Ficlets | Stories posted 5/8/2008

Stories posted 5/8/2008

Business As Usual

by Spazholio about 1 month ago

A prophet’s job is never done.

Fortunately, that meant lots of overtime for Bart.

It’s a good job if you can get it. Full b…
Renewable resource

by lucypevensie about 1 month ago

Not enough things are made out of bamboo. Not useful things, anyway. So we set out for one of the many childhood fairylands w…
Remember the dead

by Matthew Brown about 1 month ago

John hates his job as a night guard in a cemetery. It’s boring and the hours are long. On this night, John was particularly b…
Cold Misery

by JeremyJ about 1 month ago

This wasn’t just cold. This wasn’t bitter, or even biting cold. This cold was arresting. He ceased being aware of his hands a…
one fine day

by User 9100 about 1 month ago

Something was definitely tickling his cheek. Kenneth reached up to rub his face, his sleepy eyes still closed. His fingers so…
Jarred And Britney's Grand Entrance

by Apostrophe about 1 month ago

Jared turns the engine off and looks over at Britney. Who has a glazed look in her eyes. Almost like she is on another level …
I've got a Crush on you...

by Phil Sporlan about 1 month ago

Ernest is in the shower, Frank Sinatra is playing on his stereo. He is talking to himself out loud seeing which lines sound g…
dream

by User 9100 about 1 month ago

Patrick was already inside the dream, waiting for her. Sorcha gave him a sharp nudge with the point of her elbow to make him …
the one that got away

by User 9100 about 1 month ago

The station bar was busy, but only with temporary customers. People drifted in, in one’s and two’s for a hurried drink with o…
Mindful Future

by bigredcanuck about 1 month ago

“You know you still have time to reconsider.”

It wasn’t a question so much as a statement. A statement I had probably heard …
Heather's revelation

by Apostrophe about 1 month ago

Heather is a small town girl. She lives her life in elegant simplicty. Being the eldest of three kids, she grew up a loner. S…
Special friends are special people

by Apostrophe about 1 month ago

Everyone has that special friend, who we feel so greatful to have. That one special person who has enriched our lives in so m…
It Moves From the Left

by Tony Mannor about 1 month ago

His fingers deftly placed each shard of glass on to the round metal disc. He didn’t know the man who sat to his left, humming…
The Canuck and the Canal

by Mikey 'The Parrothead' Buffett about 1 month ago
Somewhere Unseen

by Mousey about 1 month ago

It was dark. Dark, but the air had a slight moist feel to it. Slowly, a steady, rhythmic dribble of water fell to the ground …
Aftershock

by Maleghast about 1 month ago

Drip, drip, drip…

Jonas looked around at the scene and tried to piece together what had happened. Chloe was dead. About th…
The End of the Beginning

by Alexander McGee about 1 month ago

Well, that was that. It was over.
You prepare yourself for these things – like the first astronauts shot to Mars, ready to s…
Picking up the pieces

by Alexander McGee about 1 month ago

The sound of the Weasel’s V8 engine had died away, carried off by the rustling of the trees. His foulness swallowed by nigh…
Self Comfort

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

That….... I added the worst adjectives I knew after that thought.

I doubled over, clutching my stomach. I felt sick. I d…
Requiem for a House-Husband

by Alexander McGee about 1 month ago

He waits, alone in their tiny kitchen. Nothing in it has changed for 40 years. Not the peeling yellow paint, nor her collecti…
The Blue Sky (Part 2)

by Brebelles about 1 month ago

‘How much longer could he keep her in her room?’ thought Lord Sarloom. _‘Will she ever figure out that she was indeed beaut…
true vocation, my arse

by User 9100 about 1 month ago
Going Down

by Misfit Dreams about 1 month ago

“That had to have hurt!”

Liz wasn’t the least bit surprised the racket had gotten someones attention. She wasn’t even surpr…
Blue Mist

by Dornar about 1 month ago

Laying on the couch, he childishly turned his head back and forth while clutching the cotton blanket to his chest. His head h…
Jenny Everywhere in: A Trip To The Moon

by Jared Rourke about 1 month ago
Star Wars: A New Pilot

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

“We are now ka-tet,” said Roland. “Fate has linked our destinies.”

“Enough talk,” Scott said. “Let’s go save the world.”

Th…
Bullet Number Six

by Will Hindmarch about 1 month ago

He woke up in straw with his six-gun, Colt Army, in his hand. Outside the barn Yankee scouts were searching for him.

His fir…
It's On There For A Reason

by Jimmy Nebraska about 1 month ago

“Does this smell OK to you?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“It’s past the expiration date. I don’t like to eat or drink anything that’s past…
realize

by Rockin writer :] about 1 month ago

i miss you.
i miss you holding me.
i miss your kisses.
i miss your hugs.
i miss your smile.
i miss your laugh.
i miss you so …
Success and Failure

by williamthebloody about 1 month ago

Huh. Well, that couldn’t be quantified as a success. Even by the most liberal of definitions.

