Robert Quick
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
333 stories, 10 challenges, 23 prompts, 440 comments, and 32 friends
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Where the -@!# did my muse go?
Writer, dreamer, knight, shackled by entertainment . . . and people.
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Among the Stars: Following Protocol
Darnell unclipped his laser torch and used the butt to tap on the door. He didn't hear anything. Pre…
Published 5 years ago.
Among the Stars: Bullseye
Darnell floated through space, tethered back to the Lorelei's Lament by the braided steel cable ho…
Published 5 years ago.
Some Springs are Dammed
Kelly had been fourteen when she decided her father wasn't coming back. He had disappeared two years…
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Opportunities in Ashes
The wind picked up around me, growing denser as smoke from the burning city below infused it. Partic…
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Nightmare Without End, Amen
It's a nightmare to see you. If I catch a glimpse of you without warning, my heart gives a panicked …
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Suburban Shadows: The Nest
Descending down the stairs to the basement, I almost gagged on the overwhelming funk that permeated …
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Coming Down
When I woke, I found my body folded up around my stomach like a clam. That was where a hardening pea…
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When I say She is a Drug . . .
I breathed her in.
A storm of quicksilver lightning, and winds so cold they burned hot, rushed into…
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Abasement
Although the night was clear and cloud free, the streets were dark. A summer wind brought a refreshi…
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Losing It
Frank shook his head. His brain was slowing down. He was sure of it. His thoughts came too slowly th…
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Ruined
Leland slumped looking at his hands. He could still hear each of the sour notes that they had drawn …
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Waiting is Warfare
Rain poured down in thick sheets, dense enough to severely limit visibility. I couldn't see the enem…
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Nerd Bushido
“Your hair looks nice.”
It slipped out of his mouth into real space. What had he done? Stupid, stu…
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Slice of a Hard Spring
It's late and a thin, wispy fog has settled atop the streets. I don't know when it happened. Last I …
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Dream is Dream and Real is Real
The second dream vanishes from memory the instant I wake up and stays gone for five hours. When it c…
Published 5 years ago.