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Stories posted 3/27/2008

• I Can't Wait to be _Her Hero_

  by a lost boy 3 months ago

  Its safe to say now that she is mine, and I am happy to say that I am hers. If there is one word to discribe her it is cute...

• Hunted in The Land of Nod

  by Ryan Earle 3 months ago

  He woke with a start from the nightmare. Creatures wreathed in darkness hunting him, devouring the universe.

  He groaned and …

• Give Chase

  by Ryan Earle 3 months ago

  He was a machine.

  A machine, Henry was a machine. Rebecca shook herself—behind the veil that hid his face was not flesh a…

• Camera

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  I wonder how many lives this camera has captured. How many generations its been passed down through. All the things it has se…

• The Record Spins

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  As this record spins growing in sound my mind takes ease. I haven’t felt that in a while, oh how I love this sound. It takes …

• Rose

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  Oh, can you imagine what you are and can be? Your so beautiful. It kills me to see you sad. The white falling on you. If only…

• The Rain

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  When it rains, the world cries. The darkness is allowed to rise above the surface, come out of hiding.

  Maybe, it’s because …

• Traffic

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  Ok this is my ABC Poem…The format is that the first four lines of each stanza has to start with letters in alphabetical ord…

• The Freakishly Small Thing

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  What was it? It was tiny! So much smaller than me! Weird… I’m usually the small one around. Wait, imagine how small it woul…

• Summer Night

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  Ok, here is another poem from school. I had to use a simley every other line, and it had to ryme. And I ahd to use “ants in h…

• Flag

  by More Ways Than One 3 months ago

  This is my symbolism poem…It was for school…

  In the 1700s thirteen stars stood
  Symbolizing freedom and victory
  Bloodshed…

• Fickle

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  Ok, yet another poem from school. Author’s Choice this time.

  Fickle

  Just sitting here.
  Trying to think of a poem.
  Coming …

• A Dancer's Best Friend

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  Ok this is my symbolism poem from school.

  A Dancer’s Best Friend

  Every dancer’s pointe shoes
  Are their partner, and best …

• And Her Name Is Emma.... (chapter 5)

  by Rachel 3 months ago

  Without hesitation Emma lunged from her bed and into the lounge room. There was no denying it; Mary was gone along with Emma’...

• Mindless Chit-chat

  by S. Lynn 3 months ago

  “So, I heard that you can come with me, am I right?” Shawn said, sitting down down on the bench. He patted the seat next to h…

• The Hospital

  by smarty101 3 months ago

  Jeremy opened up his eyes, and then squinted them. This was because he was in a white rooom with bright lights. “Grandson!” a…

• Message Sent Successfully

  by Ben Paddon 3 months ago

• Buffered

  by Adam Short 3 months ago

  Miraculously there was little loss of life. The buffer absorbed most of the impact. Created years ago in order to make spacef…

• (Ficlet CL Challenge): The Real Heroes

  by thebetweenspace 3 months ago

  I watched the show right along with you. Heroes was my favorite. I couldn’t wait for Monday to roll around. Then it all bec…

• Seagram's Education

  by duckn 3 months ago

  It was nowhere near the first time I drank, or the first time I drank in excess, that started in High School and even had som…

• Surviving With a Boy

  by Blusparrow 3 months ago

  I awoke to him looking up at me once again. This time he was shaking me to get up. I am so thirsty. I stood up.

  Me: What?
  ...

• Hope

  by Never Explain 3 months ago

  “It’s gonna be awesome.” I mused. “But you have to calm down first.”

  “Jason, you don’t understand.” Parker began. “She hears…

• Oh, You Didn't!

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

  “Oh, you didn’t!” my mother said.

  I looked at the copy of the World Weekly News in my hand. “Well, why not?” I asked her. _C…

• Fade

  by Never Explain 3 months ago

  Well, I’m still pretty much sitting at home, extremely quiet….

  In my depression, I started to ignore my friends as well as…

• Revenge

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

  “Son, we need to talk.”

  I looked up from my books, calmly put down my pen, and said, “Okay, the only time you two call me ’s…

• End It

  by Never Explain 3 months ago

  Dante waved goodbye and run over to his house. As soon as soon as he stopped, he whipped out his cell phone and called Gabby….

• Quick Kiss

  by Overlooked_Merchandise 3 months ago

  I never really liked Nathan; even now I don’t like him. I miss Tyler more and more each day…but he never seems to talk to m…

• The Meat Job

  by duckn 3 months ago

• The Good Shepherd

  by thebetweenspace 3 months ago

  The good shepherd was armed to the teeth.