He looked at the dead body. Th…
Rhode Island Games pt3

by Ms Kit Kat about 1 month ago
Last man sitting

by Alexander McGee about 1 month ago

At this point I wondered what was for breakfast. You’d be surprised how quickly SPAM loses its novelty. After 3 months of the…
The Pillar - Not Quite So Empty Space

by Browncoatben about 1 month ago

“It’s all so…artificial.” Captain Lang breathed heavily. “Thirty years, I’ve been wandering the rim on these hulks, defendi…
Rhode Island Games pt4

by Ms Kit Kat about 1 month ago
What a Party

by Ben Paddon about 1 month ago
Midnight Construction

by JeremyJ about 1 month ago
Bigger

by Insert Pen Name Here about 1 month ago

Maybe the reason
I feel so heavy
is

I was supposed to be bigger
as wide as the sky
spread out like space
as tall as the tall…
Contracted Horizons

by Lee Braiden about 1 month ago

But I can’t help feeling
That the world
Is

Pushing in. Is it supposed to?
The wide blue sky wants
To pour into my space; To …
Cops and Donuts and Other Cliches

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

The interrogation, such as it was, took place at the donut shop a few shops over. I almost laughed at the irony, but thank go…
Simple Plan

by SKermitgorf about 1 month ago

Jared, carrying his canvas bag, pushes through the bank door, Britney a step behind.
Jared walks up to the teller, hands her…
A Dance for Cole

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

Prim as ever, Cole sat in the metal chair, legs crossed daintily and the chair backed away at an angle from the bare table. H…
lost

by Rockin writer :] about 1 month ago

she looks over the pond
a million thoughts running through her mind.
her mind stops on one thought.
the night she lost her on…
Vaguely...

by Browncoatben about 1 month ago

Vaguely Remember Me…
For I do creep into your life as a shadow,
And do creep out as a mystery.
Yesterday Girl

by grabbingsand about 1 month ago

Sunshine flooded into the room. It collected in pools at her bare feet and washed against the nightstand.

Quietly, she stoo…
Star Wars: Aboard The Millennium Falcon

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

“The Death Star, really? Hell,” Captain Hiller said, handing each person in the ka-tet a cigar, “I’ve done crazier things. Re…
Alien

by Lee Braiden about 1 month ago

“Why they called themselves Herminerm or whatever, I don’t know. Stupid aliens.” Annie slammed the tome down on her bureau….
Shadow of a Void

by Adjusting about 1 month ago

As I scan words in this story, I think about all that is missing. No plot, no dialog, no drama… and that’s not all. What is…
Monologue in stereo: Children

by Ridcully Calvert about 1 month ago

I remember the first time that I held my son, looked in his eyes, and he smiled at me. This was when he was maybe two and a h…
Fathers

by AndyT about 1 month ago

I hadn’t seen him in ten years and already I wanted ten more years away from him. Some people got a hero for a father, I’d se…
Change Can be Good...Or Bad!

by NightMaiden about 1 month ago

“Here, Marianne,” her father handed his daughter the toy. “It’s your dolly; the one that I fixed.”

Marianne looked at the do…
wicked night

by User 9100 about 1 month ago
turning point

by User 9100 about 1 month ago

Cheery people who look like they’ve never had cause to sweat in their lives keep saying that it’s the hottest summer since re…
Back to the death star

by Ridcully Calvert about 1 month ago

Darth Supremis stalked into the bridge. “Ten-hut!” a storm trooper shouted, and everybody on the bridge flung themselves to t…
temp. job

by User 9100 about 1 month ago
the last night

by User 9100 about 1 month ago

He got up from his comfortable place lounging on the sofa and went to make them both coffee. He could be magnanimous, he thou…
No More Lies

by Steve Fairweather about 1 month ago

What happiness I’ve enjoyed in life I can solely attribute to the upbringing that I had. Family is the most precious treasure…
Last Words

by AndyT about 1 month ago

“Seanathair, you must control the power you channel!”

