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.