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• Jockey Full of Bourbon

  by Nouvelle Bardot 2 months ago

  “You’re such a bad liar, Vick,” I said rolling my eyes and clutching my book protectively to my chest.

  “What do you mean?” S…

• An Experiment in Determination (Who F@#$ed Ficlets Challenge)

  by Jenunique 2 months ago

  The bushy browed speaker stepped to the podium, “Gentlemen,” he began, only to interrupted by an annoyed cough, “and lady,”...

• Itsy Bitsy Day

  by JamGrrl 3 months ago

  The itsy bitsy spider was having a really bad day. First, he climbed all the way up the water spout while the other spiders w…

• Dreams

  by J.B. Williams 5 months ago

  Hey everybody! I have a brand new challenge for you guys. This one is so basic but it’s kinda complicated. Well then, let’s n…

• Contradictory: Grim Determination (Make Me Laugh Challenge)

  by Saint Chuck 4 months ago

  Some things just beg to be contradicted. They teethe with a sort of irony that you just can’t withstand. My girlfriend and I …

• The Red Button

  by Nouvelle Bardot 4 months ago

  “Paul, this is stupid,” Velvet continued to plea, “We have to do this another way.”

  “Tell me how,” Paul said, “Just how are …

• Grim Determination + Hungry Anticipation = x [solve for x]

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  My eyes lit up with hungry anticipation as Rade’s gray peaks faded in and out of the eternal smog that hung over the city. Fr…

• The Cookie Jar

  by thebetweenspace 7 months ago

  Little Johnny has a ravenous desire for chocolate chip cookies. No obstacle will thwart his quest. The five year old slowly c…

• Of Shoelaces and an Untied Life

  by uselessness 8 months ago

  This is no stroll.

  A neighborhood rises around me, stately forms of hundred-year-old Eastlakes shrouded in elms lining the…

• Her Childhood

  by LeAnn717 9 months ago

  William Smith lies on the couch watching tv while his daughter, Kelly, sits in her cousin’s room working on her calculus home…