Ficlets | Stories posted 3/26/2008

Stories posted 3/26/2008

Stranger

by snakepandafox<3 4 months ago

no, of course those foot steps aren’t his
they r 2 loud 2 b his, and they r 2 slow, his r quick and soft, but mine r quicker …
A Proposal and Flight

by Ryan Earle 4 months ago

“Henry, come in.” she led him into the house. “Rest, I’ll make us some tea.” She ordered.

Henry examined his surroundings th…
A New Recruit

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

The blindfold came off, and Alvin Blake found himself in a large room. There was one light over head, but it only illuminated…
Thoughtful chronicals (The Worldly Challenge)

by Geheim Sir Ayita 4 months ago

Actually i started a nice little fictlet on this sort of subject…a very “end of all humanity” theme…... its not finished …
The Second Civil War (introduction)

by Phoenix 4 months ago

The war started in the summer of 2013. The new President, the one we’d chosen, turned out to be as anti-religion as they told…
Planning the Road Trip

by Apostrophe 4 months ago

Robin and her sister are sitting at the kitchen table. Between them rests the road atlass. Jessie helps Robin plan her route …
The Party

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

I open my locker and find a flyer.

PARTY!!!! PARTY!!!! THIS FRIDAY AT BRIAN”S HOUSE!!!

I have nothing else to do, so I go….
Getting There

by greekmythsrock 4 months ago

The pair of lint hammerhead sharks came at me as fast as bullets.
I swam so quick I couldn’t even see my hands paddling in th…
The Party Continued

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

We scan the big crowd and have no luck. We decide to go upstairs.

“Where can she be?”, I ask worried, not expecting an answe…
The Room

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

Brian shoves me aside, trying to get to her. I’m frozen, I can’t feel myself breathing.

“Maddie, go start a cold shower.”

I…
Frozen

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

The cops came and asked for my statement. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t move. I sit in the same place just staring at her bein…
A Different Room

by More Ways Than One 4 months ago

The ride home is a blur. I don’t remember it.

He stops his car in front of my house and walks around to my door and opens it…
Just a Little Girl

by wytherwings 4 months ago

“It’s like she knows something.”

“What, her? She doesn’t know anything about us.” He glanced up for a second, then shook his…
Present Day History

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

Why this guy, and why now, I didn’t know. I didn’t care, either. They wanted the job done, and they wanted the best. When som…
Hometown

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

Coming back to his hometown only served to remind him of why he’d left in the first place. Walking through the streets,he cou…
Product Placement

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

“What are you doing?” asked Dillan as he put another spoonful of delicious Honey Cheerios into his mouth.

Toby put down his …
The Call That Changed My Destiny

by Ben Paddon 4 months ago

“Hello?”

Seb couldn’t get over just how fantastic her voice was. In fact everything about her was just incredible. It’d take…
ouch.

by Nouvelle Bardot 4 months ago

Its easy now to understand
why everyone is so insane,
because the ripping and tearing
of one’s heart -
is the cruelest pai…
Backlit - 4 - Processed Air

by Erik Chevalier 4 months ago

A light tap on the shoulder stirred Anja from her shallow napping. The attendant was leaning through the cabin’s doorway, cur…
Why Me?

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

We strolled through the darkened park. Not quite alone, but the other lovers in the park paid no attention to anyone but them…
Alexi's Lunch

by Erik Chevalier 4 months ago

The roof top door crashed open & Alexi burst out, kinetically amped up & ready to fly. He dove through the a gap in the safet…
Fight Fire With Fire

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

It had been a long, long day. It was hard, and getting harder, to teach psychology at a normal university knowing what he kne…
Betrayal Most Foul

by J.B. Williams 4 months ago

I was seeing it, but I could not believe or fathom it. I was staring blankly at my mom on top of my ‘best friend’. “Oh my Go…
Skye's the limit

by Trying to Blend 4 months ago

What covers us, shows off for us, has colour and imagination? We look up to it, we fly into it, We harness the wind, marvel a…
In the End...

by smarty101 4 months ago

The next day, Jeremy did not get out of bed. Jay chirped an nudged his hands, and finally Jeremy opened his eyes just enough …
What Do You Think About?

