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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On the Perimeter
Grims reached the outer fence, a rickety wooden thing with a large gap in between the top and bottom…
Published 8 years ago.
Caught Out with a Corpse
It would be quicker to go through town but Grims didn't want to carry the corpse through the streets…
Published 8 years ago.
Falling Dark
Grims surveyed the horizon moving only his eyes. He held a long butted rifle against his shoulder, b…
Published 8 years ago.
Corrupt Life Spring
The fire rain came again last night, driving holes in the already pitted metal over our heads. Cossa…
Published 8 years ago.
Tropes of the Trade: Shaken With a Twist
Jacqueline signaled the bartender for another mojito. “It's not obvious to me.”
“Since your attack …
Published 8 years ago.
Tropes of the Trade: Muddled Bitters
“Don't be so sure of yourself. You killed a man and blew up a building, you did not kill F.A.C.E. Ho…
Published 8 years ago.
Haunted
It's so frustrating not knowing why things are the way the are. I'm on a familiar street. I think it…
Published 8 years ago.
Tropes of the Trade: Bottom of the Glass
Jacqueline, never Jack or Jackie, swirled the ice around the dregs of her mojito. It was her favorit…
Published 8 years ago.
A Depth of Misunderstanding
The squid-girl resurfaced through the bleak waters. “Quick! Can you swim?”
I affirmed that I could …
Published 8 years ago.
Red Eyes: Historic Foundations
The street had raised Lamar. He knew it was kind of a corrupt balance to the influence of his momma …
Published 8 years ago.
The Lethander Sheath
Reina browsed through the “curiosities” sure that everything in the store was junk. Wandering down a…
Published 8 years ago.
Cabin Boy and the Sea (Con't) (Poetry)
The cabin boy, now Master of the Ship, walked alone
stepping over the glass-eyed corpses of meat and…
Published 8 years ago.
The Cabin Boy and the Sea (Poetry)
The ship heaved high, breaking through the waves,
the dark hell of night's clouds and the sea's spra…
Published 8 years ago.
Red Eyes: Turned Out
Lamar hadn't ever thought that he'd be a drug dealer. His grandma had once told him that the streets…
Published 8 years ago.
Red Eyes
“Let me guess, you want out?” Deion leaned back in his torn up office chair. Now the strobing headli…
Published 8 years ago.
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