The Ship is Sinking
Don’t let me fault you for your lack of trying, For I am just as guilty as you. It’s not the fact that I am slowly dying, The truths beneath my fictions lying…
Murj;
30 stories written on Ficly, 2010–2014, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Smart Girls, Where Have You Gone?
As I meander through the chorus of dull weather and terrible working hours which litter my waking moments, I look back and reminisce. To the girl who was…
The Importance of Contacts
Inside the sweet shop, I left my glasses at home. I ask for eclairs. Everything’s blurry, I squint to read the label, “Chocolate Mexicans?” The shop’s bustle…
Nom IV
“...And it was in this area that a couple out on a midnight hike through the woods stumbled across the body of what may have been a man in his 40’s, a victim…
Birthdays in Manchester
“Come on Johnny, you know I don’t like people,” said Morrissey as he was dragged into a room filled with meat-eaters and bigoted slobs. “Would it kill you to…
Rooftop Dining
“Anything on the radio yet, Soldier?” “For the last time no! And my name is Richie! We’re not in the army anymore! There’s no-one else left but us!” The…
Hulk Hogan Couldn't Fight Zombies!
“What the hell are you watchin’ Richie?” “It’s a zombie film! I don’t know which one but I’ve never seen it before-- Oh! They’re about to eat him!” Richie’s…
In Silence and In Health
Her name was as soft as she was spoken, I was overjoyed to hear it said, Though she’d never leave silence broken, Starving reticence left unfed. Her lovely…
A Boy and a Man
“Hey son, ahheck!” “Uhm... You okay mister?” The shy school boy approached the old man cautiously. He was sitting on a cardboard throne, dressed in old clothes…
Bliss
I opened my eyes for what I remember as being the first time. What I saw before me was astonishing. It was beautiful, a place of majesty and virtue combined…
Backwards and Forwards (In Time)
Defined by nights and not by years, The most lingering and untouchable fear. We wait for the moments but blink and they’re gone. We live so fast but not for…
1024 or Die!
It was a hobby that slowly grew into an obsession. I kept re-reading the news THX posted over and over again in my head. Even heroin wasn’t this addictive. It…
Give Them What They Want
“The Apprentice: The Movie.” “How would that make a good film?” “Allow me to explain. Come closer.” The suits talking over a Starbucks lunch leaned in closer…
Winning Formula
The board room was silent as Marcus took his final breath before confronting the pack of jokers and dragons before him. He walked around the room to where he…
Fool Proof
“Well there’s just one thing left on the list!” “The list of things to do before you die? But you’re like, thirty!” “Thirty-one but still that ain’t too bad is…
Sampson
“You rang, Sir?” “Indeed I did Sampson. Sit down.” Sampson promptly took a seat in the polished wooden chair that stood in front of the chairman’s enormous…
Nom
She dragged me by the hand like a disobedient dog on a chain. The forest had small steep hills but she knew this area well. Everything was different shades of…
Tight Rope
When I was younger, I would always be shuffled into the back of the tent where nobody else was allowed. Clowns with only half their make-up on, smoking up…
I'm Completely Normal
I stared into the mirror. The old, decrepit skeleton stared back at me with the faintest trace of hope in his eyes. His weathered face told a thousand tales of…
Harding's Pub
“Come on it’s twenty minutes past closing time! Get out!” “Can’t I just sleep here?” “Nope, I sleep with my dog!” She playfully slapped the patron’s arm with…