824 Speaks
“I asked you a question, son” 824 said nothing, continued to type. “These cell doors, the algorithms required to open them are quite to difficult to decrypt…
lindsay22
49 stories written on Ficly, 2010–2012, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Prisoner No. 824
Dimly lit cells, housing all sorts of people. Prison guards, armed to the teeth, awaiting any suspicious move. This place was not supposed to exist, and yet…
The Woman
“When you can no longer trust your instincts, that’s when you worry” Two weeks after their lovers’ quarrel, and she had not appeared.He looked for her in the…
Catching Up
Haru sat down, across the table, a young man whom he knew a long time ago. Dressed in an immaculate dark blue suit, wearing cuff links and his hair slicked…
From the Inside...
*The air is empty.* No one’s been in this particular room for months. Locked from the inside, its prize is quite special. The only survivor of James Carver…
Hospital Bed
She remembered firing the fifty cal. But that was all. She was in a hospital bed, a nice clean hospital bed.No gunfire in the background.No wailing.Just…
A Million Miles Left
He stared at his empty cup.No more beer to be had, he had to be sober. His friends weren’t holding back.It’s only right to celebrate a personal victory.Another…
A Second Look
Ezequiel had been ready, since 6 a.m., since yesterday.The news had not been a shocked to him, yet there were so many questions left to be answered. Why Tyler…
Rope Climbing and other Exercises...pt.2
“So I’m the reason” she said, dejectedly. He looked down, it felt odd, to disappoint a being that did not exist, but he could not deny what he felt.He looked…
Rope Climbing and other Exercises...pt.1
“Imagine yourselves at the top of a long and arduous rope” The nurse had begun to speak again.Mr.Noble was sitting at a table by himself while the rest of the…
Cause of Me?
“What do you mean, you’re stuck in here cause of me?” she asked, infinitely curious. Every single emotion was genuine.She really didn’t know.Things weren’t so…
Funny Little Things
He did his tie, taking his time. He didn’t have that much practice at it.Everything seemed so mechanical, the way he received the news, his reaction, and the…
The Woman Standing Across From Him
He went outside,to watch the night sky,the light pollution made it impossible to see anything, yet here he was. She was leaning over the side. Today,her hair…
The Ward
Walls of white and empty heads, with eyes as dead as their spirits.This place was the end of the line, when you can no longer hide it.They had come for him a…
Time to Go, Mr. Tyler
“You said the world’s about to change? What did you mean by that?” Marshall walked at his side, their destination unknown.The rain, it had a most peculiar way…
Good Hope
“Your empire has never heard of trade, how is that possible?” she asked. The escort said nothing. His job was only to guide her through the fog safely. Nothing…
A World of Conspiracy
“What do you mean, you have an antidote?” He finished his meal, left nothing but an expensive dinner plate.He wiped his mouth off with a linen cloth.Replied…
On a Park Bench
Out the elevator, he crossed the lobby, saw no one behind the desk.He walked with no sense of direction. Six months. That had been the length of his…
Steal My Mind?
“What do you mean, steal my mind?” he asked.The question was redundant.He knew the full meaning of those words.They seemed almost too good to be true.To simply…
The Wanderer Follows...
They didn’t know what woke him up. Whatever it had been, must have been powerful. It all felt so unreal, yet the time, his appearance, it was all true. He had…