The Foyer
“Oh, this place again!” Luda said, hanging up her hat. The coat rack was consumed so completely, she wondered if there was one under there at all. What…
Ludmila Yevgenovicha
19 stories written on Ficly, 2010–2011, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
The "Superior" Sex
“Well, really, I think that girls are better than men, because they are so much less violent, and if a girl ran our country we would be so much better off...”…
Day One
4 am. Tomorrow I’m having tea with my elderly neighbours up the way. Sweet old folks. Wish I could afford to bring biscuits, but money’s tight and I’m quite…
Waiting
That night, there was no cold. No cool breeze to tickle her the wrong way. No moon, to shine on her face and brightly, in her eyes. There was no one beside…
San Gransisco
The men died off, long ago. The disease came on like a cold, and lasted like that for weeks. Women flocked to the doctor’s offices, looking to get well. Men…
A hundred years from Now
Through the streets of ruined society, she walks on slender legs. Dogs her age remind me of deer. Her ears swivel back and forth, and knowing she is better at…
At the Fair
“Здравствуйте, вы любите танцевать?” He asked, twirling me around. “What?” I asked, holding onto his shirt sleeve. The dance was wholly unfamiliar, and I am…
The After Party
“Classy.” I gagged on the word, trying to settle my stomach as my friend emptied hers. She was crying, splattering cosmo-pink bile onto both of our shoes…
He's So Finicky!
I shake, try not to vomit, but I don’t scream. I’m past that, now. Steffani is being dragged, catatonic through the broken boards that were supposed to block…
Why would a girl like you..?
“... Be in a place like this?” Strangly enough, it wasn’t a pick up line. He did smile at me quite nicely, and he was rather cute, with those baby blue eyes…
What?
“Oh, oh, oh, wait!” My mom rushed after me, pulling her clothes on as we exited the front door. She stopped on the porch, shoeless and wary of the brambles…
A large backyard
Sitting on the back porch, the air is cold but sunlight irradiates my skin and warms me. There is chirping and I still myself, quiet barely breathing. Watching…
Dating Theory and Application
“Seriously, though, you were doing a good job. Now all you drink is soda.” “Well, I like to take break-” “Quick quiz! You and your date are talking. She’s…
I follow you because I like your stories. :)
“I started following him because he commented on my story, and then I read his, and they were really good!” I’m driving down the street, smiling about…
Commitment.
You declare your undying friendship to Robert Quick! Suddenly, her breath is short. ‘That wasn’t my intention at all! What if he thinks I really want to be…
Greg
“I don’t read books. I just don’t see the point. There’s so many better things to do.” The others waiting in line at the book signing stare, unbelieving. The…
Christopher Walken never turns down rolls.
Thanksgiving at the Walken home. Turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing all ignored. Piled high on the plate of the patriarch: Pillsbury. crescent rolls, dinner…