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12 stories written on Ficly, 2013–2014, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Watermind
Watermind behind our Watermind we go, our Watermind We show: the circus clowns are friendly says the kid who shows us in I’ve never seen ‘em friendly! he says…
Needs Rewrite
*Larissa stops reading* L: Jack, what is this crap? J: You said you wanted to see more desperation. L: These two characters already have a child together. Here…
Crowd
I know you were in there, too. I searched for your eyes but couldn’t find them. I saw too many eyes. I saw too many hairstyles. I was distracted by them all. I…
See for Life, See Love
It is the end of all things that stood. It is the beginning of all things that live. A forest stretches and we hear the rustling of leaves on branches and we…
A Farewell to Pancakes
Let the sound of splashing water that I used to Let’s Associate: washing spatulas, washing pans. My father told me that the best to wash a pan was to wait for…
Oh spacious skies
Lady Darkness forms, aglow with armor, before the prince on the battlefield. Sunday: Good Prince, I come to offer you your death I will waste no time to be…
... a sound
I am the air and I was never followed for all those who once knew me were fated not, like me, to rise. Upon these clouds, (I rose) and so far down I hoped to…
Burial Considerations
A bright screen These pages brim with words which have themselves already written. Boldness, vastness, but all irrelevant. A password The new title for this…
Dear God (prospect)
(On the phone to prospective employee for the position of God.) Employer: “Dear God, I pray that you indulge me in the following request. If you are able…
Letters
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have robbed you of your attention. Thank you. You may steal it back at any time, naturally, but let me ask you this: Will you? Before…