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

They lay on the hilltop, staring up at the sky. The summer night was warm, but not hot. The sky was perfectly clear, and the …
Jeremy's Death

by smarty101 4 months ago

So this was it. This was the end of Jeremy Evitts. He never thought he would die, well at least not in this way. As he layed …
Stunts and Motivation

by THX 0477 4 months ago

Wishing I’d remembered the old neighborhood better I turned blindly down an alley. I wasn’t sure how much distance there was …
One shall not be judged by his writing

by S. Lynn 4 months ago

“Are you Ravyn Hopkins?” A voice said. Ravyn looked up from the coin at the person. Who she saw suprised her, since the boy l…
Never Hear The End

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

“Hey!” I yelled. “Leave her alone!”

The three guys picking on that girl turned around. They all looked to be a couple of yea…
64k (250th Ficlet Challenge)

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

Good gods, I’m already at 250 ficlets?! Wow! Then again, with 2 Eplets (still trying to get that as the official word for fic…
Coming to Her Senses

by S. Lynn 4 months ago

Kitty’s mind reeled. The past year had been hard, ever since Katie’s death. Many didn’t even acknowledge her death, not even …
Not Loud Enough (64k ficlet challenge)

by Blusparrow 3 months ago

“I like you”, she whispered. If only it was loud enough to hear.
Changing a life (Worldly Challenge)

by S. Lynn 3 months ago

Roxanne, now 78 in age, was walking down an alley, a shortcut to her home. On her way, she found a girl, crying on the sie of…
The One Word That Won't Make You Dead

by Eckhouse 3 months ago

Interrogation was a lost art. Ever since Gorbachev, glasnost, and the general demise of all things Eastern, there had been …
The Book (Worldly Challenge)

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 3 months ago

Finished! At last, after so much time, so much effort. So many times I wanted to fold up, give up, curl up and die. But I pus…
Fine, Be That Way

by Never Explain 3 months ago

I stared at Matt.

“She isn’t crazy about me, everything is falling apart at the seams.” I sighed.

“It’ll work out.” Matt sm…
Who I am (250th Ficlet Challenge)

by S. Lynn 3 months ago

I am unique. I am an individual. I am a character. I am a human.
Phoned

by Never Explain 3 months ago

It was still raining out, so I couldn’t go outside. I wondered what Autumn was doing.

Probably hanging out with Kate…

J…
A Toast to Seduction

by uselessness 3 months ago

I loved Samantha. She was a champagne bottle laced with cyanide.
The Princess Bride's Missing Watchmen

by uselessness 3 months ago

Prince Humperdinck was furious. “What do you mean, no one is watching the princess?”

“It is as you requested, sir,” Count Ru…
Sleep

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 3 months ago

Tired.

So tired.

No! I must stay awake. If I fall asleep…

Sleep.

Sleep would be good.

No, I can’t!

Oh, god, no! I nod…
May I help you?

by Trying to Blend 3 months ago

“Hello! You there! You’re lookin’ for something, ya?”
“no.”
Running

by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

That night. That night will never disappear. And today, it’s my turn to drop the soil. It’s cold as it sits in my hand. It fe…
Two Single Tears

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

Eve spent about an hour talking to her mom and telling her about her night with Dante. She thanked her mom for the suggestion…
64k Challenge: Famous Last Words

by Mycroft 3 months ago

“No, grizzly bears aren’t dangerous. Are you, you lovely fluff-”
Wapato

by Storykeeper of Fae 3 months ago

The sun is high in the sky, high over my head and the trees that filter its light into splotches of rippling radiance.

