#reality

  1. On The Now pt 15

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    The copters are with us and the Thought Police are not far behind, scaling just a few floors below us. Lights shine intense, even though the sun is sufficient…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  2. On The Now pt 14

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    Waking back up, I’m being grabbed by Jacob, pulled up over the edge and the sun is now hotter than ever before. I pull myself to my feet, proud and nervous…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  3. On The Now pt 13

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    Omniscience doesn’t seem out of the question at the moment. Sheets of water layer themselves on top of their dead brethren. I turn for a look at the far side…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  4. On The Now pt 12

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    More grass. I’m moving through the woods as temperate rain pours down. The day is drenched as am I. I move and move through the woods until I come to a lake…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  5. On The Now pt 11

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    I think back to earlier writings of mine and others. Ancient names like Voltaire, Socrates, Durkheim, Marx, and Jesus Christ all filter back to me. The goal…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  6. On The Now pt 10

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    I swing my gaze upward for a moment, blinded by the auburn Sun, dazzling yet dying. I’m only a mere 11 stories from the top. They’re closing in, but only on…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  7. On The Now pt 9

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    I’m at the corner of the tower now. Around it I hear Jacob climbing at one mph faster than myself. He’s ahead now. The copters are finally arrived, yet…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  8. On The Now pt 8

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    And then they’ll bring up the x-ray sights and see me chasing through the hall, but already will they be positioned inside the building and I’ll be gone. And…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  9. On The Now pt 7

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    Just now, a fire zips past my left shoulder. Good Jesus, they’re shooting at us now! I climb to my left. And up now. I fiddle with the wall to position myself…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  10. On The Now pt 6

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    Of course knowledge is more than just memories and dreams and experiences. What about people? Others. In their own right, they are a genre of knowledge. People…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  11. On The Now pt 5

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    The fields that consumed my mind were often projected into reality. I would sit for hours at my desk, toiling at the white paper when suddenly, a field as…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  12. On The Now pt 4

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    And in dreams was a curious thought. Asleep, we see what awake we cannot. I had been dreaming of grass. A plain thought. Plain, but sweeping and consuming. I…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  13. On The Now pt 3

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    The lawyers with their papers. The taxi drivers with their grit. The doctors with their powers. The mothers with their complaints. The children with their awe…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  14. On the Now pt 2

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    The sunrise had been the first time I had seen the tower. Now so close and so existent, I couldn’t help but be careful when I moved my hands and feet along it…

    Jun 2, 2014 sequel · Ficly archive

  15. On The Now pt 1

    Author: L. L. Burrows

    And so we climbed. Climbing was not new to us, nor us new to the wall. A tower, quite literally made of ivory was the only escape. I glanced down. A few dozen…

    Jun 2, 2014 · Ficly archive

  16. Under The Stars

    Author: Cariad Ceffyl

    They lay there, looking up at the star filled sky Holding onto each other as if they were afraid the other may vanish in a dream Hand in hand, legs entwined…

    May 18, 2014 · Ficly archive

  17. You Created Him

    Author: Seekers

    Drowning in yourself… That has to be the worst feeling. Knowing that you’re causing it, But also knowing that you can’t… stop it. Why lie to yourself? What’s…

    Jun 5, 2013 · Ficly archive

  18. Disillusioned

    Author: RoseTone ~LoA~

    This, my dear, is what I learned At your thoughtless hands When true devotion had been spurned And I struggled still to stand While I will only speak words…

    Dec 2, 2012 · Ficly archive (1)

  19. tick

    Author: Atropos

    They say time will heal all wounds but what if it doesn’t stop hurting, ever? Go on, demand, scream, shout beg, grovel for your refund The myraid of augmented…

    Nov 11, 2012 · Ficly archive

  20. Inside/Out

    Author: memento

    I found myself with you. I found myself. I did. They never understood. They never did. Never. You told me to leave now. You told me to. You did. We thought we…

    Sep 28, 2012 · Ficly archive