Stories tagged with "clock"

  • The Car Ride Inspired by text

    by wytherwings 2 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    At the end of the night we got back into the car. I curled up in the seat and checked the time. The numbers of the clock glow…

  • Set the World on Fire

    by [pens&feathers] 2 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The dim glow of your headlights sets the world on fire in brief patches of glowing phosporescence.

    Out here on the empty hig…

  • Chimes of a Life Inspired by a photo

    by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The world looked so small from up there. Like an ant village, with its inhabitants endlessly scurrying about. It was the most…

  • Awake Inspired by a photo

    by The Unnamable 2 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Drool spattered down the intersecting blues and greens of Michael’s flannel shirt. He raised his arm, awkwardly wiping his mo…

  • The Following Ficlet Takes Place Between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM Inspired by text

    by BARomero 2 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    9:20:08 PM

    This was child’s play. Jason realized that sensory deprivation was one of the more effective tools for breaking…

  • Late Inspired by text

    by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) 3 months ago 2 out of 5 stars

    Melog was going to be late. Not Today Of All Days! The message was very specific. *meet at baobab forest stop noon third fu…

  • Gramps and His Memory Inspired by text

    by THX 0477 3 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Freshen that up for ya, Dennis?” The waitress was loud, too loud for mid-afternoon. Dennis sighed when he realized he was ol…

  • Shooting Range

    by NightMaiden 3 months ago 0 out of 5 stars

    “Run, Winston, run!” a man in a suit ran after his butler, his glasses askew and a single pocket watch hanging haphazardly ou…

  • Reversing Time Inspired by a photo

    by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 5 months ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “You know,” I said, tracing the rim of my coffee mug. “I’m going to London for the summer.” My friend, Dallas, looked up from…

  • the mysterious freezing clock Inspired by text

    by The Master of Them that Know 5 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Open your textbooks to page 572, class.”
    Mrs. Brown said when she was subbing for our usual teacher, Mrs. Young.
    I hate ma…