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