Robert Quick

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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Holding on to History

Devra picked up the completed Lego model of Big Ben. She had to be careful, the pieces weren't glued…

Published 6 years ago.

Pooh

I've got a monster in me.

A lazy, hungry one. A liar.

He's like the evil Pooh bear sitting on the …

Published 6 years ago.

Wetwork Six: Too Close

The cylinders braced along the underside of Millie's forearms weren't heavy exactly, more bulky. For…

Published 6 years ago.

House of Caged Birds

Birds, hundreds of them, squawked and chirped in a frenzied cacophony. Bigger ones used their wings …

Published 6 years ago.

In the Shadow of the Gods: A Memoir

I don't know me now but I remember what I used to be. I was one of them, a super. Notice that I di…

Published 6 years ago.

Form Dictates Function

The first had been a rock from the garden but it hadn't even quivered. The second had been a coin. T…

Published 6 years ago.

Goodbye, Valerie

The party was for Valerie. She was departing for warmer weather. It made sense. Despite being a prog…

Published 6 years ago.

Basil's First Time

Basil finished the first circle of words.

The chant wasn't fast. It couldn't be rushed or muttered.…

Published 6 years ago.

Deathbed

My cell hadn't rang in days. I no longer cared where it was.

I lay looking at a wall four inches fr…

Published 6 years ago.

Is this Fractured Dance a Mirage (Poem)

Do we orbit or dance? An orbit

is a dance

of gravity, energy, mass.

Are you afraid of collision…

Published 6 years ago.

Disjointed Feelings

As I returned home, I was stunned to see that my house was full of lights and sound of merriment. Th…

Published 6 years ago.

Oh, Nose!

I like her nose.

How many times have I said that to myself? It's not the sort of compliment you can…

Published 6 years ago.

Hurricane Sheva, Hurricane Aaron

I clenched my fingers around the chain link fence, using the thin metal to keep me standing. The win…

Published 6 years ago.

Poking Around

Chains, heavy ones from the sound of it, rattled in the basement, undercut by heavy snuffling. I did…

Published 6 years ago.

Autumn Growth

No invitations went out, none that I sent or saw anyway, but as the summer waned, travelers began tr…

Published 6 years ago.

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HSAR
ElshaHawk LoA
Jae
Escapist
Abby
Andrman
wolframdioxide
In Nights Arms
nuclearsubmarine
Anorak
HS Wift
rhubarb_j
slapdashmonuments
GradualUprising
Fantasist
PJ Returned
remembrancer
Jim Stitzel
August Rode
WhiteHat
Lampyris Noctiluca
ethelthefrog
Avenlight