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365Fiction365Fiction365Fiction is an attempt to publish a brand new short story every day for an entire year. Articles
The End
2007-11-30 02:15:00 He approached her with all the finesse of a man trying to ice a cake with a forklift. She noticed the double take, the awkward easing onto the barstool and the ignorant flourish with which he attempted to get the bartender?s attention. Naturally the man behind the bar wasn?t used to being summoned with a ... More About: The Stories
Letting Go
2007-11-29 03:08:00 After years of fighting the good fight he finally decided to let go. It hadn?t been easy. He had tried everything in his power. He had done the exercises, he had worn the right clothes, chewed various roots and seeds, chanted a few mantras and even made several aborted attempts at eating the right food. ... More About: Letting , The Stories
Street Beat
2007-11-28 01:35:00 She was walking down the street thinking [I can?t believe what I?m hearing!]. It wasn?t just her, there were several other people sharing the same pavement space who didn?t look too thrilled about the foul language polluting their air because of the two men walking past them. More About: Street , Beat , The Stories
Home Invasion
2007-11-27 02:40:00 The patter of footsteps was soft enough to have been mistaken for any number of things that wouldn?t be considered foul play. Unfortunately for the bearer of said pittering and pattering feet, Amadeus Duck was not a homeowner who took sudden unexpected noises in his stride. He didn?t say, ?it?s probably mice or a stray ... More About: Home , Invasion , The Stories
My Gal Poison
2007-11-26 02:45:00 She was the type of girl men went to war for. Actually, calling her a girl was tantamount to giving the call to attack right there. She was and had been a woman for quite some time. Almost nobody failed to notice that she was fully grown and well filled out in all the right ... More About: The Stories , Poison
Gossip Chain
2007-11-25 04:43:00 She was frowning in concentration. He loved it when she did that. He felt like kissing her. It was one of his favourite things to do ? to try and make her frown. He didn?t often succeed. He made her laugh though and that should have been alright but theirs was not that kind of ... More About: Gossip , Chain , The Stories
Chasing Fame
2007-11-24 03:01:00 They rushed into the house, excited and smiling, like two little boys who had discovered that big girls didn?t yell at them if they peeked under their mini skirts. Anahita immediately wanted to know what they had been up to but they were content to keep grinning at each other like happy confidantes too afraid ... More About: Fame , The Stories
Mortality Acknowledged
2007-11-23 01:49:00 In the afterlife of senses, right next to the virulent half-truths that populate every corner of reality, I am tempted to live my life. As I have done for the millennia of wasted seconds that is the reality of this and every other life lived and died on this planet throughout history. Ever since man ... More About: The Stories , Ality , Mort
Wiggle Room
2007-11-22 03:24:00 She had her spectacles on. Over the four months they had been together like this he always considered it a special moment when she brought her spectacles down. They looked cool enough holding her hair back but there was something just incredibly sexy about her spectacle-clad face. She ran her pen down a sheet of ... More About: Room , The Stories
Bring The Cool
2007-11-21 04:52:00 They were walking and talking, something both of them did a lot of, together and with other people. Too hip for the good of most regular people they grinningly referred to it as promiscuous W&T. His name was Aaron and hers was Nisha. They had lived in each other?s neighbourhood for long enough to know ... More About: Cool , The Stories
Collision Course
2007-11-20 02:20:00 It turned out that people didn?t jump out of the way like they did in the Hollywood movies when a speeding car came at them at way too many miles-per-hour to stop short of hitting them. They just stood there and stared, frozen like a Madame Tussauds waxworks tableau that could appear lifelike but was ... More About: The Stories , Collision
Luck Of The Draw
2007-11-19 02:19:00 She had no idea of what to do with the telephone call so she considered simply not telling anyone about it. But her face had gone kind of still so everyone around her knew that the phone call wasn?t a wrong number or a generic business call. The moment she flipped her clamshell shut they ... More About: Draw , The Stories , Luck
Perfect Fit
2007-11-18 04:14:00 She had her head on his lap, it was nice. A stray thought told him it would be nicer if she was face down but he was okay with the intimacy not being sexual. His head was providing her enough shade that she didn?t need to squint against the brilliant blue of a perfectly cloudless ... More About: Perfect , The Stories , Perfect Fit
The Stripper
2007-11-17 05:09:00 He rubbed his eyes with a satisfaction so great he wanted to find a metaphor for it. It had been a long hard day and his back had been threatening to freeze into a rictus of pain at several points during the series of meetings he had been party to. It was such a pleasure ... More About: The Stories , Stripper , Ripper
The Robbery
2007-11-16 04:26:00 He was sipping his café latte and fuming, an impressive feat since the coffee was hot and it must have burnt his tongue every one of the first few times he put the cup to his lips. If it hurt his throat he didn?t seem to notice. He was too busy being angry. She was ... More About: The Stories , Robbery
Tragic Soul Mates
2007-11-15 03:51:00 There are some absolute inevitabilities in life, especially the longer you live it. You?re going to make it into the shower without remembering your clothes (or a towel); the doorbell?s going to ring while you?re on the toilet and you?re all alone at home; you?re going to accidentally knock over a glass of milk or ... More About: Soul , Tragic , Soul Mates , The Stories
Publicist?s Revenge
2007-11-14 04:53:00 She was wearing her widest smile so he knew she was happy to see him. Every single time he scheduled a meeting he worried they would have figured it out so it made his heart lurch to see her look so happy to see him. But he knew what he had to do and he ... More About: Revenge , The Stories
Getting Written Off
2007-11-13 04:23:00 He stepped out of his apartment building and looked suitably surprised to find that it was raining. He stared up at the sky, getting rain water up his nose in the process, and spluttered, ?But it?s November!? A car pulled up besides him and the driver, a girl, rolled down her window, ?It?s not good to ... More About: The Stories , Written
Nubilia
2007-11-12 04:58:00 She was naked. It was her preferred state when she was home. Even though she hadn?t really traveled she was glad to be home. As the portal granting her admittance to her bed chamber hissed open it left a slim column of smoke in its wake. She closed her eyes and allowed the dissipating vapour ... More About: The Stories
Ah Paris!
