the spinning room.
The spinning room Is hard to get to Because the door is never in the same place As it was a second ago The chandelier is just a shimmer and there’s not much…
sky.castles
7 stories written on Ficly, 2012, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the flyer
“Why, hello there, visitor!” she said, her ocher eyes looking me up and down. “What is your name?” I opened my mouth to speak, but Mr. Conner beat me to it…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the mistress
Mr. Conner knocked on the door until a voice called “Enter!” It was a girls voice, not a woman’s voice, and suggested her age to be early teen, unlike me at…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ a honey-colored door
“A fixer-upper,” Mr. Conner said, “But we’ve found the living arrangements quite to our liking. Quite.” ” ‘We’ ?” “A grand tour, Plum, and then I’ll introduce…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ musty and dusty
“Welcome, visitor! Just what is your name?” “Plum. Artemis Plum.” “Welcome, Plum. Call me Mr. Conner. I’m sure you’ll like it here, as you are highly…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the arrival
The building was tall, with a row of windows on each floor and a large amount of space in between. Fingers of ivy picked at the blue-gray boards, exposing a…
5 Floors of Extraordinary ~ The Beast
With a mixture of awe and despair playing xylophone on the back of my ribcage, I stared up at the pile of dishes. They started at the sink with chafing dishes…