I wal…
Dogbane

by Storykeeper of Fae 3 months ago

On my way back through the woods I have shouldered a sack of wapato wealth and a few cattail rhizomes, and I leave in my wake…
Exit Plans

by Russell Ruffino 3 months ago

On the drive home my mind and heart are racing, I made my excuses to Helen and left quickly. I prepared for this day over thr…
The Event Horizon

by [pens&feathers] 3 months ago

Helen glanced at her watch, arm shaking. One minute to the Event Horizon. Panic bubbled up inside her, seemed to compress her…
Never Enough (64 K Challenge)

by [pens&feathers] 3 months ago

Dreams turn into words on a page. But still it is never enough.
I am

by wytherwings 3 months ago

I am a Writer. Reader. Photographer. Thinker. Dreamer. Believer.
Definitley

by Never Explain 3 months ago

I woke up again early in the morning. I sat up without waking Brooke up. I kissed her on the forehead and went off to shower….
Nick and the Hermit

by Storykeeper of Fae 3 months ago

He examines my tuber with interest I might admire if he hadn’t already proved himself to be an idiot.

I walk forth, a mite …
Diving on Jupiter

by Will Hindmarch 3 months ago

He wasn’t falling like he was supposed to. He’d missed his target.

Looking behind him, he saw it through the reflections of…
The Head of a Tyrant

by SKermitgorf 3 months ago

So evil a tyrannical dictator was he, that after the coup, they drug his corpse through the dust covered streets.
They then h…
Anymore

by Never Explain 3 months ago

Now I’m pretty much sitting on my bed, at my desk, on the couch, listening to TV, all while ignoring Hayley’s constant calls….
First Kiss

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

I can’t stop crying. Bernard and I are sitting at our spot at the lake. My face is buried in his shoulder, tears staining his…
Never

by Never Explain 3 months ago

NONONONONONO!!!!! He thought.

Dante’s heart skipped about three beats.

_Wait…no…Eve will believe me as long as I don’...
Calming Parker

by SKermitgorf 3 months ago

Over coffee, I asked my co-worker and friend Jason, “So you really think I should marry Jolinda?”

“Sure man,” Jason responde…
18 Years [64K Challenge]

by `crayola. 3 months ago

The day’s finally here, I’m now 18, so why am I suddenly so scared?
A Good One

by Overlooked_Merchandise 3 months ago

I smile. Finally.

“Are you telling me all I had to do to get you to kiss me is beat some punk up?” I say with a bit of a …
Super Soldier

by Never Explain 3 months ago

I am a super soldier. They built me from scratch using parts of other humans and nanobots. I am not entirely human, but close…
If That's What You Want

by Overlooked_Merchandise 3 months ago

There he is, Nathan. I wonder why he’s at the park? Who cares. I start running.

With Nathan’s back turned to me I jump hi…
Drowning

by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

I ran. I didn’t care where to. I just wanted to run. Then I stopped. Something dawned on me. Is this how Rainey felt? If I ju…
It's Going to be a Long Day

by Flute Loop<33 3 months ago

Ashley’s mom turned and walked down the hall to her room. Ashley was speachless. She would have never guessed her mom would l…
Outside myself

by eMarc 3 months ago

I ran. I reached for the door. At least I thought I was until I looked back and saw myself still sitting there, with a blank …
What did I learn in algebra today???????

by madwriter108 3 months ago

i was sitting in algebra clas one day, when my eyes met the most beautiful creature in the world: Brittany.

Her hair was so…
SSSSSCCCCCCCCRRREEECCCCHH!!!!!So close!

by madwriter108 3 months ago
Penn Returns!

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

Dante looked so sincer. Never had a guy kissed her so meaningfully. She just had to give in.

