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 10 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 10 years ago.
Fall Promises (Poem)
You want love and presents and sweets
Swords of imagination
and Me to appreciate your deeds
All thes…
Published 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 years ago.
A Nocturnal Visitation
Jonathon woke to the sound of insistent knocking. Everything was dark: his room, the world outside h…
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The House of F
The house appeared abandoned. It was spacious, boasting of what looked to be a dozen rooms, but fall…
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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…
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The Second American Revolution
Ear splitting sirens shrieked through the night. My little girl, frightened, shot up out of our bed …
Published 10 years ago.
Cast Downward
"Oh you thought our world was the dark reflection of yours?" The man laughed. "That's quite the reve…
Published 10 years ago.