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The Level

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(I forgot how hard it is to keep the entry under 100 words; this piece certainly could have used a bit more leniency. Oh well, what's the fun in that?

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"Alright, you can have it!" Michael exclaimed, throwing his hands up.

The scream stopped, and the child looked up at her father with wide, grateful eyes after she seized the plush toy from the shelf.

Michael gazed at his daughter for a moment, and he found a comfortable familiarity in the defiant set of her jawline, the roseate tint of her cheeks, and the soft hazel eyes that gazed at him.

"What is it, Daddy?"

"I was just thinking about Mommy."

"I miss her."

"Me too." Michael took her hand, and the lonely girl and the lonely father set off.

12-Feb-2014 00:42:57

Sep

2023

Enheduanna

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There’s an odd kind of silence in her scream.

It's the silence of the man walking on the other side of the street as he looks anywhere but her, as if he can slay her demons with his ignorance. The silence of her blouse hitting the slowly-gathering snow, drowned out by the sounds of animals. The silence of her hand creeping to the pocket of his jeans, unnoticed as she claws and spits like a wildcat in heat.

It’s the silence of two, short slashes, harsh and biting like the winds of winter.

The scream stopped.

Then, it began anew.

12-Feb-2014 05:39:44

Mar

2023

Bluefirecan

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The scream stopped.

The peace that had once been had arrived once more, and with it brought a new tide of contemplation.

That was where her days began and ended – contemplation. Her identity had been stripped away; she was just a number. A hundred years... No, five... Did it even matter? Every day melded into the next, and the only indication she gave to whether or not she was alive was a mere scream. The needles had stopped coming long ago, presumably because nothing had changed about her except her reduced speech.

It happened again. Pouring out, escaping.

Screaming.

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I had fun trying to type up a story within 100 words. It was far more difficult than I had expected, but I quite enjoyed the challenge.

Everyone's stories are wonderful.

I just play FFXIV at this point. DC: Crystal

13-Feb-2014 02:08:12

Fysyx

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The scream stopped.

Oh God. The screaming's gone. In the confines of my white walls, the scream rang endlessly. The high pitched pound assaulting my ears, day and night, night and day, is gone. All I have ever known was the scream. Oh God. What do I do?

How do I scream?

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Hello. This is my first journey to the Stories forum. Hi?

Although I've kind of wanted to, I've been hesitant about posting here because I don't really know how to get involved, and I don't really have the time for it. I barely have the time for the Roleplay forum, which is where I followed Blue from.

Anyways, I hope my writing's acceptable. 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

14-Feb-2014 13:03:03

Jul

2023

Old Gnomish

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Welcome to the SF, Fysyx.

Getting involved is easy -- writing 100 words for this is more involvement than a lot of people who briefly come here and then never show their face again. If you ever find the time write a story, long or short, and post it here; you're more than likely to get feedback. Perhaps even join in with the chat on the Story Discussions thread, or join The Novelists' Guild: these are all ways in which you can interact with our small but close community.

Anyhow, your piece is good, a nice build up of suspense. I'm sure Poller will give you more extensive feedback when he next checks this thread.

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14-Feb-2014 22:22:24

Dec

2023

Poller5

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Fysyx said :

Hello. This is my first journey to the Stories forum. Hi?

Although I've kind of wanted to, I've been hesitant about posting here because I don't really know how to get involved, and I don't really have the time for it. I barely have the time for the Roleplay forum, which is where I followed Blue from.

Anyways, I hope my writing's acceptable.

Welcome!

All it takes to get involved, really, is posting, especially drop by the Story Discussions thread and join the conversation. A lot of us here don't have a ton of time for writing either, which is why I made this thread; flash fiction is fun, challenging, and everyone has time for it.

Everyone's writing is acceptable; any elitist pretensions disappeared from this community years ago. I'll take a closer look at and comment on the newer entries sometime later today.

14-Feb-2014 22:27:51

Jan

2023

Mateus

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The scream stopped. Most of the other farmers in the neighbourhood were slamming on the walls of Forinthry, yelling the names of their children as the powerful guards struck them at action. It was this chill in my spine that was bothering me, and the gold that so heavily decorated the walls of the city I've been living in since birth seemed to be slowly becoming less shiny. I didn't know what to do, but I felt free.

And then, suddenly, everything made sense.

It was not a mortal's scream.

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I was making a longer, much better version of this, but it passed the word count by a little over a hundred!

Anyway, hope you can see what this refers to. Love the thread.

15-Feb-2014 03:10:33

Chuk

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The scream stopped.

The man closed his eyes and sighed. So peaceful, now, without that wailing. His mind cleared; he relaxed, smiled. So easy to find tranquility.

And so his grip slipped, loosened a fraction, and with a shuddering gasp, the woman he held by the throat screamed again. It was so shrill, so ear-piercingly painful. Like a thousand nails against chalkboards, or a hundred kettles boiling inside his skull. Such awful shrieking was why he held her throat! If she’d only stop!

But no. He twitched. It was too much. His wrists jerked and twisted.

Snap.

The scream stopped.

15-Feb-2014 05:57:04 - Last edited on 15-Feb-2014 09:37:23 by Chuk

Apr

2010

Jimothey

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EDIT: I didn't read that an entry was supposed to be under 100 words long. I'll try shortening my previous 2000 character-long story...

The scream stopped.

I was hiking. I heard a scream. I decided to ignore it, but there it was again. I tried my best ignoring it, but it kept happening. I eventually snapped, deciding to end it. I ran towards the loud scream, and there it was: a little girl by her dead family, and a man hacking the bodies to pieces. I took my knife out and killed the man. She stopped, surprised to see me. She was about to scream, but I put my hand over her mouth. "Don't... scream..." I said. She nodded in response. The scream stopped. Roses are grey, violets are grey, I'm in Pompeii, I'm lost.

16-Feb-2014 01:13:03 - Last edited on 16-Feb-2014 01:27:14 by Jimothey

Chuk

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James, you may want to read the original post more carefully...

Poller5 said :

Every week, I'll post a prompt. A sentence at most. You have
100 words
to turn that into a story.

Flash fiction is tough. Some of you will remember it as the typical first round format of the Crad- and Tron-tests. You don't have many words, so every single one matters.

Emphasis mine.

EDIT: That looks much better James. Good work!

16-Feb-2014 01:20:10 - Last edited on 16-Feb-2014 06:50:55 by Chuk

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