“It’s okay, Dante. Just.. dont …
I Am This And That But Will Forever Be

by One Time, One Chance 3 months ago

I am hopeful,
I am grateful,
I am joyful,
I am free,
I am caring,
I am wild,
I am funny,
I am me,
I am beautiful,
I am uncont…
He's a Good Man

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

I wake up in Bernard’s arms. I shift to get up and streach, careful not to wake Bernard up. Once free of his loving grasp, I …
Unprotected

by Artist_Girl 3 months ago

I’ve had other children, but this one was different. My husband didn’t know. I remember how I had excitedly told him of my ea…
It’s No Big Thing

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

Graves had starred up to the ceiling trying to hold in what ever organ he still had to hold. Tears were freshly drawn from th…
Abigail, Her Father's Joy

by emma jo_234 3 months ago

“She’s got blue eyes like the sea
And a smile just like me
(Or so her mother says)
But that’s not why I love her
_No …
Rescued

by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

I just wanted to be rescued. Not be lost at sea in my head.

I felt vibration on the bench. It was him. My rescue swimmer.

...
Flying with Two Leprechauns in a Hovercraft

by paper flowers 3 months ago

Now our friends are aboard a very roomy hovercraft. The owners of the hovercraft (two cheery leprechauns named Carl and Marin…
Indignation

by Laine P. Grey 3 months ago

The White Knight shifted on the floor. “Do you mind repeating that?” Oh, how he wished he had his knife now. “Do you mean to …
Just Like Old Times

by Overlooked_Merchandise 3 months ago

I place my head on her shoulder (I have to bend to get to her height).

“Good Morning Faith, and how is your mother doing thi…
The Train

by Laine P. Grey 3 months ago

On a Wednesday too cold to be spring, Alyson Smithy watched as the rain streaked across the train window. Her mother watched …
Sweeney Todd: Children's Barber of Sweet Street (Genre Blender Challenge)

by OrangeOreos 3 months ago

“Nothing’s gonna hurt you, not while I’m around!” sung Sweeney to the crowd of children around his feet.

“YAY!” “Another son…
Another Day Another Night

by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

The sun had started to push past the mountains in the Far East.
A couple of birds had started to chirp threw the forest of tr…
The 'Test'

by S. Lynn 3 months ago

“I…Uh, I didn’t mean that!” Shawn said, looking around nervously, at one clump of bushes in particular. Ravyn looked to whe…
Laugh (64K Filcet Challenge)

by OrangeOreos 3 months ago

Laughter is the world’s best medicine.

It can cure any bad day!
All A Dream (64 challenge)

by flute faerie 3 months ago

She heard him say, “I love you”. Then she awoke from her dream.
She'll Make Me Wanna Shout

by Lone Writer 3 months ago

Even without 1st aid training I would’ve known that this situation was in need of some serious CPR. “Actually, I am single.” ...
200 Ficlets! Thatz Off Da Chizzanggg!

by Lone Writer 3 months ago

200 Ficlets! That means time for a challenge! But since I already had a challenge my 115, I’ll just stick with that one. So r…
Magasin de fleurs and Flashing lights [Criss-Cross Challenge]

by S. Lynn 3 months ago

Emily and Kathrine (Courtney, you didn’t make up a name for you character, so I kinda made up one. Sorry!) sat in a small din…
Prescription For A Pope

by SKermitgorf 3 months ago

Pope Felix VIII had fallen ill. His physicians were clueless as to his ailment.

They used leeches and bled him and drained h…
To Find the Cure or to not Find the Cure (Worldly Challenge)

by Blusparrow 3 months ago

“I have found the cure!” the scientist yelled. She held the container in the air. “This is what will cure cancer. Any cancer …
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.723)

by BARomero 3 months ago

Right now you’re saying, “This isn’t the way I remember it ending.”

_Funny thing, I have to admit that I changed the endin…
Making A Scene On Television

by Fantasy 3 months ago

I screamed. I screamed so loud I thought the microphone was going to break. All three boys and Wesley jumped. Ellen broke dow…
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.724)

by BARomero 3 months ago

_I was already a cynical adult, and Jason, well, kids in the seventies were so much more jaded than when I was growing up let…
Little Boy Blue

by p.lauré 3 months ago

I sware this crazy guy was trying to ruin my fun. Of course I knew the lever was stuck. I was okay with this even though I co…
My Marred Mind

by Freedom 3 months ago

It seems as if I’m stuck inside my mind. Hence, sleep deprivation.

