Behind A Screen
The wind wrapped around her neck, pulling tightly until air seemed to come to her in only short, perforated gasps. She gripped her luggage trunk more securely…
itsElisey
12 stories written on Ficly, 2010–2013, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
101 Wishes
Christmas Eve panic suffocates mall-goers. Everyone is too busy with their last minute purchases to notice the little girl crouched over a iron mall bench. Her…
Ain't Got Nothin'
“Whazzat?” Eli stumbles over a loose floor panel, kicking crushed, empty beer cans. Another can is in his hand, little drops slipping down the side onto his…
When I Die
“When I die,” Lia’s eyes flutter open. “-bury me in pink.” Abigail stares at her younger sister, the only family Abby has left, her hand combing back the…
The Best of the Worst
It’s funny that when I look back on my childhood, I remember very little on my own. But, the simple waft of a freshly baked apple donut or the seductively…
Want
I have an image of what my real parents are like. My mom, she’s thin and short, with my dark brown hair, but instead of my brown eyes, she has a crystal blue…
Remedy of Pain
Sweet, milk honey eyes graze across the light dew of the morning grass. Anna, a slender girl of fourteen, lets a solemn sigh twist off her lips. From the…
Tradition is the Illusion of Permanance
The house is silent. No playing children, no christmas music; only the reminder of the fallen’s absense. Beverly, with a delicate, aging hand, holds strings of…
Wrong!
High school is like the ocean. There are so many different life forms that you lose track of some. I’m that fish that no one can or wants to find. My existance…
Sorry, I Have a Heart.
Dearest Lily, I’m writing this to you to express my greatest regrets. Obviously, I’ve been taking advantage of our friendship. I was under the impression that…
House Guest
The cloud of smoke thins. For the first time, I see my captor. He is standing across the room, and his features are a blur. The hair is a mucky brown, the skin…