The End (#30)
The path has been rough, but the journey was fun. NaFicWriMo was like taking my brain for a run. I’m glad it’s over, I must admit. There were many late-night…
NaFicWriMo
Who here has heard of National novel writing month? Raise your hand. Those who haven't go to www.nanowrimo.org It is a great challenge, writing 50,000 words in a month. But as you all know, not everyone particularly cares for writing novels. For this challenge "National Ficly/Ficlet Writing Month" I challenge you to write one Ficly, Ficlet for older members, each day of the month of June. (Yay Summer) The catch: None of them can be a prequel or sequel, of your own work or of others'. This will not be judged and you do not need to enter your stories under this challenge, just tag them with NaFicWriMo. You have the rest of May to prepare. This challenge is just for fun and to make you dig deep and find your original ideas hiding deep inside of you as you burrow through the words laying near the surface. Happy writing!
Challengers
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In the southern Yakozan peninsula, a group of reclusive fishermen make a living by rounding up shi ika. The shi ika is a type of squid aberration found just…
The Hayworth Horror
The Hayworth farm had been in the family for three generations. Merle was the last of the line. He was murdered earlier today in his cornfield. Two thieves had…
Nightmare Reality
A light flickered briefly in the dark, illuminating nothing. Over an unbroken line of distant buildings, all empty, seething storm clouds advanced. Walls…
The Dead-Head Tree
It was the strangest tree Victor had ever seen. The bark was heavily textured like coral, and it was dark--almost black as pitch. The fruit was the most…
That "Eureka" Moment
“So a SETI researcher, a cephalopod biologist, and an A.I. developer walk into a bar...” quipped Mike, the A.I. guy. “Haha. Another round? I asked. Since…
Wallace of Whale Town
“I’m from--hic--Whale Town!” the drunk yelled as he slammed his mug of ale on the stained wooden bar top. “You’ve ‘ad enough, Wallace,” the bartender…
Changing Your Mind Through Science
“As you can see, by modulating the fMRI frequency we can use it as a carrier wave for targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation. Then we filter it from the…
Curse of the Medusa Graveyard
“Does it hurt?” asked Leon. The boy touched his aunt’s skin. It was textured like a clay roof tile. Euthalia’s gave a stiff chuckle. “I can’t even feel your…
Big Bada Boom
The Mark V “Morningstar” grenade was a softball-sized sphere with odd spikes coming out of it. The prototype sat in a sealed room behind a thick piece of lead…
The Black Rain
The people of Sangbolge were used to rain. If they got thirty days of sun a year, they were lucky. Today’s rain fall was just another day. Puddles gathered in…
Hostile Environments
Our high polar orbit took us over Antarctica, once every few hours. Well into the Southern autumn, most of the continent was shrouded in blackness, lit only by…
The Life Cycle of a Mircean Blow Fly
Anton had been dead for twenty days now. His body was left in a shallow ditch in the woods. His killers didn’t even bother burying his corpse. The…
Ghost City
The whole street was dark and seemingly empty. Though Ray had a generator in the basement to supplement the increasingly unreliable grid, he didn’t dare turn…
A Morsel for the Poor
“A morsel for the poor?” Yilan Ruhu mumbled to the pedestrians walking by. They ignored him like usual. Deep down, he knew that to be a good thing. He was…
Alien Contact Again
Though the two alien scientists didn’t look particularly human, and though their spoken conversation was outside of my hearing range, I could tell they were…
Daig of the Wicker Man
“I’m innocent!” Daig shouted. The three druids ignored him and continued the wicker man ritual. The first druid lit his torch. “You’re as good as ash,” said a…
Nighttime Drive
The highway cut straight through the hilly landscape, stretching out to the horizon. Though it wasn’t yet very late — the asphalt was still cooling after a day…
Worm Food
Joey “the Slick” Lema and Mason “the Bull” Malleti had a gruesome task to do, but as mooks of the Carnosa family, it was their duty. Bull reached into the…
Bugs
I woke up in a concrete room, cuffed to a chair which was bolted to the floor. A man in a black suit sat across from me, with a small metal table between us…