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Stories posted 4/15/2008

• Forbidden Fruit [poem]

  by Ana Cristina 2 months ago

  Black eyelashes that flutter against an ivory cheek.
  Lips that stumble over words, parting gently
  over a stolen breath that …

• An internal run-on monologue on a student teaching application that is due on Tax Day

  by Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy 2 months ago

• Some Very nice things (FluteFaries: NIce things Challenge)

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  Wow this is a strangely fun challenge. It kinda seems like a popularity contest.. well almost.. I have been writing on here f…

• Around the House with ThroatWolf

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  Hungry.

  The blinds are closed, and I’m reading Edgar Allan Poe. The television is on, and I’m watching Twin Peaks. Somewhere…

• Death Of Mystery Woman

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  My best friend Eric and I are in Portland. We have been here for a few days. Well, since the funeral for my great Aunt. You s…

• Sunset Clause

  by Wallace-E 2 months ago

  “Had you been more clever,” hissed the evil Doctor Krell, “you might have had an inkling of the importance of those first 125…

• Mystery Woman's effects

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  As I go through the contents of the drawer, I become more intrigued. This woman has quite the asortment of stuff here. It is …

• Margie ends and Frida begins.

  by Russell Ruffino 2 months ago

  “I’ve got about a million.” Margie said.

  “That’s a shame”, the impostor replied, “because we have time for one.”

  “Why me?”
  ...

• Being Kermitgorf (Tad's pen name challenge)

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  He starts his day like any other. At his computer desk. He sits in his comfy but sturdy chair.. with his breakfast tea. He lo…

• Vicious Attack

  by atllta 2 months ago

• Not So Fast..

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  Danielle looks at Martin.. Are you sure you feel better?
  “Yeah, why?” He asks. “Hold that thought” He suddenly bolts out of …

• Twenty Minutes Later

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  Twenty minutes later Danielle returns to the room. She finds Martin sleeping in the bed closest to the door. She sets her pur…

• A Break from Mystery Womans Home

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  The three of us leave the house for Ruby Tuesday’s. With one thing collectively in our minds. What are we doing in that woman…

• One Thirty- Still Sick

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  “What time is it?” Martin asks. “Uhh its almost one thirty” Danielle responed after she glanced at the alarm clock.

  “Christ…

• Colours

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 2 months ago

  When I was five, I was in a car accident with my parents. For the most part, we came away okay. Bumps. Bruises. A very slight…

• DKNY jeans

  by lena 2 months ago

  Hhaha ok so I know that this isnt the best thing to write about but right now I kinda have writers block and this topic got m…

• BARomero's Orphanage of Ficlet Series (1)

  by BARomero 2 months ago

  Never start something you can’t finish. It’s advice I try to live by, but can’t always do. Over the past year, I’ve started a…

• One Vampire, One Werewolf, One Forbidden Love, P.4

  by Whinney 2 months ago

  ”A WHAT!” I nearly screeched. “Now you see why it was so important that I talk to you. If this vampire finds out that I hang…

• Steel and Flesh

  by 自動 2 months ago

  Jack leaned his head back, let out a column of hot air and shook his arm as if it were on fire. It burned.

  It had been thre…

• BARomero's Orphanage of Ficlet Series (2)

  by BARomero 2 months ago

  4483/4484/4485 – Now We Are Five/Found/Morning – TheWickedHaveMoreFun wrote a nice sentimental trilogy, starting with the…

• Love After a Storm

  by 自動 2 months ago

  The timer read 3:06, 3:05, counting down the seconds. Kenneth didn’t have much time. He turned a few knobs, and held down a s…

• Mama Always Said It's Important To Be Nice [The Nice Things Challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 2 months ago

  It is hard to fill up 1,024 characters with ficleteers I feel have made a difference in this community, because that’s not en…

• Easter Weekend

  by Mr Reeses 2 months ago

• you do it best

  by ♥Bridget 2 months ago

  pulling petals off a rose
  darkening rainbows.

  covers sun with clouds
  happy times cloaked by shrouds.

  producing tears form e…

• Mirror Death

  by horrorfan13 2 months ago

  She woke up with a start. Another day, another look, she thought. Her heart filled with dread. And loathing. She didn’t lik…

• A Hundred Girls In Shibuya

  by 自動 2 months ago

• Morning Ghost

  by Saint Chuck 2 months ago

  Dave

  The alarm rings promptly at five, ripping me out of my sleep in a cold sweat. I’ve been having nightmares again. It’s…

• Me: Blank [defensive challenge]

  by someday_93 2 months ago

  I stare at my feet, as though my Converse high-tops are currently the most exciting thing in the world, twirling a strand of …

• The Everyday THX 0477 [Pen Name Challenge]

  by Eckhouse 2 months ago

  Awaking from a restful sleep, he was delighted to find the sheets were still neatly tucked under the mattress. The crisp air …

• When Life Gives You Lemons...Rub Them in Other People's Wounds

  by horrorfan13 2 months ago

  She was so beautiful. All that beauty sort of intimidated him, but he always pushed that thought far back in his mind so as n…

• Jesus vs. Uncle Sam (Ficlet Number CL Challenge)

  by thebetweenspace 2 months ago

  “Are you gonna join my revolution?” Jesus asked.

