Fridayfictionettes Stories

"Alas, alas, if your old art teacher knew..."

I guess we can't call him Lazy Lou no more, 'cause he finally done stopped bein' lazy.

"Tell them," her mother had said.

I can grant you the knowledge you seek, but first be very sure you want it.

If you gaze long enough into an abyss, you had better be prepared to run.

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

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

No one goes inside. No one even goes near. No one really knows why.

"...the last few steps you'll have to take alone." (Shel Silverstein, "This Bridge")

"It will help the whole Kingdom," averred the King. "But first I must see its efficacy demonstrated."

How do you define "home"?

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

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

No one is proud of what goes on inside the Room.

It looked peaceful and inviting and far too perfect.

"This is a good lesson to people who cannot see the good luck of others, without coveting it for themselves." A. B. Mitford, Tales of Old Japan, vol. 1

The city only came out at noon, and no one but Tabitha could see it.

There goes the neighborhood...

The electric kettle is drunk again.

Details are hard to make out. Turning on the lights won't help. Besides, when would the paint have had time to dry?