Colours
Blinding colours peer through the night, spreading light onto a grayscale life. Eradicating dark corners, conquering doubts and fears. A fleeting dream, a…
Henjo
81 stories written on Ficly, 2009–2014, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
One More Step
It had been several days since I was brought out from my coma. I’d been confined to my bed for several days now. I slipped out while the nurse wasn’t looking…
Forbidden Love
“Mary!” the young man exclaimed as he dashed into the barn, “I won’t wait any longer. I’ve decided to tell you how I really feel. I couldn’t forget about you…
Time's up
Within a small cottage there lay an old lady. The weight of her years bore down upon her; you would not be able to recognize any semblance of who she once was…
Omega
A wave of relief came over Matthias, as if he had been freed from a terrible burden. He revelled in the solitude; he had become completely disconnected from…
Alpha
Perhaps it was the very star he had devoured. It led to a tower that stretched upwards, beyond Matthias’s line of sight and through the thick, cloudy veil that…
Starlight
Matthias dreamt that he had been shot into the heavens. He approached a star that flickered weakly at the edge of the universe, and pressed it against his…
Harold
Harold looked out towards the mountains, where the sun lazily drooped from the sky. Night swept over the land, and in an instant, the last remnants of light…
Identity
Stan looked out to the city with a pair of sharp, cynical eyes that scanned over every recess, every cavity, searching for any hint of imperfection. There was…
Passion
A moan escaped from the office, the nature of which Susan could not decipher. She spiraled in panic. Could Tom really be cheating on me? She thought, clutching…
Life's a Game
Victor stared out of the window absently. What was he doing with his life? He had been stuck in this job for almost ten years, and where had it gotten him? He…
Lucidity
I was thrown high and lucid by the bottle of painkillers in my hand; it blurred the fine line of distinction that lay between me and reality. Or perhaps that…
White Lines
He was a worker. An ordinary worker who had a job at the local mine, just like all of the other residents. He slung a tattered jacket on, and made his way…
Android
He was not like the other residents of the town. He sensed this, and so did they. They would point, and stare as he traversed the streets. Within the…
Judgelight
Jack leaned against the balcony, staring out into the cityscape ahead. Myriads of neon signs blinked furiously at him; he tried to avert his gaze below, but…
Eden
Was he dreaming? He considered the possibility, but this was too real. He knew well enough to know whether it was a dream or not. He looked at the paintings…
The Author
Arnold tapped his pen against the desk as he stared blankly at the piece of paper. He sighed, and gave the room a cursory glance every now and then. What could…
Effluvium
The girl looked out wistfully, the cold, bitter wind cutting through her hair; her senses were assaulted as she began to taste salt on the tip of her tongue…
Intoxication
We were cast adrift like two lost vessels. The motorway, our sea. The sky, illuminated brightly by the lamp posts that hung in the night. When I tried to…
The Beacon
I began to make my way across the precipice of the rock face. It was dark, but that mattered not. I’ve found myself walking across these paths so often that I…