  “What revolution?” Uncle Sam replied.

  “We need a new way of doing things. ...

• Defy our Mortality?

  by ♥Bridget 2 months ago

  Defying our on mortality
  Making choices we shouldnt make.
  s l o w l y losing our sanity.
  making our own mistakes.

  My heart s…

• The Wall

  by J.B. Williams 2 months ago

  As I sit here, on the stones of Wall Street, I wonder why are they there? Why are they there? Were they part of the original …

• Some Foreign Field

  by Russell Ruffino 2 months ago

  “This is the first time I’ve ever been abroad Roger.” Frida said, trying to take her mind of the circumstances in which she w…

• Swing Life Away2

  by Tibby-Marie O'Connor 2 months ago

  We live on front porches and swing life away
  We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  If love is a labor I’ll slave ‘til the…

• Dazed & Conflicted

  by Fyora Cartagan 2 months ago

  Dear Mandy:

  Three years ago, my father was in a terrible car accident. He was in a coma for a year, and has suffered amnesia…

• Sharp & Certain

  by Fyora Cartagan 2 months ago

  Dear Conflicted:

  Are you pulling my leg? Yanking my chain? Or any other colloquialism involving tugging anything of mine in …

• Cracked

  by [pens&feathers] 2 months ago

  And these are my last thoughts:

  _Warm August light pulling away from the day like a sheet of golden foil. The lights on Main…

• Substandard Seating

  by Fyora Cartagan 2 months ago

  Daniel sighed as he read the paper. Why had he even bothered? He should’ve known she would respond that way, everyone else di…

• When Life hands you lemmons Chase with Tequila (When life hands you lemmons Challenge)

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  It is a dreary Saturday afternoon. It has been raining all day. Fortunately enough for Derrick and I, we have the day off.
  G…

• Ficlet Nirvana (Flute Faerie's Nice Things Challenge)

  by thebetweenspace 2 months ago

  Here goes!

  Capital “W” Writer your stories and eplets are phenomenal, often quirky, and they always have great hooks, twis…

• Love and Let Love

  by nesdil 2 months ago

  Thoughts chase themselves around in my mind,
  spinning ever faster as a fierce wind changes my direction,
  changing forever th…

• Night of the Tentacle

  by kwatz 2 months ago

  The skinny probing tentacle slithered silently through a slit in the heat vent, tentatively caressing each object that it cam…

• Confessions of a Highschool Socalite

  by Apostrophe 2 months ago

  We were the not-so-in crowd. We were the group of kids that kept to ourselves. Other kids were intimdated by us. Their parent…

• Into the Depths

  by kwatz 2 months ago

  The tentacle pressed its tip against the girl’s temple, establishing communication.

  Katie, she heard echoing inside her he…

• Maybe I'm Wrong

  by Laine P. Grey 2 months ago

  Kristofer

  I allow the next song to start without hitting “repeat”, again. With a furtive sigh, I begin reading _The Catche…

• Russian Girls

  by Valley Fey/Pinprick 2 months ago

  Hans lit his cigarette and leaned back, handing his lighter off to Tatiana. She and Natasha continued to fawn over him as he …

• Afterglow [poem]

  by Ana Cristina 2 months ago

  Hands reach out tentatively to touch the wonder of your face,
  your skin translucent like spun glass, only more beautiful.
  I …

• Saint Chuck (Your Pen Name Here Challenge)

  by Laine P. Grey 2 months ago

  Saint Chuck found himself in English class…again. Never mind the fact that his teacher was frowning over his shoulder in ef…

• Shades of Grey

  by Laine P. Grey 2 months ago

  There was nothing particular about her. Her hair was short, black, it curled against her pale cheeks as if to caress them. He…

• A Day in the Life Of Celestic23

  by SKermitgorf 2 months ago

  It’s 4 A.M. and she is still up on her laptop writing long emails to her friend in another city. A friend she just talked to …

• the truth about uselessness [(Your Pen Name Here) Challenge]

  by Ana Cristina 2 months ago

  His codename was “Useful.” It was his private little joke. The back-story was that he’d been inept as a kid, all quivering in…

• In the Depths

  by kwatz 2 months ago

  Katie slipped and slid down the cavernous opening beneath her house, holding tightly with one hand to the tentacle that also …

• ChrisWDP's Orphanage of Ficlet Series

  by ChrisWDP 2 months ago

  21214 – One Second Thoughts – This could be the start of a new series. You could go down different paths with it, romance…

• NEJA: No Title This Time

  by Mask By The Moon 2 months ago

  Ethan elbowed Nichole to get her attention. She turned around and raised her eyebrows.

