#short-story

  1. Feithimh (Waiting, Irish Translation)

    Author: IllicitPopsicle

    An fear shuigh ar a dheasc, ag fanacht le smaoineamh ar an earraigh isteach ina cheann. Gach uair an vestiges de rud éigin crept isteach na coirnéil a Chonaic…

    Nov 29, 2012 sequel · Ficly archive

  2. Waiting

    Author: IllicitPopsicle

    The man sat at his desk, waiting for an idea to spring into his head. Every time the vestiges of something crept into the corners of his consciousness, he got…

    Nov 29, 2012 · Ficly archive

  3. Remembering Starlight

    Author: remembrancer

    When my parents were children they stared at the sky dreaming of a glorious future. They gazed at stars, lovingly planning their domination of the vast…

    Nov 22, 2012 · Ficly archive (1)

  4. The Beginning

    Author: remembrancer

    I’m afraid of spiders. I see one and my body moves on its own, faster than I ever can when I’m thinking rationally. Of course, it wasn’t always this way. I…

    Nov 9, 2012 · Ficly archive (1)

  5. Fire

    Author: Anaka

    The flame rears up, up, and goes out. Huddled under blankets coarse as sandpaper, Isabella’s violet hued eyes blinked into the darkness. It was too late. The…

    Nov 8, 2012 · Ficly archive

  6. For Sale

    Author: remembrancer

    The faded floral wallpaper still bore the stains of sticky hand prints, the first of many paintings to come. The long kitchen table spoke to endless hours…

    Nov 6, 2012 · Ficly archive (2)

  7. The Politician's Purpose

    Author: remembrancer

    The moment’s relative serenity was pierced by the high-pitched shriek of a phone demanding attention. At the sudden sound, the captive resumed his ineffective…

    Oct 25, 2012 · Ficly archive

  8. Wishful Thinking

    Author: remembrancer

    As the light guttered and sputtered, it cast distorted shadows on the walls of the stinking dirty hole in the ground that was her home. She knelt on the floor…

    Oct 23, 2012 · Ficly archive

  9. Doctor's Visit

    Author: remembrancer

    When I saw the I’ve-just-been-run-over-by-a-truck-and-somehow-I’m-still-standing look on her face I knew that my coworker’s coffee break had been much more…

    Oct 18, 2012 · Ficly archive (1)

  10. Fade

    Author: J. A. Keane

    It started slowly. It’ll end likewise. I think it likes it that way. My right hand keeps catching my eye as I write this. Stupid. When did it begin? I’m not…

    Sep 24, 2012 · Ficly archive

  11. The Night I Got Arrested...

    Author: Victoria Faye Alday

    M.M. Guilbert - The name on the jumpsuit. A hot blonde - The officer wearing said jumpsuit. Me - the guy wishing he wasn’t in her custody at the moment. Well…

    Sep 3, 2012 · Ficly archive

  12. Thank You For Leaving

    Author: Danielle C

    I lost you. I am not significant to you. You might even say I never had you at all. I am just a pigment of light inside your castle. That is it. I won’t deny…

    Jun 5, 2012 · Ficly archive

  13. Another June Day

    Author: Danielle C

    It was just another June day. It was the late afternoon, after I had come home from school. It was merely days until my high school graduation. I don’t…

    Jun 4, 2012 · Ficly archive

  14. Mansion On A Mountain

    Author: Danielle C

    There is a three-story mansion. It is built of brick, resorted from an original nineteenth century structure, but most cannot see this from a far distance…

    Jun 3, 2012 · Ficly archive

  15. The Gamers' Nightmare Part 4 of 4

    Author: P.rat

    The nightmare is over. I am back in the world of the living. I start to head out again when I hear something behind me. I turn around and see a pack of…

    Jan 26, 2012 · Ficly archive

  16. The Gamers' Nightmare Part 3 of 4

    Author: P.rat

    Now that I am on the move, so are the sludge monsters. It seems like every set of eyes I passed is moving with me. It is like an army of sludges chasing me. I…

    Jan 26, 2012 · Ficly archive

  17. The Gamers' Nightmare Part 2 of 4

    Author: P.rat

    I head south looking for anything I recognize that will tell me exactly where I am. Everything seems so different in the spirit world. I get the feeling that I…

    Jan 26, 2012 · Ficly archive

  18. The Gamers' Nightmare Part 1 of 4

    Author: P.rat

    A sheer cliff is in front of me. Distance is hard to judge but I think it is about a sixty yard drop. It shouldn’t be a problem. I can survive up to a…

    Jan 26, 2012 · Ficly archive