Knight Moves
He saw her die and Nathan moved. The clash of steel on steel was almost deafening as the two met. Tor’Kal laughing as he easily parried Nathan’s blows. The…
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8 stories written on Ficly, 2009, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
My, What Big Teeth You Have
Grandma stirred at the knock on the door. It was Red, and she had come with a basket of goodies. Such a kind child, Grandma thought. It wasn’t really as if she…
Working Man's Club
I get up when most of you have already gone to bed. That’s fine, I don’t mind. Lots of people do it. I’m part of the night shift. I pack my tools in my bag…
Base Emotion
“Lie to me, will you?” Jackson Krieg wielded his walking stick like a baseball bat. Alice cowered, retreating towards the far wall, but the fear wasn’t there…
Stop the world, I want to get off
Young Tom was a thinker. Tom knew the world was flat. It didn’t take a genius. He also knew that things, people, trees, dogs, stones, all stayed on the surface…
In an emergency, take the stairs
In retrospect, it didn’t really help much, and I kind of wish I’d sued the pants off the sign company. I’d been out of luck for a few months. I lost my job, my…
The Homeless Man
There is a homeless man, down the street by the church. No one knows how old he is, or where he came from. He doesn’t even have a proper name. Every day he…
Carbon Copy
I awoke. It was dark, but somewhere a dull green light throbbed gently. I was submerged, floating, in some sort of tank. I could breathe, there was a mask…