Heart-to-Heart (Superhero Black Hole, part 136)
I looked around at everyone in the room, their frightened stares piercing me. I could feel myself becoming less calm with every passing moment, and knowing how…
Jack Anderson Keane
16 stories written on Ficly, 2013–2014, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
The Big Bang (Superhero Black Hole, part 135)
“Hasten the arrival of the unknown assailants, and likely hasten our demise,” interjected Al from across the room. “We don’t know that they’re coming to kill…
The One Who Knocks (Superhero Black Hole, part 133)
Back in our main hub of activity, we all stood staring up into the grid, witnessing the electric blue lines fizzling out one by one. Darkness lay behind the…
I Do Have Weapons (Superhero Black Hole, part 132)
Al pressed his palm against a scanning plate, held his eye up to a retina scan modified specifically for him and then traced his finger, from top to bottom…
Closing In (Superhero Black Hole, part 131)
As Al lead us all to the weapons storage area - (because of course we have a weapons storage area) - Tsering asked him: “What is going on?” If we had a…
HUNTER (2013 Redux)
My name is Hunter. My name is my trade. I don’t mean to sound like a Sin City narrator or anything. I just want to get all the perfunctory introductory…
Adam
Adam bolts down the alleyway between his building and the next, clambering over the wire fence at the end. The Heli-Coppers are closing in. He runs through the…
Alastair
The driver tears through the dry brush, the wheels kicking up plumes of dust behind them as they chase after the animal. Alastair kisses the seal of the gold…
The Magic Man
A magic man once told me That “you only live once”. The magic man lied; I’ve been alive nine times, And now I have become life’s dunce.
Alter-Naming (Superhero Black Hole, part 126)
Cut to: Just over an hour later. Me and the Zoes had all showered-- (NOT TOGETHER, Zoe (the original (and best?) has hastened me to add) --and were now seated…
HQ (Superhero Black Hole, part 125)
That was the ceiling being not so much a ceiling, but rather a seemingly endless criss-crossing matrix of glowing blue circuits - or wires, or whatever …
Awesomeness (Superhero Black Hole, part 124)
If ever there had been another moment in my life where the sound of an angelic chorus signifying the awesomeness of a sight I beheld could have been more…
E.C.
His name is Enrico Caliente. It can’t be his real name... ...and it isn’t. But in his line of work, you sink or swim by your reputation. And a reputation is…
Embar(ass)ment.
A few years ago, a painful affliction befell me. At the base of my spine (alright fine, above the arse crack!), a hideous, insidious abscess grew. This made…
A Clearing
Twigs snap and leaves crackle damply under my wobbling feet. Suddenly aware of the desert dryness of my mouth. Hurts to swallow. When’d I last drink something…
Return of the Jack
“Log in, you bastard.” Jack clicks Sign in. Facebook. Log in using Facebook account. Click. Facebook homepage. No joy. No Ficly. No outpouring of…