The Sophomore Slump
Welcome home! This is the first semester I get to say that. I’m one year older, and I feel much wiser now as the torch of hazing passes to the next round of…
Osiris
29 stories written on Ficly, 2012–2014, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
A Loss of Life
Hester strained against the ties holding her to the table. “Don’t do that,” mutters Dr. Finnegan, “it will damage your heart. All that extra blood pressure…
Lionhearts: The Gentlemen
The lights went out. Percy flipped over. “Another day gone.” Byron turned. “And not a reader to be seen.” Ed opened a mistrustful eye. “And here we lie…
A Thousand Times
It was the first time I killed a man. Almost ritualistic, like when dad hands you your first beer. It doesn’t taste good. It’s bitter. You vomit a bit in the…
A Black Tie Affair
It wasn’t until early afternoon that the invitations could go out. That was just as well, reflected Mrs. Selwick. There remained a seemingly insurmountable…
Last Man Standing
August 19, 2089 18:00 “It’s your call.” CapCom buzzed over the radio. *** August 19, 2089 09:00 A small window was the only view Criss had. For 15 hours the…
To Speak of Sins
Free at last! Free from the bondage of guilt! Never again would John be forced to hide under a veil of false forgiveness! She had freed him. John shouldered…
A Golden Swiss Watch: An Unravelling
Mr. Fermi led Kyle Ross into a dim room. Fermi pointed to a lone chair and Ross slowly sat in it. “Mr. Ross, Ms. Bloom is in the ICU. Before we admit you…
A Silver Swiss Watch: Mr. Teller (2)
The car whirred over the silence as Mr. Teller drove to the hospital. Ross just looked at his hands. This feeling was so familiar, yet entirely new. His mind…
A Steel Swiss Watch: Mr. Bainbridge
Ross examined the seemingly lifeless body. Bainbridge stood and pulled his cap over his eyes to shield out the sun. “She’s taken quite a hit,” Ross sighed…
A Treatise on Thought: Part 1 (4/4)
Things outside of reality that are conjectured to exist must fall under an entirely new category. This category is referred to as “super-reality.” For years…
A Treatise on Thought: Part 1 (3/4)
No sane man could possibly attempt to explain to another man what reality is. For now, a working definition of reality will suffice. Reality is everything that…
A Treatise on Thought: Part 1 (2/4)
There is no way to prove what precisely happened between nothing and something. It is safe to assume that something did happen, although not entirely…
A Treatise on Thought: Part 1 (1/4)
In the beginning, there was: well, nothing. It is shocking how disturbing that is to many of us. It is time for the general public to face reality, however. If…
A Treatise on Thought: Introduction
There are three basic questions in life. Where did the universe and all that is in it come from? What state is it in now? Where is it going? To live is to…
A Treatise on Thought: Preface (pt2)
It is safe, then, to assume that these same sensible people will find no ultimate goal, point, or crux of this written work within these paltry lines but will…
A Treatise on Thought: Preface (pt1)
PREFACE: The beginning and ending of philosophy is much the same. Though the pursuit of wisdom is an honorable task, it has very little use for “sensible”…
The Poet
He had a dream, from whence he could not tell, It came to him as he slumbered here. Ay! Ay! The joyous ride he knew so well, From distant memories to him…
A Golden Swiss Watch: Mr. Fermi
Mr. Fermi nervously adjusted his glasses as he ran to a phone booth. Everything was choking: the ash in the air, the necktie wound tightly around his collar…
The Pagliacci (5)
That night there are two inspectors in the camp. I sit alone. I am approached. “I am Petruccio.” “And I am Festus. We are investigators.” I already know. “Did…