The Train Symphony
The pines and oaks were angry as they bent and broke flying through the air like projectile missiles. The wind howled loudly as the clouds grew darker. The…
Judith Burton
15 stories written on Ficly, 2010, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
The Boys of Macon County
“I’m not opening that! You open it!” The little boy with the chopped brown hair shouted as he shoved his friend, Kyle, forward. “Remember Mr. Greene? In the…
Subway Ghost
“Excuse me, coming through, move out of the way!” The long gray-haired man with the crooked nose shouted as he limped through the roaring subway crowd. His hat…
Ignorance Has a Name
“Momma, why are those boys laughing at you?”Beth asked scowling at the two scraggy boys sitting on the sidewalk of the loud, dusty playground; the teachers had…
Looking through the Scope(part 1)-revised
When I was twenty-eight, I was a highly sought after hunting guide to Hollywood’s most insane and socially awkard celebrities. I had always found deer hunting…
Looking through the Scope( Part 5)
I awoke to the smell of burning rubber and my throat was dry as a desert. There was smoke beyond the crumpled metal all around me. The sun was at eleven…
Looking through the Scope(Part 4)
As the Piper Aztec was plummeting, I looked over at Larry who was crumpled in the pilots’ chair in the cockpit; wishing that I had made time for flying…
Looking through the Scope (Part 3)
Larry and I waited two hours for Sebastian. Larry was drinking down the last of his juice and getting ready to pick up some clients just north when Sebastian…
Looking through the Scope(Part 2)
Sebastian Sinclair was a sight to behold. He apparently always wore some kind of black leather ensemble wherever he went. He looked out of place in the thick…
Looking through the Scope
I used to be a deer hunting guide to Hollywood’s elite. When I was twenty-eight, I was highly sought after to guide Hollywood’s most insane and socially…
The Prank Club
The boy with the thick, black, rimmed glasses entered the auditorium of the school at exactly 4:00 p.m. His friend, Fred, waited outside the door, just in case…
Supper
Mr. Pulman sat at the dining room table, waiting. He could hear Sam and Eli washing up in the restroom and the baby was climbing up on the chair beside his…
Take Out
She opened the freezer, saw her aunt. “We’re eating out!” she yelled.
Moving On
The last time she saw Jacob, he was sitting in the swing by the oak tree in Canton Park. It was the swing that no one ever sat in anymore because it was worn…
The Purse
The woman, with the big diamond ring on her left hand, went to the back of the crowded bookstore and waited. An hour passed, she got up and walked through the…