Stories by Minorchar, by oldest first

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  • Lies
    My brother has been fourteen for three years.
    by Minorchar 1700 words, 2 comments, on Sep 21 12:39 AM 2008
  • The Girl
    I found the dead girl crying in a corner of the mall.
    by Minorchar 700 words, 2 comments, on Sep 21 12:45 AM 2008
  • to be.
    by Minorchar 900 words, on Sep 21 12:52 AM 2008
  • A Journey, and an Illusion
    They held hands together, our lovers of infinite delight1
    by Minorchar 2100 words, 2 comments, on Sep 21 10:10 PM 2008
  • the answer is to be.
    (The expanded, better version of my already-posted story 'to be.')
    by Minorchar 1200 words, 16 comments, on Sep 25 4:10 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (1/15)
    by Minorchar 4200 words, 8 comments, on Oct 7 1:56 PM 2008. In Novel, Science fiction, Young adult
  • Thy Eternal Summer (2/15)
    It was morning hard sciences, the stuff he had to learn. The training that would make him useful to society.
    by Minorchar 2700 words, 1 comment, on Oct 7 2:01 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (3/15)
    There were a few people out, walking dogs, mowing lawns, working on cars. Of course, nobody saw anything out of the ordinary about two scho
    by Minorchar 3700 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:03 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (4/15)
    It didn't take too long for Ava to sign back on after she left Jack's room. 1
    by Minorchar 3500 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:04 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (5/15)
    “But he is not always alone,” said Jack, his voice a little scratchy from talking at length. “When the long winter nights come on and the w
    by Minorchar 3600 words, 3 comments, on Oct 7 2:07 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (6/15)
    by Minorchar 3600 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:08 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (7/15)
    by Minorchar 3400 words, 3 comments, on Oct 7 2:11 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (8/15)
    A missile had struck, throwing up the earth around it in waves. Several trees had been thrown and now hung, securely it seemed, over the li
    by Minorchar 2700 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:12 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (9/15)
    They made their way back to base camp, arms filled with canned food. Jack dropped his in a pile near the back of the Jeep; Jezebel set hers
    by Minorchar 2900 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:13 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (10/15)
    by Minorchar 2600 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:15 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (11/15)
    The Stranger woke one morning during breakfast. The family (for Jack considered himself, and was considered, one of them by this time) was
    by Minorchar 3600 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:16 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (12/15)
    by Minorchar 2400 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:17 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (13/15)
    by Minorchar 2200 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:18 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (14/15)
    Jack wasn't sure what awakened him. It might have been the shouts, or the uncomfortable proximity of the torches to his face, or the fact that he was in motion. Perhaps it was all three.1
    by Minorchar 3600 words, 2 comments, on Oct 7 2:19 PM 2008
  • Thy Eternal Summer (15/15)
    The tower loomed larger and larger on the horizon, soon swelling to take up most of the forward vision. Its row upon row of windows, laid o
    by Minorchar 3300 words, 4 comments, on Oct 7 2:20 PM 2008
  • 6 Words
    Thought she'd like it. Guess not.
    by Minorchar <100 words, 5 comments, on Oct 7 4:17 PM 2008
  • 6 more
    The portal closed. I'm stuck here.
    by Minorchar <100 words, 4 comments, on Oct 7 11:30 PM 2008
  • The Magician
    "But I am not a magician.”

    Chris snorted. “I saw you up there. You did all kinds of tricks. How could you not be a magician?”
    by Minorchar 7500 words, 5 comments, on Oct 15 12:50 PM 2008
  • The Fall of the Kingdom
    “Look at this, Professor Montague! This is amazing!” yelled Derrick, the youngest archeologist on our team. He was holding up an ancient Roman artifact, a short sword of some kind. That wasn’t amazing by itself, for there wer
    by Minorchar 7000 words, on Oct 15 1:21 PM 2008
  • Truth
    Once, long ago or in the far future (it doesn't matter which), the
    earth was covered in cities.
    by Minorchar 800 words, 8 comments, on Oct 25 9:34 PM 2008
  • Sin Boldly [excerpt]
    Anna and Paul, in their now-comfortable habit, lay on the floor next to each other and stared at the posters on Paul’s ceiling. Solas played reels in the background as they talked.1
    by Minorchar 500 words, 1 comment, on Oct 25 10:05 PM 2008
  • The Prophet [poem]
    The prophet threw his shadows,1
    by Minorchar 200 words, 2 comments, on Oct 29 8:51 AM 2008
  • On All Hallow's Eve
    I was out walking, in a graveyard in the rain. My Lady was not with me, but mayhap that was best. A ghost appeared. Or was he? I could not tell. He dressed in a fine swallow-tailed coat and wore a tall stovepipe hat and the r
    by Minorchar 100 words, 10 comments, on Oct 29 10:24 PM 2008
  • Opening Paragraph
    Small animals crawling over the walls is never a good thing. But drunken shirtless frat boys with baseball bats trying to kill them is actually worse. And this, I knew from long experience of my sister's parties, was the high
    by Minorchar <100 words, 5 comments, on Dec 4 11:06 AM 2008
  • End of the Rainbow
    (Scene opens with LEPRECHAUN sitting, looking despondant, next to a large cauldron, or pot. A MAN stumbles in stage right, looking lost. He catches sight of LEPRECHAUN, and approaches him.)1
    by Minorchar 700 words, 6 comments, on Dec 19 12:50 AM 2008
  • Summer of Vanities
    That summer, I worked at the library.1
    by Minorchar 11100 words, 2 comments, on Jun 3 10:51 AM
  • Dreams (9 words)
    Running unchecked repeatedly into the wall, the writer died.
    by Minorchar <100 words, 3 comments, on Jun 21 4:28 PM
  • Ghosts
    “That man is a ghost,” said the old woman.1
    by Minorchar 300 words, 1 comment, on Jun 21 4:30 PM
  • The Air-Boat
    “And what about the flower? So perfect, so austere. Beautiful and yet forbidding, unwilling to let anyone in to share its beauty, unwilling to bend yet doing so at the slightest breeze. Are you not like this flower?”1
    by Minorchar 200 words, 5 comments, on Jun 21 4:35 PM
  • Ghosts
    “That man is a ghost,” said the old woman.1
    by Minorchar 300 words, 5 comments, on Aug 2 10:11 PM
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