The Astronomer's Nirvana
From his observatory on the peaks of Kejajo, the astronomer leaned back and jumped at the plaintive shriek of his chair’s legs. He realized it was the first…
Good Girls Go to Heaven, Jenny Goes Everywhere
“Doc,” Jenny said, gesturing at the missile that hung frozen inches away, “we don’t got time.” “What was your name again?” Gates asked. “Jenny. Jenny…
The Man Out of Time Meets The Girl From Everywhere
Jenny laughed. “You guys are all the same.” “Trust me love,” Gates replied, sporting the infamous grin that had made knickers drop from here to the Medusa…
Regrets? I've Had a Few...
Gates watched helplessly as death pirouetted down the hall, trailing smoke and flame. Aware that he’d never get a shot off before the incoming missile put an…
Breaking Up is Hard (But Rocket Launchers Make it Easier)
Gates turned the corner in full sprint, and skidded to a stop. “Bollocks!” he shouted. Another hallway. Another dead-end. Gates could pilot a Time!Skiff from…
Pardon Me, But Would You Have Any Grey Energon?
“I found you rather charming, actually, if a bit naive,” the newcomer said in a cultured male voice. His gun never wavered. From the assortment of car part…
Ficlets Synopsis: Nina, Queen of the Unicorns
Begins: http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/168 Nina notices a strange terrarium on her co-worker Alan’s desk. It seems bigger on the inside than the outside, and…
Aegis Interrogation
*\Don’t all you bots have code-names?* It’s “Karma,” if you must know. But I still think of myself as Matthew Karson. *\So you just took the first syllables…
Ficlets Synopsis: Marauded!
Chain 1: http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/873 Chain 2: http://ficly.com/stories/8322 Hacker chick Jeanette Leroq was absorbed into the upholstery of her…
Ficlets Synopsis: Ada Sherwood, Decepticon Girl
Story chain 1: http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/25660 Story chain 2: http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/48804 (one of the ficlets in chain 1 is lacking its “next…
Home
He jolted upright in the improvised computer chair, instantly alert. He was startled by what he had seen at the bottom of the screen, he half didnt believe it…
Red Planet
Ominous impacts reverberated quietly throughout the shelter like far away thunder on far away earth. Red sand fell through holes in the ceiling as if the…
He's Home
He jolted upright in the improvised computer chair, instantly alert. He was startled by what he had seen at the bottom of the screen, he half didnt believe it…
The Return of Ghost in the Machine
I might be a little overconfident or overestimating my importance in the community, but i was once a ficleteer. I have had a hectic life however, and I fell…
Old Ficlets Veteran...PSYCHED!
World, Tonight, I found myself with my laptop in my hands, trolling around the Internet for something interesting. As often happens, I felt a familiar pang of…
Common Sense Fails Again
My common sense kept telling me, Don’t do anything drastic, today just can’t handle a huge change. Aw, c’mon, temptation suavely said, _what’s the harm in…
Best Ficlet I Ever Wrote-Retro Ficlet Challenge
The Flower originally published on Friday, May 04, 2007 One lone, dew-dropped flower was all that was left. All that was left of her. All that was left of his…
You at the Funeral [Retro Ficlets challenge]
When you are a six-year-old boy dressed up in a suit with your hair all combed, you are bound to be a little uncomfortable. When your parents won’t stop crying…
Me and the Moon
God, please forgive me, she thought as she pulled the trigger. The bang resounded through the living room. He fell, his lifeless eyes rolled back in his head…
Someday: I’m Going to be Someone Else. (A Dedication)
“If you cannot teach me to fly, then teach me to dance.” That was her life quote. Anyone remember her? She wrote with raw talent. Puting words together with…