain labs couldn’t support the simulation, it was time to scale up. Henry Markram was writing a virus.

Not a ma…
Seriously, She Is More Important

by Never Explain 4 months ago

The alarm sounded off. I stirred a little and sat up. I woke Brooke up too, apparently.
“Please stay?” She whispered.
I looke…
Reaching a Verdict

by p.lauré 4 months ago

Walking beyond the campus into the dark tunnel, his worn-out adidas sneakers were wearing holes in his socks.He -didn’t want …
Spinning and Spinning, Round and Round

by p.lauré 4 months ago

As I was looking on towards the Italian Swings at this carnival, I noticed there was nobody on it. _Why do they run it when n…
First Date? Part 1 (New Beginnings Series)

by Ms Pixy Stik 4 months ago

He came to the hospital to pick her up at 11 just like he said. They went to a near by coffee place. They ordered their drink…
First Date? Part 2 (New Beginnings Series)

by Ms Pixy Stik 4 months ago

“Sooo a radiologist huh?” Teal said.
“Yes, I love my job, well I love both of my jobs,” she answered.
“You have two jobs? Wha…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Four (R_M)

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

The six months passed with agonizing slowness. Dr. Markram did what he could on the project with the budget he had, sometimes…
First Date? Part 3 (New Beginnings Series)

by Ms Pixy Stik 4 months ago

“Oh dang, ok. I think I can handle that.”
“Good, because you have no choice,” she laughed. “You have siblings?”
“Yes, I have …
First Date? Part 4 (New Beginnings Series)

by Ms Pixy Stik 4 months ago

“First date?? No no no shawty this was not our first date. You gotta do better than coffee.”
“My bad young lady. How about I …
I Wanna Love You

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

_I know you see me lookin’ at you and you already know
I wanna love you (love you), you already know
I wanna love you (love…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Four

by uselessness 4 months ago

The next day, Dr. Markram told the team that he had secured anonymous funding for the Blue Brain Project to continue, and tha…
"Out of my mind."

by Never Explain 4 months ago

I was living, but I was nonexistent. It was bliss. I felt like I was watching everything I had every experienced, in or or ou…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Five

by uselessness 4 months ago

Dr. Markram anticipated the computer cloud would cover 115% of the project’s needs. Hopefully more, but no less. 125% would b…
The Slightly Offset Mind of the Hacker Type

by Saint Chuck 4 months ago

I grab another can of Diet Coke and settle down for a night in front of the PC. It is vacation after all…finally hours of u…
Only A Baby?!

by Lone Writer 4 months ago

I walked into the room and saw that Anna had awakened. “Anna!” I cried, hurrying to her. Her head turned toward the sound of …
Digital Dawn: Chapter Six

by uselessness 4 months ago

Some of the developers on the team grumbled about scope creep. One even resigned, but he was easily replaceable; the Blue Bra…
Life is Like a Poem

by Qwerty123 4 months ago

Life is like poem,
happy or sad.
Its just how you live it that you decide your faith,
I go through life with a positive attit…
To Die Of Total Boredom And Mass Confusion or Not To Die Of Total Boredom And Mass Confusion (Or, How Professor Buttercup's Torture Was Planned In My Mind)

by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

There were many reasons why the idea of going into Professor Buttercup’s room was the equivalent of 523 bombs going off in my…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven

by uselessness 4 months ago

Dr. Markram arrived at the lab one cold December morning to find the team in a panic.

“What’s going on?” he shouted.

One of…
chapter 3

by Emilyscool 4 months ago

So here i am, rideless and drunk. I could call Maggies mom, she’s always been the coolest.
But she’d totally shoot me when sh…
Recruiting for the Surprise

by .:band baby:. 4 months ago

Eve sat on the park ench stunned and let Dante run off. She sensed that he needed to be alone, and she completly understood t…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Eight

by uselessness 4 months ago

Within seconds, the alert was silenced and the capacity levels climbed again, stabilizing comfortably around 250%.

A series …
The World Will Keep Spinning

by thebetweenspace 4 months ago

“Your methods of interrogation never cease to amaze me, Rollins. Supplying him all that false information. He’s a history tea…
The creature

by RasberryIceCream 4 months ago

Alexa Buckman stood at the edge, staring at the amazing sight before her. Her two parkas, sealskin boots, and wolfskin hood w…
And We Could All Use a Little Change

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

After a couple hours of looking, I found a clearing in the middle of a forest, a ways up a dirt road that didn’t look like it…
The Importance of Commas

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

“Let’s eat, children!”

“Let’s eat children!”

~

“Sh, it is in a library.”

Well, you can figure this one out on your own….
Digital Dawn: Chapter Five (R_C)

by Ridcully Calvert 4 months ago

As he approached the library in the early evening he realised that something was dreadfully wrong.

Normally at this time th…
Mission Accomplished.

by You Know You Love Mee! 4 months ago

A couple of days later…

Andrew and Eric are sitting at their usual lunch table..

Eric says, “So… Andy. When you gonna m…
Dream of His Life.

by You Know You Love Mee! 4 months ago

Andrew was ready for this date. He had put on a nice t-shirt and some jeans and some colonge and messed up his hair and, he w…
Life is Like A Poet

by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 4 months ago

Life is like a poet.

