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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An Exchange of Gray

Behind the shimmering curtain of rain, made bright by passing headlights, a stately house appeared. …

Published 5 years ago.

Like Answering a Payphone

In the dark my hands made twisted shapes, more through intuition than direction. They danced like th…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Waking Paralysis

Hurrying to the bathroom, I felt like I was going to burst. I prayed that no one was in it and reach…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Symptoms of Separation

The cool of the window pane seeped into Roger's skin, bringing blessed cold. In a few minutes it wou…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: The Sound of Fear

Cicadas sang in the heat of the day. Mostly. But it was well past sundown and the night was far fr…

Published 5 years ago.

Lower Your Shields for My Next Trench Run

“Nice shirt.” Adela said. Her eyes glittered mischievously.

I was wearing my classic Star Wars shi…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Lost and Found

The last thing I remembered was driving . . . somewhere. Somewhere important. I think to meet somebo…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Thrill of the Fight

The two fighters were clumsy. They didn't know that before but they knew it now. Winning a fight was…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Empty

When the moment came to reveal his finished product, he felt trepidation. It was time to face the re…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: On the Black Sea of Misery

Arden Waithe never wanted to be on the boat. Or any boat. His experience had taught him that sailing…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Funneling

I stare into the depths of a cloudy marble. The outermost glass is clear but there is a swirling ste…

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Suffering Builds Character

It's difficult to grow up. Shoot, it's difficult to even figure out what that means. I suspect that …

Published 5 years ago.

Fractal Realities: Siren's Call

I'm in a fun house. I've always like how the good ones play with perception. It reminds me of the Ge…

Published 5 years ago.

Between Greed and the Mask (poem)

In the darkness when man does sleep

and a pallid moon is the only company he keeps

the waves are cal…

Published 5 years ago.

The Portrait of a Tyrant

Veron Gerrick scrolled through the palace alerts looking for anything that demanded his personal att…

Published 5 years ago.

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