So anyway, I’ve been trying for a while to escape from …
Greed of a Queen

by SKermitgorf 3 months ago

Queen Crystabella admired the Baronesses fine Tea set,
“O this is simply divine.”

“Oh you must have it your majesty, I insi…
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.725)

by BARomero 3 months ago

_And that’s exactly what Kermit Shog and the estate of S. Morgenstern did. Those of you who’ve written to Harcourt Publishing…
How Not To Act On National Television

by Lone Writer 3 months ago

I stood up and turned toward the audience, motioning with my eyes for Emily to do so also with my eyes.
“This concludes the …
Straws! (a commercial we made in 3rd grade) [Terrible Commercial challenge]

by S. Lynn 3 months ago

scene One

Girl 1: (Acidentally spills some soda) Oh no! I’ve spilled some of my soda!

Girl 2 (which was me) : Hi Sheryl…
Best Sermon Ever (My Inner Cynic Wrote This): [64k Challenge]

by thebetweenspace 3 months ago

Alcohol on his breath, the pastor preached his best sermon ever.
Checkmate

by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 3 months ago

“So, Derek,” her father said.

Oh, boy, I thought. Here it comes.

“Ellen tells me you’re an investigator of sorts.”

I s…
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.726)

by BARomero 3 months ago

_Last November, I was returning home from a trip to Los Angeles. It’s funny how we can’t wait to be tethered to the rest of t…
The Code

by Aren Craig 3 months ago

Mike was typing on his computer again. He spent all his free time typing in the dark basement of his elderly parents’ home. I…
Healing

by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

Two Weeks. Two weeks of loss felt. Two weeks of emptiness.

Two Weeks of change.

It was fourteen days of healing. That’s al…
Making A Promise

by Fantasy 3 months ago

“Well,” he explained, “you know, we met Wesley and Emily in really strange, unexpected ways. And, a lot happened. But, it tur…
Presence

by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

I walk these halls and something’s changed. They seem brighter, not as dull.

I feel her presence here, watching over me. I w…
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.727)

by BARomero 3 months ago

“Random House is going to release The Princess Bride, _unabridged and annotated,” Charley explained. “All of Morgenstern’s …
Cindy Lou Comes Clean

by Throat Wolf 3 months ago

Cindy Lou started to push her way out, so I clenched and helped her. A few moments later, she was standing in the tub. I turn…
CherryPop vs. the Stupid Zombies

by Melia 3 months ago

More mindless zombies stepped out of the darkness and into the crowd. Their ceaseless, almost feral moaning gave a rumbling r…
Winners!!

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

I know this should have been done awhile ago, but I forgot and I was busy. hehe =)

So now, the winners of my hidden message …
Pixel Clouds

by Erik Chevalier 3 months ago

The clouds drifted calmly, converted by Alexi’s overlay into an array of blocky white pixels of varying opacity. Next to him …
208 - 1170 ((Words!!))

by .:band baby:. 3 months ago

So I’m at 208 ficlets. Amazing right? I can’t believe it myself. But the truely amazing things is I hit 1170 comments. There …
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - 35th Anniversary Unabridged and Annotated Edition (p.728)

by BARomero 3 months ago

All this while, Mandrake Shog stared at me the way Kathy Bates looked at Jimmy Caan in Misery. _Right before she hobbled hi…
Awoke on an Island

by Blusparrow 3 months ago

I awoke to my mouth salty dry and a boy looking on over me.
Wa wa where am I?

Mike: Hello, are you ok?
Me: mmm…
Mike: We…
Marauder Boot Camp

by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

So I really jumped at the chance. Didn’t have to think about it or anything. I severed my ties with remaining family and frie…
Always Boys

by Freedom 3 months ago

Me: So uh Mike, what happened?
Mike: Well, there was a crash and…you know, I’ll tell you about it later. Rest now.
_He’s st…

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