Seanathair looked at the wizard who had been his mentor almost all his…
night out

by User 9100 about 1 month ago
Killing Two Birds with One Perscripton.

by Saint Chuck about 1 month ago

Dave

Sometimes, I hate being the oldest. But other times, it’s great. My siblings assume that since I’m oldest, I’m also t…
Could They?

by You Know You Love Mee! about 1 month ago
What a Beautiful Day

by Browncoatben about 1 month ago

He was scared. There’s no denying it. He was scared. Lying there, his blood soaking the grass around him. He placed a hand on…
Tears

by Lee Braiden about 1 month ago

Tears! How embarrassing.
When faced with such pain
One’s way should flow.
The Story Behind The Music

by nesdil about 1 month ago

Music swarms around me,
your fingers gliding across the ivory keys,
composing a gentle and painfully beautiful arrangement….
The Plane in Bob's Brain

by Xaqtly about 1 month ago

There’s a certain temperature, time of day and ambient noise that could make Bob want to take a nap, to crawl away somewhere …
Bugs!

by Lee Braiden about 1 month ago

They droned through the sky, rising and falling to their own unknowable plan. I stared intently, stunned by glossy reds and b…
Star Wars: A New Plan

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

As the Millennium Falcon approached the Death Star something weird happened. “I can’t control the ship,” Hiller admitted.

“I…
Bugs! (Invisible Challenge)

by Lee Braiden about 1 month ago

They droned through the sky, rising and falling to their own unknowable plan. I stared intently, stunned by glossy reds and b…
Carry-On Luggage

by Browncoatben about 1 month ago

Business class was full today. Full of suits and agendas. The relentless tapping sound of laptop keyboards. Everyone occasion…
Intent to Murder

by Tad Winslow about 1 month ago

Clayton watches Addison go—he’s begun counting how many times Addison will turn his back on him. One trick is to interact …
I, Aphid

by Spiff about 1 month ago

I woke up to an annoying buzzing sound.

This was remarkable, because until this morning, sounds were just sounds. I had nev…
Victim Or Invitation?

by Firewalk about 1 month ago
Spare a brother?

by Chgowiz about 1 month ago

He couldn’t exactly remember when it started. It was as if his childhood never happened, although childhood for one living in…
Survivor's Guilt

by Savage Nobleman about 1 month ago

Complete darkness… and then light.

This wasn’t Heaven, and this wasn’t Hell. This was… something else. He tried to move,...
And yet, it's not quite over...

by Chgowiz about 1 month ago

She pulled out the hand and looked at it. The gun gleamed darkly in the sun, as if to encourage the light to run away from wh…
Goodbye, Blue Sky

by Cody Walton about 1 month ago

It was quiet.

Some would say “too quiet”, but she didn’t go in for that kind of cliche.

A gentle breeze caressed her body a…
The Attempt (Invisible Challenge)

by Trann about 1 month ago

Yes, crime doesn’t pay. I’m proof, you see,

For my efforts had gained me a well-placed knee.

I tripped and I stumbled, my v…
Real Death

by Tony Mannor about 1 month ago

Gary pulled into the driveway of the coral colored, West Hollywood apartment building. The Crested Arms, affectionately refer…
Stuff of Fairy Tales (silly story)

by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

It wasn’t a fine day when the merfolk stormed the shore. They didn’t go very far before they met an army of angry pixies that…
Velocity

by Xaqtly about 1 month ago

His heart was pounding so hard he could barely see. He was almost out of the compound, but he still had half a mile to go. He…
She's Like Me, But She Isn't...

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

No, this can’t happen. They can’t do this without telling us. I thought.

_Maybe if they told us about it we would have pre…
Hope (Invisible Challenge)

by Trann about 1 month ago

The conversation on the repair line was always the same: stories of Class Fivers being given a shot on the surface. It was ne…
Ultimate Power

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

In a yelling fit, Tyler rebounded the attack in a gust of wind and started to gather himself for another attack.

This was b…
Coffee Mug

by cphpitts about 1 month ago

Ryan just stood there. All he could do was stare. He knew he was already late for his meeting with his new boss and the board…
elves...?

by invisibility_disability about 1 month ago

“where did you say you got that dress from?” the elf-boy asked.
“um, my closet. you told me to try it on.”
“how could i have …
To see you smile tonight

by Sailor Emo about 1 month ago

The sun fell away
the stars are so far out of reach
my nights have turned to gray
and my days are just so bleak

Because you…
Ultimate Power [part 2]

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

In the rush of everything I sealed a ball of air the size of my fist away from the distortion of time. I started to put press…
A Date

by K~writer~M about 1 month ago

I found myself sitting in my classes constantly day dreaming about Friday. I wanted so bad to see Aaron again. Those goregous…
No More Tequila For Me

by John Perkins about 1 month ago

The sheets, discolored from sweat, clung to him as he tried to escape the spinning room. His arm shackled by the thrashing as…
Surprise

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

The Wooden Man and I were caring for the kittens and their mother as my guard on the scarecrow slowly lifted.

_Watch you ste…
My Plywood Guardian

by Never Explain about 1 month ago

Despite it’s jeering, the crow flitted over to rest on the Wooden Man’s shoulder.

