Ficlets | Stories posted 3/21/2008

Stories posted 3/21/2008

A Waste of Time...Not Really...ACORN'S CHALLENGE

by More Ways Than One about 1 month ago

It was a waste of time… and tears. I guess that’s how we all feel when it comes to being hurt and looking back. It all seem…
A Discussion

by idreamoflilies about 1 month ago

“Ugh. From what I hear nowadays, marriage isn’t all THAT great,” a woman whispered smugly to the man next to her. “They usual…
The Mafia?!?

by Mask By The Moon about 1 month ago

I sighed and jumped into the tree to make sure I didn’t sit on my gash. I looked down into a puddle and noticed that I had su…
Mirror

by sailorgirl125 about 1 month ago

Mirror

Looking at yourself in a mirror. What do you see do you see a girl of many fears or hopes or regret? When I look into…
Text Messages

by back in your head about 1 month ago

To: Katrina Cell
3/19/08 4:25 p.m.

kat, how r things btwn u n adam?? i only ask b/c cindy seems to be really friendly w/ h…
Serious Business

by Ben Paddon about 1 month ago

“What happened then?” asked Mark.

“She gave me her phone number,” replied Seb, smiling.

“Nice!” said Mark, enthusiastically…
Life is Marzipan

by yoITSme about 1 month ago

Life is Marzipan.
pretty on the outside and gross in the inside.
Or it could be a fudge nut coconut pretzel on a marshmallow
...
I Alone Love You: A Tale of Good Friday

by Jenunique about 1 month ago

Jaxson was dismayed as he left the Church. It seemed to leave him more empty now, just when he needed it most. He plugged his…
Flipping Over the Rover

by Jenunique about 1 month ago

“What were you thinking?“

Her mother rarely yelled at her, but Dareana knew she was in trouble when she reached that poin…
Chapter 4

by Emilyscool about 1 month ago

Whatever, he can’t do anything to me. I need a ride home, it’s only getting later and I’m already dead as it is.
_voice call…
How Long I've Stayed [Music Challenge]

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

“Mind if I put on some music?” I ask.

There’s a bit of a sigh, “Okay, don’t turn it up too loud. I’m trying to get some work…
Ace Casecloser and the Toy Cars (part 3)

by smarty101 about 1 month ago

“So George, what do you think about the stolen toy cars?” I looked him in the eyes.
He sat at a desk in the hallway, I walked…
Hate or Adore

by atllta about 1 month ago

I’m working on a deadline for a site that’s supposed to go live tonight (Friday, March 21st, 2008) and I’ve been writing thro…
Confessions of a mime (pt. 2)

by heartbeats echocho about 1 month ago

I once heard someone say, ‘the easiest thing to do is be yourself.’ Wanna know what I said to that?...Bullcrap!
The easiest t…
Escape

by Storykeeper of Fae about 1 month ago

I had had all too much for one girl.

I’d been displaced. I’d seen my mother lying sick on a hospital bed. I’d tried to learn…
Arby's

by Flute Loop<33 about 1 month ago

“So I say we go to Arby’s. I really want some curly fries.” Ashley just hoped Cameron wouldn’t mind going somewhere so cheap….
The Cold Within

by Patricia:My Role Model about 1 month ago

Six humans trapped by happenstance
In a dark and bitter cold
Each one possessed a stick of wood
Or so the story’s told.

Thei…
Facing the Herd

by Robotech_Master about 1 month ago

That night, Nina dreamed of nothing but unicorns. Unicorns frolicking in the neverending rain, like in that old Irish song. U…
Me

by SoccerChick about 1 month ago

My life is Me
and no one else
i am my own me
nothing like miranda
but close to the same
Why Teenagers Don't Answer Certain Questions

by Lone Writer about 1 month ago

“What do you think about this?”

We want to avoid the inevitable argument about why we think what we do. Adults always as…
This is the Story of a Girl...

by someday_93 about 1 month ago

She was very small. Not small as in young, but as in tiny. Ten years old, but she just barely came up to my shoulder…and th…
Staying Alive

by Lone Writer about 1 month ago

_Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man, no time to talk
Music loud and women warm
Ive been kicked aro…
Cried a River & Drowned the Whole World

by someday_93 about 1 month ago

The air was brisk and cool, a perfect fall day. We went to the school playground, as it was the only one in town that was sur…
A Perfect Date

by Kermitgorf about 1 month ago

He arrives early. He gets out of his car and you greet one another.
In the front seat of his car, he hands you a basket of ca…
Though She Looked So Sad [in Photographs]

by someday_93 about 1 month ago

The tears continued falling, and this time when I reached out to touch her, she didn’t brush me away. I slid off of the swing…
I Absolutely Love Her, When she Smiles

by someday_93 about 1 month ago

Mommies and daddies? Oh god… A rush of memories flowed through me, memories of a boy, a boy who always wanted to play hou…
An Artist's Life-Style

