Angel
“Hi. You don’t know me, and this is going to sound very strange.” “I was told to give this to you.” It was the most convincing lie I’d ever told. I handed her…
Raymond Finn
52 stories written on Ficly, 2010–2011, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Freedom.
The gates close behind me. I inhale deeply. The airs not fresh, but it’s fresher than inside. There’s no-one here to greet me. Expected as much. A year with…
Sleepless
The thick wooden beams supporting the roof, towered over me. Judging me. I had never realised how sinister they looked. Their dark knots fixed unblinking at my…
Uni-mind
Entropy doesn’t exist in hyperspace, and since a lesser version of me moved my higher mental functions to this place, I no longer forget things. So I remember…
Requieat en Pace
“We need separate beds” she muttered as she put the pillow over her one exposed ear. Her elbow ‘accidentally’ found his solar plexus, bringing him to…
The Prodigal daughter
She moaned, just like her mother. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
It's better to think in Hell, than recite in Heaven.
If you’re the sort of person who craves authority figures telling you what to do, who likes rules and regulations, who doesn’t like to work things out for…
In a flash
“What was that then?” “Your life.” -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Pros and Cons
Till Death do us part? Lawyers’ll charge less for a murder trial.
In Somnium Veritas
As usual, when the dream turned lucid, I started looking at everything around me in the dreamscape in close detail. It was incredibly detailed, and a quick…
Imagine there's no heaven...
In 1992, we discovered “mirror neurons”, an artefact in the human brain responsible for empathy. When we put ourselves in other peoples shoes, imagine how they…
Angel
How much would you pay to change someone’s life? To open their minds to a wider universe? To have a great story to tell your friends? To feel better about…
A non-ending in search of an ending.
“Don’t turn around.” My hand froze next to the light switch and I dropped my laptop case to the floor in fright. The sound of expensive electronics smashing to…
The little book of horrible truths
You and everyone you know, will die. He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow. No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in. Ignorance really…
Children of the Corn
He who walks between the rows Avoids the breezes as he goes. From stalk to stalk he tracks his prey, A sharpened scythe with which to slay No rhyme, no reason…
What I thought would happen
The bomb detonates. The candidates are thrown back to where they came from. But where they came from is not the “real” timeline anymore. In LA-X, the alternate…
What next?
“Finally! It’s ready. We go live at 16:00” “Hah!” I laughed. “What else could go wrong?” As my boss walked away, I said to myself “Yes, what else can go…
Mommy said
“Tidy your room,” Mommy used to say. My mommy that is. I used to tell her that I was a good boy. I always put my toys away. But in the morning there was a mess…
Thaw
I have no idea what year it is. I’ve tried asking, but I don’t think they understand the question. This room is a Trek-like holodeck, and they don’t seem to…
Unto the seventh generation
“And these statues?” “We think they represent gods, or other figures of worship. There’s so much we don’t know.” They stumbled through the rubble and the…