Friday-fictionettes Stories

There goes the neighborhood...

It's amazing how one small change can broaden your perspective.

You think YOUR day job sucks? Honey, don't even get me started.

Envy is where all the trouble starts.

Elsa doesn't need further proof. She has been there.

As first dates went, this one didn't have much going for it.

It wasn't a safe place to work under the best of circumstances. These weren't the best of circumstances.

When winning is everyone's responsibility, losing could be anyone's fault. Who let the team down this time?

The power to soothe the sea comes at a steep price. Kara wouldn't call that unfair. But installments keep coming due at unpredictable times.

There's something about this town they don't talk about in the brochures. It's too sad, and you wouldn't believe it, anyway—not until the parade passes by.

There's no planning it. It happens when it happens. And Murphy's Law says it'll happen at the most inconvenient time possible.

There comes a time when a character's just got to say, "Enough, already."

Please, she prayed, let this not be the one that gets noticed. Just give me a little more time....

Serpents come in many guises, bearing every kind of fruit. But none of them bother to lie. Why should they, when the truth is weapon enough?

He had the power and the wealth to command any pleasure, and the result was that all life's pleasures had begun to pall.

It was her guilty secret. It was her most prized possession.

Because you would be missed. Because everyone deserves second chances. Because death is a tragedy and life is a triumph. Because.

The labyrinth was designed to admit only someone who knew better than to seek admittance. Theoretically, anyway.

But you're never told what would have happened. And the important moments never announce themselves except in the rearview mirror.