2007-11-11 04:21:00 He was jogging along the Seine when the beautiful woman on the bicycle passed by. He picked up his pace and gave chase, calling out after her, ?Mademoiselle, mademoiselle?? Perhaps she didn?t hear him or maybe the sight of a man in jogging attire running very fast, waving a raised arm and calling out in ... More About: Paris , The Stories
Curtain Call
2007-11-10 04:58:00 This is it really. This is the part where I reel it all in, stack it up in one corner and leave. After making absolutely sure that none of it will topple over and have me make a mad dash for something the laws of physics have already taken away from me. I have to ... More About: Call , The Stories
Ink That Never Ran
2007-11-09 04:33:00 She pulled back her sleeves and bared her arms, like an angry widow might bare her breasts that the world could see that she was still a woman even though her primary source of definition was dead. Her name was Nina and she was neither a widow nor were her arms her breasts. She bared ... More About: The Stories
Defeating Sloth
2007-11-08 03:40:00 ?You haven?t washed your hair?? ?And a very good afternoon to you too!? ?When was the last time you washed your hair?? ?You know I?m a guy right?? ?Oh here we go. What?s the point?? More About: The Stories
Blank
2007-11-07 02:27:00 The blinking cursor stared at him, like the slit in a cat?s eye, doing the peek-a-boo as a way of messing with his head while he tried to come up with something to write. He made a mental note to challenge a writer friend to find something worthwhile to say when he was suffering a ... More About: Blank , The Stories
Miami
2007-11-06 05:17:00 He was in Miami and the skater boys offered to take him along to their favourite park. When he asked if they were going to Echo Park they looked surprised. ?You been there before,? one of them asked? He shook his head, no, he didn?t even know there was an Echo Park in Miami. [Wasn?t ... More About: The Stories
Chutzpah
2007-11-05 01:42:00 She was in that state of mind where a girl is single and unwilling to mingle. She didn?t think it was unclear. She wasn?t wearing a revealing dress, she wasn?t idly playing with her hair or darting glances around the restaurant or checking her reflection in a mirror she produced out of a well-stocked purse. ... More About: The Stories , Chutzpah
Ageing Disgracefully
2007-11-04 04:58:00 It was most definitely the age thing. It was what the kids would call a bummer. He would call a gay man a bummer but that was just him. He was not of the time. He was neither hip nor cool nor was he likely to be looked upon kindly for rolling a joint in ... More About: The Stories
Truth, Discovered
2007-11-03 04:15:00 He tapped the head of his pencil on the bleached wood table top and avoided looking at her eyes. He was being annoying on two counts ? making that tapping sound and avoiding her eyes when he spoke. The third way in which he was being annoying was by saying what he said and the ... More About: Truth , The Stories , Ruth
Mugged
2007-11-02 02:55:00 They were hunched over, both of them together like two joggers who had gone further than they should have and breathlessness and a stitch in their side was the price they paid for trying to be too macho. Except that they were not both guys and one of them was resting his hand on the ... More About: The Stories
Truthful Fake
More articles from this author:2007-11-01 03:54:00 They had done the casual nodding at each other in social situations so many times they were well on their way to becoming Facebook-style friends. He didn?t even know her name but that didn?t seem to prevent the sense of familiarity they shared. They worked out at the same gym, dined at the same restaurants ... More About: Fake , The Stories , Ruth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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