  _Even if I never avenge my beating, these dirty cops will get what they have com…

• No More Friday Nights

  by Seth Miller 3 months ago

  Dry mouth is a misnomer after you’ve had your last swig of beer. Skunk mouth too base; Slack-jawed: your face.

  No holds are …

• Why and Goodbye

  by ♥Bridget 3 months ago

  Wasted days and wasted nights
  I cant do this anymore.
  No more tears and no more fights.
  And still I am not sure.
  ...

• Marauder's Lecture

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  “First things first,” he said as I got in and closed the door. “Information about our ops is on a need-to-know basis. You’re …

• The Bag...

  by Amo de Tuus Aetas et Mors 3 months ago

  “Aw, great,” Kevin Kravitz spoke. He was my best friend, and had admirable, if not godly, intelligence. “I got voted for the …

• My One World (the worldly challenge)

  by leala1953 3 months ago

  my world is my heart. It’s one for all the living, breathing people and plants and animals, insects, the ugly, the beauty, an…

• Nightmares Always Come First

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  Sora sat in the garden, listening to some music. But something felt wrong. She took out the earphones and listened carefully….

• My One World (the worldly challenge)

  by leala1953 3 months ago

  It was summer when I visited the homestead. it took me fifteen years to finally go home. It wasn’t even a good voluntary “com…

• A Simple Mourning

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  It had all seemed like the same day all over again.
  I couldn’t get away. It would just stay right there by my side.

  The sun …

• Critters In The Fierce Of The Night

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  “Do you love me Eric?”

  “Joan what kind of question is that, of course I do and no one will get in the way of that.”

  Eric an…

• The Closing Bulletin

  by Ben Paddon 3 months ago

  “It’s not happening,” said Seb as he walked into the pub. He’d assumed Mark would be sat in his usual seat, pint in hand, try…

• Silence in the Gray

  by Never Explain 3 months ago

  I sat on my couch, looking for something to do. I looked up at the skylight in my room. The sky was consumed in a world of gr…

• The Return of the Murderman

  by Whinney 3 months ago

• Hideaway Happy Hovel

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  My eyelids creaked open, letting in a searing amount of light in. It was seven o’clock in the evening, but my eyes registered…

• A stranger in my wold (The worldly challenge)

  by leala1953 3 months ago

  It was an odd feelings. Being surrounded with peole that i haven’t seen in almost twenty years. I am back in my world, but fe…

• Don't you remember?

  by Inspiring Girl Author 3 months ago

  Derek smirked, “Darn, I see you found your clothes. Obviously I didn’t hide them good enough.”

  I faked a laugh, “Ha ha Dere…

• Marauder's Mission

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Not long after that, Dwayne and I were driving down a street in a small Virginia town. It was an industrial area, and there w…

• Legend of Hope

  by ChrisWDP 3 months ago

  ”...when angels fall to earth, no one notices anymore.”, the mother paused in her story, and looked out the window. The stars…

• Diary Found In An Abandoned House

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

  Sunday March 8, 1946 – We moved into our new house today. It’s big and old. My bedroom’s on the top floor, below the attic. T…

• My One World (the worldly challenge)

  by leala1953 3 months ago

  ” neng, tan awa si mamang o,nag kalipay ka-ayo tungod kay nagbalik ka, pagka tinu-ud gyud nga na-a ka diri” lina, and beth we…

• The Return of the Murderman, P.2

  by Whinney 3 months ago

• New Town, New Problems, New Friends

  by Mr.Gabriel 3 months ago

  Going to a new school was difficult, because I left from a family atmosphere to a place where I knew nobody there, and I was …

• The Return of the Murderman, P.3

  by Whinney 3 months ago

• The Return of the Murderman, P.4

  by Whinney 3 months ago

• The Guardian

  by Russell Ruffino 3 months ago

  The thief had made it, he was deep in the bowels of the most guarded building on the planet. He’d have broken in here ages ag…

• The Letter

  by Lone Writer 3 months ago

  The boys were much too polite to say anything about Emily’s outburst on national television, so we avoided the entire subject…

• Hello, S**** E******** M****, I am ME. A Promise to the World

  by a lost boy 3 months ago

  I know who I am, and i love who I am, but when around her, I loose myself. I am a funny guy, I have been called handsome (and…

• Hide N' Seek (poem)

  by snakepandafox<3 3 months ago

  He said,
  Close your eyes, count to ten, let’s play hide n’ seek
  He ran away,
  and I stayed
  And I didn’t dare to peek
  But our l…

• Cyke Sensor

  by Lone Writer 3 months ago

  “DAILEY, MAKE IT STOP!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, covering my ears with my hands and falling to my knees.
  “James,...

