Ficlets | Stories posted 5/15/2008

Stories posted 5/15/2008

The Object of her Desire

by JenJadeEyes 3 months ago

It was imposing, to admit what she needed. What bothered her was her desire for anonymity, to keep her distance from those wh…
A Convergence Of Events

by btwright 3 months ago

She glared at the driver. It was intentional. She was livid.

Her phone rang. She glanced at the screen and answered.

_“Oh m…
A Day in the Death

by R.A. Porter 3 months ago

That explained the burning in my throat at least. And Orangina wasn’t going to help it.

I should have been frightened. Mrs. ...
No news

by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) 3 months ago

On this day there was no news. Everything was still as it was yesterday. No country had been invaded, no new troops had been …
Preferrerential Treatment at The Corporation, Inc.

by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) 3 months ago

It felt like my veins were being picked apart by a flock of crazed vultures. Then images came flooding in: the Devastation, a…
Weihnachten in Hamburg

by Maleghast 3 months ago

Dario looked down on the Rathaus square and wondered how many times he had studied this scene over the decades that he had pe…
Waiting for dinner

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

I had to admit, this was not how I had imagined my first few hours in the post-apocalyptic world would go. I’ve already admit…
Awakenings in the Dark

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

To this day, I chalk up what came next as due to radiation sickness or maybe losing my mind.
I must’ve been out for a good ho…
Möbius Strip: The Man Behind the Curtain

by KevMullins 3 months ago

Dreanna had always dreamed of traveling among the stars, of visiting alien races. However, her people were just entering thei…
Lifeless, Inches Away From You

by nesdil 3 months ago

I close my eyes and concentrate on the music pounding in my ears,
drowning out the gentle hum of the engine.
All my troubles…
Above All

by Rhine Stone Cowboy 3 months ago

Sometimes it’s delivered as an equation, sometimes it’s wrapped up in a little quantum physics bow. It could even take the fo…
B & Y

by The Unnamable 3 months ago

B sauntered down the sidewalk, skipping occasionally. Mumbling half the lyrics to George Harrison’s “Got My Mind Set On You” ...
I Want To Be A Hero (When I Grow Up Challenge)

by thebetweenspace 3 months ago

I stalked my back yard, the neighbor kids in tow. We got to the van (a swing set) and embarked on another mission. I was Hann…
Oops

by Chgowiz 3 months ago

“You have to take this tank.” I pleaded as his gasps grew louder.

“No… I knew what I signed up for…” he grunted as he pu…
Hope Don't, But I Do

by THX 0477 3 months ago

Tilting my head back thoughtfully I said, “Marcy Delgatto.”

Chris looked around, “What was that, doofus?”

I gave him a hamm…
He's GONE?

by Mask By The Moon 3 months ago

“He’s GONE?!” I screamed. “But he’s not ready! He can’t go out there on his own, he’ll get killed!”

“He said you sent him ou…
Not The Standard Procedure

by Mycroft 3 months ago

An alarm siren began to blare, tunelessly, somewhere in the building. With a satisfied smile (and just a hint of smugness), t…
Chloe 12

by ChloeNoelle 3 months ago

Chloe-
Well Dinner last night was amazing i decided to be a bad friend just for a little while, and I didn’t tell Miranda a…
miranda

by Miranda Ann 3 months ago

miranda
Our double date was great. It was great untill NOODLES came and ruind it! I can belive her just coming up AND AGAI…
Punk rock

by JMSquire 3 months ago

We kick our feet with an abandon only reachable through mild uppers and the drive of a pumping bass riff. This is where we wa…
Saturday Waffles [When I Grow Up Challenge]

by Steve Fairweather 3 months ago

Auntie has burned the Eggos again. We assume our positions on the floor in front of the television, legs hidden under plastic…
THE MISTY TREES

by Mr Reeses 3 months ago

HE LOOKED BACK AT THE PATH THAT HE JUST SUDDENLY APPEAR AT TO SEE A FIGURE IN THE MIST. HIS EYES TRIED TO FOCUS IN ON THE OBJ…
Escapism

by JMSquire 3 months ago

“We’ve got one!”

Down at the end of the hall a security guard is shaken out of a pleasant daydream and his eyes widen as the…
It's Mine!

by Dragon_sun 515 3 months ago

I watched Officer Luke talking to Tony and Michael through the window and felt sort of sorry for them. “What do you mean: you…
The Bad Habit [When I Grow Up Challenge]

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 3 months ago

Imagine a six year old running around a sprinkler, wearing a sparkly pink Barbie one-piece. She has blond hair, and huge blue…
AWESOME QUIZ ANSWERS! from a paranoid person

by Dragon_sun 515 3 months ago

Joking on the title!!!

