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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Environmental Changes
It was dark and I was trying unsuccessfully to sleep on the couch. Painting materials were littered …
Published 6 years ago.
The Freedom of Responsibility
Each person of sound mind is fully responsible for their actions at all times. What then defines a …
Published 6 years ago.
Fall Promises (Poem)
You want love and presents and sweets
Swords of imagination
and Me to appreciate your deeds
All thes…
Published 6 years ago.
Twenty-three Hours of Darkness
“There, there.” I crooned. A stray hair stuck to Alice's nose but she didn't seem to notice. I brush…
Published 6 years ago.
Inner and Outer Darkness
The opium was strong and heady. It bore me on a tremendously vast, dark, wave and I felt a relaxing …
Published 6 years ago.
A Lesson in Autonomy Class
I pricked my finger for the third time and cursed myself for signing up for autonomy class. It sound…
Published 6 years ago.
Ruminations Among the Ruination
The house was still half-built, half-destroyed. It had never been completed and for every few hours …
Published 6 years ago.
Forward the Torchbearers
“When we walk, we put one foot in front of the other. Each step forward we take is one that matters…
Published 6 years ago.
One Way Out
Adam watched the rope retreat up the sheer wall until it was gone. “Nice going, jackass. Now how're …
Published 6 years ago.
The Doorway
“Ghosts are all emotion, all the time. I don't know what keeps their form intact but they might be b…
Published 6 years ago.
A Nocturnal Visitation
Jonathon woke to the sound of insistent knocking. Everything was dark: his room, the world outside h…
Published 6 years ago.
The House of F
The house appeared abandoned. It was spacious, boasting of what looked to be a dozen rooms, but fall…
Published 6 years ago.
These Long Nights: Conversing with the Red Queen
The cell was small and stone. Although the occupant was a thin woman, her presence filled the room t…
Published 6 years ago.
The Second American Revolution
Ear splitting sirens shrieked through the night. My little girl, frightened, shot up out of our bed …
Published 6 years ago.
Cast Downward
"Oh you thought our world was the dark reflection of yours?" The man laughed. "That's quite the reve…
Published 6 years ago.