Ficlets

I originally wrote these stories as contributions to the excellent social flash fiction site Ficlets.com. After less than two years of hosting the enterprise, AOL decided to shut it down without reason. Thanks to the diligent work of Kevin Lawver, and the generosity of the Creative Commons license the stories were posted under, the original works have been preserved at ficlets.ficly.com. After having the plug pulled so unceremoniously once, though, I am determined now to keep the definitive set of my own stories here, at my own site, under my own control, though they also appear at my page on ficly.com. I’m not sure if this collection will be added to in the future, or will be broken into subsets and dispersed, but for now it is here, organized a bit. Enjoy.

Stories To Swell One’s Chest With Pride

In the end, how few.

• Enlightened Nihilism
• Suspicious Behavior
• Storm Trees
• The Story Of The Book

Stories of Whimsy and Warming of Hearts

Also endearing are these light and heartwarming stories

• The Dangers Of Rabbit Tossing
• Enemies of the Library
• Hot Summer Night
• Miss Direction
• A Winning Name

Stories of Murder and Mayhem and Death

Notice how many more of these there are than good ones.

• A Dark And Stormy Night
• The Desert’s Revenge
• Feedback Loop
• Fresh Bacon
• Ghost Runner
• Moment Of Clarity
• On A Snowy Evening
• The Pass/Fall Test
• Rendezvous
• Spinner
• Standing On The Threshold
• Suppression By The River
• The Water’s Edge

Preludes To Taxi Adventure

Ficlets.com was a stomping ground for warming up for Taxi Adventure.

• Mrs. Harper Gets A Job
• Race Gets A Job
• Eugene Roberts Gets A Job
• Clayton Wise Gets A Job

Preludes to The Broken Jack

Preludes to The Broken Jack flowed less freely.

• Arrival Of A Legend
• The Orange Kitten Earns A Name

Stories referencing Victor Storm

Victor Storm, or the idea of him, turned up rather frequently.

• Under The Trees
• Second Thoughts
• Black Dream
• White Dream

A Series Embarked Upon And Abandoned

I worked on a series with another author, but it didn’t catch fire.

• N1t3W4tchr
• Outside The Diner
• N1t3W4tchr (P4rt V)

The Regrettable Rest

Many of the stories simply wound up not terrible, but not very good, either.

• The Black And Churning Sea
• Cute Rabbit Story
• Ficlet Calculations
• Hotel Catharsis
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
• The Rider’s Remorse
• The Storm Breaks
• Turning Point
• Young Love

The License

These ficlets and the accompanying comments were originally published on ficlets.com and were all licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License.