  “See?! I told you one of us was desti…

• Breaking up!

  by Nissakit 2 months ago

  “Hey Kev, I heard you were hanging out with the new girl a lot. Is that true?” I said.
  “Um, yeah, that’s true. I was just …

• Braces [OM's challenge]

  by The Master of Them that Know 2 months ago

  “wow, you do need braces.” alicia said to me.

  “oh, thanks, like I didn’t know that already!!!” i said back in a sarcastic to…

• Roots Go Deeper Than You Can See

  by [pen.up.girl] 2 months ago

  I am sorry you believe me to be so naive,
  Inexperienced, sheltered and unknowing.
  I am sorry that you feel convinced that wha…

• My entry for the Nice Things Challenge

  by Mask By The Moon 2 months ago

  Well, first off, KermitGorf is always one to make me laugh.
  And OTOC can make the coolest words out of the silliest typos…

• Plan

  by Never Explain 2 months ago

  I let my hand creep up Nikki’s back as I felt her mouth bend into a smile against mine. I pulled away and grinned my best fak…

• A day in the life of Stovohobo

  by Never Explain 2 months ago

  Stovo, sitting in his stately manor, chose not to go to school today. No doubt he is devising another clever ficlet or comple…

• welcome

  by Mask By The Moon 2 months ago

  Well, a week has passed. And so has Joshua. Time for Erika to go home. I thank her warmly and she smiles, on her way.

  I walk…

• A Few of My Favorite Ficleteers{Nice things challenge"

  by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 2 months ago

  So much to say, so little time! I better get started!

  O_M-You’re the sister I’ve never had. I mean you know I love you, an…

• The Great and Powerful Katie

  by kwatz 2 months ago

  Frit reached up, grasped Katie’s hand, and began leading her past the oily pool.

  “Why did you scream?” he asked her.

  “What?...

• Howhardlifeis, Her Day

  by Blusparrow 2 months ago

  Howhardlifeis wakes up to the alarm. She gets up and stretches. Some clothes and breakfast and she is off to school. On her w…

• The River Cold and Vile

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  Frida tried to maintain her composure. The ship was now passing through the strait between Pagensand and Schwarztonnensand wi…

• We're Okay

  by Music-Hearted 2 months ago

  “Karly, honey, I’m sorry about your brother, but he’ll come round. Now, where did you say you were, dear? I’m sorry, I was di…

• Happiness

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 2 months ago

  How could this be.. ?
  With what seems like everything in the world,
  I still feel so empty..
  I have everything she wants,
  But …

• Am i just one free night

  by black dog 724 2 months ago

  i love you, never say that i dont
  i try not to be jealous when he talks to you but i just dont understand what you see in him…

• Trowing a Punch

  by Blusparrow 2 months ago

  Kahn stands there.
  Kahn: Just hear me out, I lied. There are not other people on the island. I did do that to hurt you Mike….

• Surfing Lessons

  by .:band baby:. 2 months ago

  Bernard and I walk into the town, looking for a swin suit store. Neither of us had ours, obviously, having rushed out of Tene…

• A Nice Dance to a Different Tune

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  The song was something modern, tragically pained and painfully slow. The dance floor thudded along slowly to the beat beneath…

• Kisses And Rain

  by Freedom 2 months ago

  I can see Kahn at the edge of the trees. I grabbed Mike’s face, crushed my lips into his and watched Kahn walk away quickly.
  ...

• Ficlet Nirvana II (A Continuation of the Nice Things Challenge)

  by thebetweenspace 2 months ago

  One ficlet was not enough space in which to praise enough of my favorite ficlet writers!

  blusparrow I imagine every room y…

• You Kidding Me?

  by Nissakit 2 months ago

  _See that’s exactly why we are breaking up! She’s way too clingy and obsessed with my overall life! Hey, I know, I am going t…

• Macy 32: What?

  by Freedom 2 months ago

  Derrick jumped down almost on top of Shane.

  “You scared me!” Macy screamed. Shane laughed at her while Derrick stood betwee…

• Macy 33: Her Eyes

  by Freedom 2 months ago

  “Uh yeah I did.” Macy continued as Derrick crossed the meadow away from them, blushing.

  “You believe anything. But they di…