• A Type Of Evil

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

  There he was. That arrogant, self-possessed son of a bitch. Acting like he didn’t have a care in the world. The police couldn…

• On A Mission

  by One Time, One Chance 3 months ago

  Gather up everybody. All the boys – none of the girls will do it, it is their nature not to. Tell the guys to bring paper, ...

• Murders, Inc.

  by Russell Ruffino 3 months ago

  “Hello, you’re through to Murders Incorporated, how may I direct your call?”

  “Yes, hi, I’d like to have my wife murdered, I’...

• its nice,cold, and rainy out.

  by lady e 3 months ago

  a cold, rainy,unusual- for- spring day.
  thick grey-or yellow…if you’re a bright soul- cable knit sweaters and old jeans
  the…

• Salvation or Something Else

  by THX 0477 3 months ago

  I’d hate to be thought of as prideful, but I was feeling pretty good about myself. My ill-fated high jump over the fence had …

• Chloe and Kevin

  by Nissakit 3 months ago

  “Do you think Chloe has ever made out with some one?”

  “No, she is too much of a geek!”

  “Actually, she has,” I felt all thei…

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices Introduction

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  I was going to wait until a Ficlets forum happened, since I feel that the site really should be for fiction alone and even ch…

• A Pointless Existence

  by Music-Hearted 3 months ago

  Do you ever get the feeling that nothing you do will matter in the long run?

  It’s not just about feeling insignificant in a …

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #1: Paragraph Spacing

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Open any book or magazine article. What do you see? Paragraphs! Paragraphs where you can _easily tell where one ends and the …

• Shut Up

  by Mask By The Moon 3 months ago

  An air of impending chaos filled the room as I carefully studied the faces around me. I attempted to figure out who would cau…

• Silence

  by Mask By The Moon 3 months ago

  I woke up what I assumed to be hours later, by myself, with a screen over me. There was a man on the screen, who I recognized…

• RUN!

  by Mask By The Moon 3 months ago

  I woke up with numb limbs, positive they were broken. It hurt to breathe, a pleasant change from the constant telepathy heada…

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #2: Comment and Rate It!

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  For every one of my ficlets, I see something odd. Fully ten times as many people read my ficlets as bother to comment or ra…

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #3: Ficlet Structure

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Some people use ficlets as a notebook for posting their own continuous stories, 1 K at a time. If that’s all you’re using fic…

• change

  by lena 3 months ago

  People just don’t understand that you can’t just ask somebody to be you want them to be. They can’t change themselves just so…

• The Hotel Murder Case

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  It was about twenty minutes past the hour.
  Mourning sun had not laid its presence among the living yet.

  I was stuck at a mot…

• The Hotel Murder Case Part Two

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  There wasn’t much in the hotel room except for those two cups of coffee.
  I couldn’t spot the murder weapon. The room was clea…

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #4: Write Prequels & Sequels

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  One of the greatest things about Ficlets, in my opinion, is the capacity for multiple prequels and sequels. You don’t have to…

• The Hotel Murder Case Part Three

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  I had decided to make my way to the house of the young girls.
  Someone had bin watching me as I got out of my cruiser. Staring…

• Slick

  by gemminx 3 months ago

  As soon as she hears my footfalls, she hits Alt-Tab and flips the screen, but not quite quickly enough. My assistant, Alisa, ...

• R_M's Ficlets Best Practices #5: Edit Yourself

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  One of the most important parts of writing a ficlet is self-editing. With only 1024 characters to get a complete mini-story…

• I hate everything about you

  by I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! 3 months ago

  I hate everything about you,
  I hate the way you look at me,
  I hate the way you walk,
  I hate the way you talk,
  I hate the way …

• The Hotel Murder Case Part Four

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 3 months ago

  I had left the knife at the lab to be analyzed.
  I couldn’t go pass the day without checking the male residence.

  Thirty five …

• What's Going On?

  by Fantasy 3 months ago

  Wesley had been in her room for quite a while. Kevin had gotten worried and gone in to check on her. I was sitting on the liv…