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Radical Yellow Duck

286 stories written on Ficly, 2009–2012, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com

  1. Monster 04

    Fredegar knelt by the fire and placed another log on the grate. The air seemed colder than usual for a late September evening . Three days ago his friends had…

    Jun 4, 2012

  2. Monster 03

    I lay on the rocky outcrop, finishing the last of the cow. The sun warmed me. I stretched my wings and arched my tail as the breeze wafted across me. The sky…

    Jun 4, 2012 (1)

  3. Monster 02

    Dr. Farnsworth sat at the computer terminal and stared at the screen. Three images of a star field cycled repeatedly. A small dot, tiny by comparison to the…

    Jun 4, 2012

  4. Monsters 01

    The mouse scurried along the pipe quickly. The cold, moist metal wet its feet and made things a little slippery, but with a wall on either side, there was…

    Jun 4, 2012

  5. A Monster with pince nez glasses

    His secretary brought in the paper. She laid it on his desk and withdrew. He glanced up as she left and knew he would have her again tonight. As a duty to…

    Sep 23, 2011

  6. To whom it may concern

    Many Hellos Honored personage. I am messaging to you as you come highly recommended by many persons who have of you good opine. I am barrister Honorable Naugun…

    Jun 9, 2011 (1)

  7. One more

    Vasily peered over the sight of his rifle and surveyed the remains of the factory in front of him. Weeks of shelling had reduced it to a few standing walls and…

    Jun 9, 2011

  8. The Cost Of Doing Business

    Bob swerved into the left lane cutting off another car. The horn behind him sounded and the headlights flashed. Stamping on the gas he accelerated until he was…

    Jun 9, 2011 (5)

  9. Where cosmic rays finally fall

    The light had faded slowly. And now it was gone. The instruments scanned about and returned nothing. Everything around him was one even temperature. At first…

    Mar 23, 2011 (1)

  10. Trust in a time of Trouble

    “Just let go. I’ll catch you,” said the disembodied voice behind his ear. The adrenalin surged through his veins. His hands clasped tightly to the slender…

    Mar 23, 2011

  11. Can't get there from here

    “…and so as the field distortion increases, we can enter relativistic speeds and come as arbitrarily close to C as we want. This causes space itself to bend…

    Mar 8, 2011 (2)

  12. Knighthood for a squire

    The hoofs of their horses thundered below them. Weapons beat against armor in the familiar rhythm of gallop. Speed was the only hope of escape. The king had…

    Feb 9, 2011

  13. Friday, November 22, 1963

    My birthday was on friday. I was gonna be five. We were going to have cake and presents. My grand parents who lived away were coming over and we would have a…

    Nov 18, 2010

  14. Hidden Messages

    Ram Catere’s is one of the most Catere’s in indias most trusted firm working in pune and all over india service provide www.rameshpgaur.com Ram leaned back…

    Nov 17, 2010 (2)

  15. Bedlam

    And now we come to case… um… 3255. Dr. James? _Patient is cognitive but dissociative. Claims that we are all in great danger but are unaware. He states that…

    Nov 13, 2010 (2)

  16. Five! No, three sir. Three!

    I became aware just a moment ago. I have no remembrance of any past. About me, sensors begin to feed me information. I’m moving, though not of my own volition…

    Nov 2, 2010 (8)

  17. Pachelbel

    The strains of Pachelbel’s Chorus sounded a bit tinny coming from the speakers. The smoke from my cigar wafted up to the corridors vent port. I pulled my belt…

    Oct 29, 2010 sequel (5)

  18. PB&J for Dummies, A dummy Challenge Part III

    Rotate the lid of the peanut butter jar in a counter clockwise direction. You will at times have to reposition your fingers to continue the rotation. Failure…

    Mar 13, 2010 sequel