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

After Dante got up, and walked home. Apparently, Eve had already left in her car. He walked in to his house, and called out t…
[Challenge] Baby Names

by Ridcully Calvert about 1 month ago

Fact:

1.) Mrs Calvert and I are expecting our second child on the 2nd of April

2.) It is a girl

3.) We do not know what to…
Nyssa :The First Arrival

by Kermitgorf about 1 month ago

Alene felt the first pangs of labor pains, while her husband, Lt. Aherne assured her on video screen from Mars, that all woul…
Surprise Performance

by Lone Writer about 1 month ago

A bodyguard walked the two of us up onto the stage and we both stood on either side of Joe Emily looked just as surprised as …
There's Something About Jodi

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

“Tom, I want to fall in love,” I said to my roommate.

“Girls will bring you nothing but pain, Jordan.”

“There’s just someth…
Her Name is Paige

by someday_93 about 1 month ago

Everything in the hospital was in shades of white and green; a sterile sort of look, but this baby made it all come into colo…
Good Life (Everyone Knows You're My Favorite Girl)

by [pens&feathers] about 1 month ago

I know, even as the first chords of the song filter through the speakers, that I’m going to cry by the time the song is done….
The Waiting Game

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

Jodi would be different, I decided. I dialed her number, terrified she might answer.

“Hello.”

“May I speak to Jodi?” My v…
Full of Hope

by wytherwings about 1 month ago

He walked into the hospital and imediately smelled it. That hospital smell. He hated that smell. He was at a meeting at work …
Accelerated Heartbeats

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

It had been three days and Jodi still hadn’t called. I was absolutely stir crazy, so I hoped catching a movie would be a good…
She Could See

by wytherwings about 1 month ago

It was as if she was waking up for the first time if her life. Finally, she could she it. The other side. The good side. Comp…
Philosophical Questions and Vampire Tomes

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

As the two boys sat in holy reverence of the pilfered tome, Sean wondered about what his friend had said. Philosophically spe…
Pickle [Baby Name Challenge]

by Ana Cristina about 1 month ago

“So have you decided on a name yet?”

I sat down, glad to get off my feet. I was in my eighth month and my ankles were _reall…
Bittersweet Truth

by J.B. Williams about 1 month ago

Brian’s face must have given away his expression because she began to nurture him. ‘It’s OK’ ‘You’ll make a girl happy someda…
Unexpected Guests

by Robotech_Master about 1 month ago

I quickly swapped back to car mode, and waited for them to pass by. No such luck. The two cars—a slick sports car, and an SUV…
Sleep

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

Tod’s mom greeted us as we piled into her giant ford van. We all got into the back seats and dropped our packs at our feet….
Several Calculated Moments

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

So I’m going home, back to the place where I belong. And where your love has always been enough for me.

A memory, the lyri…
Speeding

by Flute Loop<33 about 1 month ago

“Run!” Cameron yelled as him and Ashley were sprinting out the door.

3 minutes until 10

“Okay, this might be a little sc…
Birth of the Firefox, Part 12

by Robotech_Master about 1 month ago

Martin goggled at the new arrival, and tried to use his operator privileges to /kick her out. It didn’t work; it was like she…
If only...

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

This was how I “slept”. Me being slid into a metal shelf, like in a hospital’s morgue, never really falling asleep, just ly…
The War Continues

by .:band baby:. about 1 month ago

Lily and I jumped on Blake’s back. We were up and out off the castle in seconds.

“Don’t look down!” Blake said in our heads …
I Think I Know You

by shebangsxshebangs about 1 month ago

whee ive never written a series so don’t be too critical =]

“Hey Lindsey, ya’ll sounded amazing”, said Brandon.
“Oh thanks…
Oh Wretched Man That I Am

by uselessness about 1 month ago

The glow of the silver screen highlighted Jodi’s features in the dark. For a beat and a half too long, I sat, turned around i…
Babies [Name Challenge]

by `crayola. about 1 month ago

My hand on my ever increasing belly, my husband holding me around the waist as we walk through the nursery. The cries of the …
On the Third Day

by Overlooked_Merchandise about 1 month ago

After two years of not thinking about Nathan, I find that box, and start again. I know I don’t like him anymore, I am sure of…
Bad Girls Have Their Own Ways of Sharing

by Throat Wolf about 1 month ago
Or so I thought....

by shebangsxshebangs about 1 month ago

One Year Earlier…..