You probably won’t be appreciated until after you’re dead.
Don't Have To Worry

by Overlooked_Merchandise 4 months ago

I sat down at my desk. What am I going to do while he’s gone? It’s winter break and I have nothing to do. I shook my head.I…
Ficlet Number CL: A Cup of Inspiration

by Jenunique 4 months ago

I have finally reached the point of no return. That point was actually the day I wrote my first Ficlet but here I am on numbe…
To The Stage

by Fantasy 4 months ago

Joe and Wesley came back shortly after. We sat on the beach for a while, until Mrs. Jonas came and told us we had to head ove…
She was Maritza

by J.B. Williams 4 months ago

“Understand; I’m the baddest man alive. So let’s just…bend ya knees and do the G5.” I sighed. I’m going to die today, might…
Life: It's in the Parenthesis [Ficlet CL Challenge]

by THX 0477 4 months ago

I decided to go for an evening stroll (as is my occasional want). I walked about three blocks (which doesn’t take as long as …
Birth of the Firefox, Part 9

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

A year later, the reawakened Firefox looked out upon a very different Internet. She quickly scanned Google News and other arc…
Digital Dawn: Chapter Six (R_M)

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

With a shudder of revulsion, Markram shouldered past the…zombies? No, not zombies. Oddly-behaved people, that was it. Keepi…
Horn of a Dilemma

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

The next day, Nina woke to a shrill whinny of panic in the distance. She glanced out from the shelter at the rain, still comi…
Georgia Dee, Ironically, Is a Supporter of the EPA

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

As he scribbled the note in his narrow cursive, he thought of his beloved Georgia a thousand miles away. She had left for Ger…
Georgia Dee, Ironically, Is a Supporter of the EPA

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

As he scribbled the note in his narrow cursive, he thought of his beloved Georgia a thousand miles away. She had left for Ger…
Enjoying The Dream (X)

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

Okay, fine, I thought. I’ll go along with this little dream. Maybe it’ll give me some ideas for next week’s session.

“So…
It Can Wait

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

Leaning against the wall before class, my ipod is running, I’m just waiting for a friend. Then, there she is. I wave. I know …
I Will Survive

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

Then the horn was withdrawn by the unicorn who had stabbed it through her back. Nina blinked, feeling where it had poked thro…
Very Late For Work (XI)

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

Weird though it was, the coin in my pocket was quickly forgotten when I saw the clock. It was almost 2:30p! My boss was going…
The Beggining

by Crayola 4 months ago

“Bye Mom,” I said closing the door, watching my mom pull out of the driveway in her BMW.
I plopped down on the couch and turn…
The Rapidly Deconstructing, Reconstructing Mind

by thebetweenspace 4 months ago

Terry had another flash.

A hit of ecstasy.
The door of a bathroom stall.
A high school classroom.
His mother.

His mind was …
The Changing Season

by smarty101 4 months ago

Jeremy woke up the next day earlier than usual, because Jay poked his head and hands until Jeremy got out of bed. Jay was out…
Fired! (XII)

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

“Four days…” I muttered, stunned. No. No, it wasn’t possible. I pulled the gold coin out of my pocket and looked at it. Sur…
Caring for Jay

by smarty101 4 months ago

The days passed, and with each day, came colder winds and temperature. Nonetheless, Jeremy kept that window open, and Jay let…
Moving On-Chapter 2

by Inspiring Girl Author 4 months ago

It had been one month, three days, and six hours since I last saw her. But who’s counting? I still remember the last words s…
Ace Casecloser and the Toy Cars (part 1)

by smarty101 4 months ago

I was in the middle of class when the PA system said:
Ace Casecloser, report to the office.
I entered the chilly office an…
Dmitri Alexei and the Buried Tomb of the First Emperor

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

It had taken years of paperwork, soil core samples, ground-penetrating radar, and arguing before the tomb of China’s first em…
Ace Casecloser and the Toy Cars (part 2)

by smarty101 4 months ago

“Mark Everett, is it true that you and Jared Ejevett had a fight last week?” I interrogated him in the hallway.
“Yeah. What’s…
Zen and the Art of Transformation

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

After a while, I figured out what the problem was. I was trying too hard. I thought I had to work out where every bit went an…
The Happy Tortur - I Mean, Doctor

by Stovohobo 4 months ago

“So, how do you feel?” asked Dr. Sheing, fingers at the ready to jot down any feedback.

I didn’t give him the pleasure. But …
pause.

by Brooke 4 months ago

The blankness of my mind illuded my senses. The world seemed to be on pause, although I was the only one who could not move. ...
Birth of the Firefox, Part 10

by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

The Firefox flitted through the worlds—virtual and real at the same time, as they were now overlaid on top of each other. If …
Madeleine's, pt 2

by B. Somerville 4 months ago

She knew I was there but continued to serve drinks and banter with her customers in at least 3 languages as I sipped the pote…
Bad Girls Really Put Away Their Dinner

by Throat Wolf 4 months ago
He's really gone...

by invisibility_disability 4 months ago

“How close were you to him?” the reporter asked me.
“Very. He was my best friend,” was my simple response. I was still in sho…
I Want Those Flashing Lights by Colin Munroe(music challenge)

by J.B. Williams 4 months ago

_You saw the mil today; today I’m lucky if I could get paid…Your girls are fine; it seems a dime or two in every dozen. I o…
Your Escape???

by Phosphate11 4 months ago

Sometimes, I’m sad.

Sometimes, I’m confused.

Sometimes, I’m frustrated.

Sometimes, I’m lost.

At those times, I just escap…

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