Ficlets

Sign In | Blog | Help

• The Car Story (by VideoGameBoy)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 3 months ago

  When that car was fixed a long time ago and that was when it was a fast runner. It was in the garage and it was a tanker it w…

• Stories From the Surveillance Camera (Part 2: Kroger's Parking Lot)

  by Felix 3 months ago

  All is quiet. Cars line up in rows in front of Kroger. A lone cart corral is in view.

  A car mossies around the lot, pulls in…

• A Typical Morning Commute [Action Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 3 months ago

  Petunia slowly sipped her ritual morning mug of steaming coffee, taking care not to burn her tongue.

  A sudden earth-shaking …

• A Day At the Race Track with Jefferson

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja 3 months ago

  Jefferson opened his eyes wide as the race car sped by. He opened them wider, wider, until suddenly, they popped!
  “It seems m…

• The Tortoise and the Hare

  by thebetweenspace 6 months ago

  Paul couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a red Vespa parked on the sidewalk in front of Chili’s. _No way in hell he beat me…

• Run

  by Insert Pen Name Here 6 months ago

  Pounding, thumping
  slapping down

  Panting, feel you’re
  gonna drown

  Can’t get air
  into your lungs

  Never
  Gonna
  Give it up

  Do…

• The Race

  by MoonyBassoon 6 months ago

  His feet pound the ground, a race without uniforms or judges, without timers or a track. He has only his opponent and the eve…

• Adrenaline Junkies

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  We bought the car because it went fast. Really really fast. When you want to go that fast, you don’t really have any choice b…

• Numbered Beers With a Blue Collar Moebius

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  “You never let me do anything!” she shouted, stamping her foot with as much drama as her slight frame could muster. Her fathe…

• Anthony: Deep, Deep Thought

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  An energetic thrum vibrated about the place, simply reeking of activity. Anthony was sometimes awed by how different people l…