“Wow, our concert was awesome”, said Will.
“This whole season has been amazing, its just awesome, li…
Jenny Tells All

by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

“Wait a minute,” Detective Walsh interrupted, “why did giving up the girl keep Trazelli favorable?”

“You call yourself a det…
Beamsong

by Robotech_Master about 1 month ago

It scared her more than anything she had ever known. She was about to be flung out into the void, to pierce the heart of the …
Golden

by I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! about 1 month ago

There once was a man, who only wanted riches and power.
He wished to the gods that everything he touched turned to gold. Over…
Es Is Shade

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

“If only you’d fight back,” said the scratch upon which I had focused my attention. Even I knew this was a bad sign.

But hav…
O Fortuna [music.challenge]

by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

I don’t know what I did wrong. Maybe I looked at them wrong. Maybe it is the pockmarks on my face, that make me less than des…
CoTy <3

by Tibby-Marie O'Connor about 1 month ago

I love you baby.
That’s all I can really say.
You’re the best thing ever.
You make my day.

You are always there for me.
You …
In Heavy Traffic [1980s Arcade Game Challenge]

by Robotech_Master about 1 month ago

Traffic was heavy on the interstate. I weaved and bobbed my sports car amid the traffic. There only seemed to be a few kinds …
There's Two Sides To Every Life [six.word.memoir.challenge]

by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

There’s two, to answer my title:

Mom died. The viola went silent.

AND

I look, see a beautiful world.
Basalt

by Magenta Crocodile about 1 month ago

The cliffs cragged and scowling, the ragged stones that line the river’s banks scummed with algae. The mammoth rock sproutin…
Succulent

by Magenta Crocodile about 1 month ago

The succulent on my window ledge fades into a slow death, not for lack of water or sun, but something buried too deep for wit…
Tide Paths

by Magenta Crocodile about 1 month ago

Don’t speak to me of your wavy hair fluffed in frayed yarn crests or your black polka dot purse with heavy buckles fit to st…
Kashmir Earthquake, 2005

by Magenta Crocodile about 1 month ago

Underneath our heels and the tiny bones of our feet, the bones of the earth heave and scream as a horse strains against a he…
Okay, So Dinner Was All Right

by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

Don’t be fooled by the outside of the house. This place was not inhabited by grand folk with stubbornly old-fashioned ways.
T…
You'll Get It Eventually: An Offbeat Easter Story

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

It was dark, my God, it was dark. As if the sun was forgotten and the moon never existed dark. The guards were snoring. Soon …
Spring Means Change

by Blusparrow about 1 month ago

Spring is here
Life comes out
The sun is out longer
The snow melts
Colors come to life
It is a time for change
I think some s…
The Show's Over

by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ about 1 month ago

When her bodyguards finally shut us all up, Tinsley hopped onto her stage and began her concert. At the end, we all clapped. ...
Changing Minds [story.challenge]

by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

It was a waste of time…and tears, Isaac thought, though it was a sin against the only god the people had: the government.
...
5 Money Bags

by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ about 1 month ago

It’s something we should have expected, but something we never thought would actually happen. The 24th bodyguard wasn’t reall…
A Secret Meeting

by dolphinlvr92 about 1 month ago

A boy and a girl stood together in a dimly-lit secluded clearing of the forest.

“Here,” said the girl, holding out a closed …
I Asked My Love to Let Me In

by Throat Wolf about 1 month ago

I asked my love to eat me. She was reluctant at first. She liked being with me too much to want to let me be a part of her. B…
Story Challenge: Forget

by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ about 1 month ago

It was a waste of time… and tears.
Our whole relationship had been a lie, and I should just get over that, but I couldn’t. ...
Yogurt Was Never Like This

by Throat Wolf about 1 month ago

“I don’t understand.”

“It’s really simple. I live in your stomach and intestine and help regulate your digestive process. Un…
Can You See Me?

by wytherwings about 1 month ago

Can you see me? I’m staring at you. Staring. But I know you can’t see. No, you’re too busy in your own world to notice. I’m s…

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