1. never

2. Yeah! The only thing that I remember are Barbies, though. They kept backsassing me.

3. ...
The Legendary Science Slam!

by Browncoatben 3 months ago

Looking up from his microscope every minute or so to jot a note on the yellow pad, Fred worked with intense focus.

His lab …
love with T.J.C

by moonlight_girl 3 months ago

how can i love you
when you love someone else
this isnt going to work
i thought i could help
you forget her
but somehow …
Möbius Strip: The Many Names of the Maker

by KevMullins 3 months ago

“So do you have a name, or do I get to call you God from now on?” quipped Dreanna.

“A name…” He replied almost absentmin…
Unlikely friends

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

When a man is in such circumstances; trapped, alone, unarmed – facing a hideous porcine mutant, laughter is not the generally…
Not Alone

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

I browsed what was left of the store, shoving foodstuffs at random into my satchel. My new companion seemed content to follow…
On the trail

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

The place was totalled. I didn’t even bother trying to revise my personal tallies for supplies – I just assumed they’d all be…
Visitors

by Alexander McGee 3 months ago

As we walked I tried to remember where the path would have led us – if the whole end of the world thing hadn’t turned a perfe…
Reality

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

His voice startled her from her thoughts.

”But this is all just a dream to you. You can change it to suit your will, but you…
Memory

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

It all started upside down. That’s how it starts for everyone, I mean. You come out, all covered in whatever it is they call …
Thoughts

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

They’ve left again. I don’t know what they expect me to do all day. Everyone talks about how fun it would to be me, getting t…
Wham, Bam, Science Slam!

by KevMullins 3 months ago

“Like your Mom” Fred mimed silently to himself. “Har, Har Todd, you ARE truly a dick. Is this like high school or what?” he t…
Not The Same

by Alex Spivak 3 months ago

It was Thursday afternoon around six o’clock. I just got home from work. It was still sunny outside and the temperature was a…
Troops, what troops?

by Ridcully Calvert 3 months ago

They hit us from every possible entrance, some body-armoured UN thugs even came bubbling out of the super secure exits in the…
Bed Time Story [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

“Hey Dad?”

“Ughnnng,” I grunted, barely listening. I rustled the pages of draft I was working on. _I can’t believe Mr. Nedar…
Me and JB 19

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

I meet Nick after school that day and he had made up his mind. Miley wasn’t worth it. I was glad. Well, not just because I co…
Me and JB 20

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“I’m really sorry, I had no clue!” I said. Michelle tended to get a just a little emotional about boys. Well, a lot emotion…
A punny tale [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

Years ago, I had two twins, but being only 16, I gave them up for adoption. Before they left, however, I named them, and prom…
Me and JB 21

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“Michelle is getting really annoying!” I said to Nick. We were on the phone as usual.
“Hey! I can hear you, you know?” Miche…
Me and JB 22

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

Friday, my favorite day of the week! I was going to go hang out with one of my best friends. Guess who? Yeah, your probably r…
Supermarket on the Brain [Make me Laughe Challenge]

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

Children are adorable. This isn’t a fact up for dispute.

For instance, my two year old cousin, Isaac, and I were visiting my…
Me and JB 23

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“Nick likes you!” said Katie.
“How do you know? You haven’t even met him!”
“Because! I can tell. He’s all you ever talk abo…
Not Friends any longer?

by howhardlifeis♥ 3 months ago

”...there wasn’t much we could have done to save her. I’m sorry!” The doctor said, then turns around and walks back into the …
The Pillar - Encode Royalty

by Browncoatben 3 months ago

“Get them back here.” Salis barked at the bridge crew, but not to anyone in particular. “Open a channel to Command in the Sit…
Washed Brilliance, part 2

by Jamie Rose 3 months ago

playground, so fast I actually got to Jimmy B. within 1 minutes. He had been 20 feet away.
I reached Jimmy B. and bent over, ...
Me and JB 24 "A Short Little Something"

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

I gasped as I read it. I couldn’t believe it! Nick dropped to his knees and picked up all his books. I think he knew I saw. W…
Washed Brilliance, part 3

by Jamie Rose 3 months ago

paper, so I had to make sure no one ever saw it. It was mine, and with it, I would rule the world!
Just then the bell rang fo…
Me and JB 25

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

Nick disappeared for the rest of the day. He was long gone when I made it to the buses. I was sitting in my room when I just …
Washed Brilliance, part 4

by Jamie Rose 3 months ago

pockets, and 3) that although I may have been a mini genius, at that moment, I was the stupidest person in the world.

