Pretty Pleas
I met my girlfriend at a singles night. Which sounds like a fairly boring relationship origins story but there’s an important fact missing here. At this point…
Russell Ruffino
12 stories written on Ficly, 2009–2013, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
The Door To The Cupboard We Hadn't Put On Yet
The Door To The Cupboard We Hadn’t Put On Yet leant against the wall in the living room in it’s original packaging. It could hear people in the living room but…
The Death and Afterlife of Steven Dunn
A smile played on the man’s face as he walked up to the large gates. It was only as he got nearer he noticed their state of disrepair. He tried to force the…
Reasoning With The Torturer
It was several painful days later and my torturer was taking one of his rare breaks. I decided it was time to try and reason with him once more. “Look, even if…
Delete All Details?
I deleted the number from my phone and the ‘Are You Sure’ dialogue box came up forcing me to perform the painful button press once more. I knew it was a futile…
The Most Advanced Killing Machine In The World
The most advanced killing machine in the world lives in a pedestrian subway, most people who walk past don’t even notice it, and most of those that do pretend…
How I Met Your Mother
“I told you I didn’t want guns in the house.” It was pointless trying to be mad, after all, a semi-automatic shotgun was exactly what was needed right now. “We…
What I Did In The War
“What did he mean, about you knowing how dangerous zombies are?” Damn my son had good hearing when he wanted to. “He just meant that I’d lived through the…
Old Hands and Bad News
My mobile started ringing so I could avoid the question, I don’t normally answer withheld numbers but I was glad for the distraction. I recognised the voice of…
History Lesson
The phone being out was potentially bad news but I wasn’t going to let my kids realise anything was amiss, I turned my attention back to my son. “How come you…
Who's There?
There was a heavy thudding at the door, I’m not paranoid but there was something about the arrhythmic nature of the knocking that made me wary. “Wait, don’t…
The Hard Way
“Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way Mr Tull?” he snarled, leaning forward so he was almost pressing his face against mine. “Well obviously I’d…