Everything went in slow motion. The Scarec…
Fallen Angel (Pt. 4)

by OrangeOreos about 1 month ago

“Do you think this is the key to our problem, Frido?”

The scientist leaped down from his stool in anger.

“I told you never …
Fallen Angel (Pt. 5)

by invisibility_disability about 1 month ago

Basil fell asleep against the dirty wall out of sheer exhaustion. But apparently, the perky mystery woman enjoyed bothering h…
When You Assume ...

by CleverUserName about 1 month ago

I was wrong, okay?!?

It’s not like you were really straight with me. It never happens!

You said you had a “big day” today. ...
The Secret Place

by K~writer~M about 1 month ago

The car engine stopped and he walked around and opened my door and took my hand. His palm was warm against mine. I stepped ou…
The Kiss

by K~writer~M about 1 month ago

I looked at him and he stared back at me, his hand still holding my chin up.He leaned in further and I realized I didn’t care…
the songs we feel

by black dog 724 about 1 month ago

we listen, no words are needed, we know what the other is thinking
the music pours over us, every note, every beat, every voc…
When Your Eyebrows Are Tattoos

by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ about 1 month ago

“If you could get a tattoo,” asks Michael to the waiting audience. “Where would you get it?” At first, nobody raises their ha…
He explains ... kind of.

by invisibility_disability about 1 month ago

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It didn’t feel right, telling Olivia and V about it when Abbi was just laying there in front of me, unconscious. They …
Bob Should Move

by John Perkins about 1 month ago
Star Wars: Dates and Dominos

by thebetweenspace about 1 month ago

Darth Supremis stood in the hanger, a twisted smile on his face. As the Millennium Falcon landed, he remembered the friends h…
Fallen Angel (Pt. 6)

by OrangeOreos about 1 month ago

“What do you mean, stop talking?”

Loretta stepped away from the mike and focused her sharp pink eyes on the short frame of D…
Getting Better

by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ about 1 month ago

_Dear Prudende,
I hope you found this butterfly wing interesting. I could think of nothing better. Also, today I avoided any …
There's More

by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ about 1 month ago

You’re right. There is more to life than just what we think…
Eyes of Gold

by Bartimaeus about 1 month ago

Here I sit, my story told
As he stares at you with his Eyes of Gold
I’ve fought this battle long and hard
and I feel as if my…
Sphinx

by Ana Cristina about 1 month ago

Candace swept out of the room, leaving the door wide open and casting Lord Windham a stern look before exiting.

I squirmed …
67, 68, 69 ...

by Firewalk about 1 month ago
The Following Ficlet Takes Place Between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM

by BARomero about 1 month ago

8:45:56 PM

“Why do I have to go?” Arnold whined.

“Because Tony told me to do it, and now I’m telling you,” Sarah said, ...
The Dragon Comes Home

by Ana Cristina about 1 month ago

For what seemed like the hundredth time in less than ten minutes, I fumed at Lord Windham, feeling my normally composed tempe…
Rabid Voices

by Valley Fey/Pinprick about 1 month ago

It hurts, it hurts and I feel so sick! Arden’s mind buzzed and itched, his face hurt, even his tail hurt. He moved slowly t…
It Must Have been A Dream [Deja vu]

by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

It was the FIRST full day home with my new baby boy. I sat cross legged on the couch in front of the TV not really watching a…
My Stories

by Firewalk about 1 month ago

Fairy tales start with ‘Once upon a time…’

Star Wars starts with ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…’

Penthouse lett…
Now That You've Found "Perfect"

by Storykeeper of Fae about 1 month ago

Now that you’ve found “perfect,”
I feel as though you’ve left me.
Even though you said
That you never would forget me.

When …
The Witch's Bidding

by Ana Cristina about 1 month ago

From the shadows, Malvolia cackled maniacally, the sound of it tearing the black, starless canvas of sky.

A wood nymph who …
Antheia and Agathon's Amulet

by Louise Madison about 1 month ago

“Of course you will,” and with a zing she was gone. And a strange amulet was now hanging from the handles of the amphora. The…
Sinister Plans

by Valley Fey/Pinprick about 1 month ago

Malvolia looked down at her youthful hands, the hands of Helen. She smiled as the magical beast continued to tear. She hadn’t…
Real-ity

by BMGelinas about 1 month ago

The knocking on the car window startled Gary from the trance-like state he’d reached while staring at the gun. Looking up, he…
Arelia

by Ana Cristina about 1 month ago

Sioni sat on the hard cloth of the pallet, fighting to stay awake as she listened to Ridda. But her eyelids were so heavy, an…
Macy 67: Happy

by Freedom about 1 month ago

“Macon, you’re the liar.” Macy whispered and he went over getting in her face.

“What was that? I don’t know what you’re talk…

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