I had …
She Knew the Truth 20

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

I woke up in my bed. Where was Samantha. Was that all a dream? Am I loopy or something? I reached for my forehead where there…
Möbius Strip: The Blind Leading the Blonde

by KevMullins 3 months ago

“What is happening here?” Eric mused as he studied Dreanna’s pretty blonde hair.

For the first time since The Becoming h…
Sicko

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

So, you said you are a 15 year old girl.
On the internet no one can see the REAL you.
On the inside you are worse than you a…
Moving

by MoonyBassoon 3 months ago

But suddenly I realize that there is something. It is nearly imperceptible, but there is something there, reaching through th…
Aftermath

by Blusparrow 3 months ago

“I am so done with this group and this crap!” Screams Allie as she walks out. Victoria and Faith are left looking at each oth…
Master Magic

by Klapaucius 3 months ago

Klaus hid behind Ivan as the elder brother clashed with the Mastermage. This was an existential duel; the two fought with lit…
Slip of the Knife

by Klapaucius 3 months ago

The four thieves stared down at the corpse. Ishno, the leader, put his head in his hands, trying to assuage the headache.
“Me…
Even Prometheus Bled...

by BlakesOddAngle 3 months ago

Fire never held the interest for me,
Its dwindling life,
Its shallow, transparent little existence,
Always tied,
Its always …
Rocket Troops

by BlakesOddAngle 3 months ago
Trainview

by BlakesOddAngle 3 months ago

She sits there, slumped against the window. Defeated; and bitter about it. Her hair is dissarayed, her eyes unfocused. She f…
Honorable Intentions

by Stovohobo 3 months ago

“You’re an idiot.”

“Stupid is as stupid does, as a very wise man once said.”

“No, no…I mean only you would try to rob a pol…
How It All Started...

by paper flowers 3 months ago

I never expected anything to happen, but it did. And it all started in middle school. You know, that really awkward year when…
Medium

by constructofamind 3 months ago

Something caresses me just behind my eyes. And then, the headache starts. All of those long-lost voices come flooding back. V…
Lies

by Freedom 3 months ago

4 Weeks Earlier
“Hey Kati!” Rogers yelled from across the room. He waved and ran toward me and Kati. Surprisingly, Kati rol…
here 4 u

by moonlight_girl 3 months ago

if you need me i’m here
if u need a sholder to cry on
if u need a person to listen
i’m always around
no matter what it is ab…
Night Shift

by D S LaBrie 3 months ago

The office is quiet in that deafening way. The constant whir of the different machines folding together in a kind of dischord…
Me and JB 26

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“I’m here! Where’s Joe? Where is he? He’s mine!” said Katie as she scrambled through the front door.
“He’s coming, relax!”
”...
Middleschool Woes [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

Every Middle Schooler tends to go through at least a few moments of absolute, life stopping, dizzying humiliation. I was a pa…
Rakvaa, or Sneaky Aliens

by OboeTheres 3 months ago

There is a clean smell, like grass or mint that has been walked on. There isn’t any hissing smoke like some sci-fi movie, onl…
Me and JB 27

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“I didn’t fell well and went home, sorry,” he said. I guess he got a bad case of butterflies.
“Who’s that?” asked Nick.
“Ka…
The Key

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

He walked slowly between the stalls of cotton candy, smelling the sticky sweet air. A child brushed past him, crying about he…
Short diolouge [ Make Me Laugh Challange]

by Rae Penderweed 3 months ago

“Stay calm. This is not the time to panic!”

“Yes, don’t worry. I’m a lawyer!”

“Should I panic NOW?”

“No, that would be far…
Me and 28

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

“Ya think, Joe?” I said.
“He’s nervous, oh, and by the way! Nick gets all shy and stuff when he’s around the girl he likes. ...
A Hero

by D S LaBrie 3 months ago

Crime had gotten out of hand in the neighborhood. It used to be the odd carjacking and maybe a break in, but now the corner g…
Lame Clown (Make Me Laugh Challenge)

by DARK! 3 months ago

“Clowns are supposed to be funny you know,” the boy said to the clown making balloon animals at his 5th birthday party.
“Yeah…
Me and JB 29

by Writer4Life00nj 3 months ago

After many hugs and autographs later, Katie left with a smile and left me to pack.
“She’s nice,” said Joe. He laughed a litt…
What happens in the halls after algebra

by madwriter108 3 months ago
The Photograph

by BARomero 3 months ago

It was the meeting I’d been waiting for my whole life.

The Enemy ambushed my squad and was overpowering us. My unit was fal…

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