Robert Quick
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
323 stories, 10 challenges, 23 prompts, 436 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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Impotency of Social Distance
“I'm tired.” she said.
Her words sent a jolt of recognition through me. Not just the words and thei…
Published 1 month ago.
Shadows of Friendship
It was his need that broke me. I knew what it was like to be in a position where there was no other …
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Shadows of Desperation
“I didn't kill James.”
“What? I never said that.”
"I know you all think that I did it. Me! You thi…
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Shadows of Absence
“Look, I'm sorry that Jordan is missing. Truly I am, but I'm not going into that fucking forest ever…
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Eddy to Eddy
“Today is Thursday? Are you certain?” The blue of her eyes that I had always associated with the cle…
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Last In, First Out
Yellow flakes spiraled down from above to settle on the city like the ash of some great holocaust. T…
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Solitary Dimness
The city seemed endless when it was empty. Half of it, maybe more, was filled with unused treasures …
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Unsealed
Our only warning was the earth crying out in a great grinding noise that swallowed all other sounds,…
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Like a Cancer
Ethan walked away from the makeshift camp of encircled cars, leaving the forty or so people relying …
Published 2 months ago.
Not Feeling It
Walking by the general store, Juana Sanchez caught sight of her reflection in a barrel of rain water…
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Good Question
Gone was the demure scion of the Burns house that I had known. In her place stood a crazed woman, na…
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Starving it is Worse
There is a dark stain on my family that has been passed down through at least ten generations. It se…
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Truth in the Wash
“Not quite evil mother-in-law material but not fun either, I imagine.” I switched back to a happier …
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Never Happened
It's all bullshit. My grandmother isn't the Captain of a lost starship. She wasn't cursed to forever…
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Falling Caryatid
“Is this a day time or a night time thing?” I asked.
“Nights exclusively which is why I can go. Ral…
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