H.S. Wift
Joined February 2010 and calls My Favourite Site home.
198 stories, 23 challenges, 900 comments, and 33 friends
I have finaly returned, to ficly and to the bullpen.
Ha! It’s taken me ages to realise how stupid and pretentiosu these quotes are, say goodbye all.
Stories
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From Greece with Haste
Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns and the Sungod wiped from sight the day of their return. That year spun out by the gods when he should reach his home, far away at the feast the Sea-Lord sat and took his pleasure. Compound their...
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The Ageless Ones
Immortal. It is a word. There are untold billions of words in all of the dialects of all of the languages that are, were, and even those that have yet to be born. But this one word, ‘Immortal’, bears the greatest relevance to this tale. The...
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The Reality Engineer Returns
“I’m very sorry, but you have been removed.” “Where…?” “You are nowhere. This place does not exist in the world you have known for the past thirty-one years, four months, fifteen days, nine hours, twenty-six mi...
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Every war has two sides
Kenny wasn’t long in the coming. It was only a few minutes after the first trooper and they shot along the highway, giving hell for leather. Kate kept checking the car’s clock. It was obvious why. A minute and a half after Kenny had gone by...
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The Revolution Begins!
“They say that there is no victory. They say that when facing higher, tougher powers, that we can never win! Do you know what I say to that?!? I say that they can take their suppressive nonsense and shove it up their own rear ends, because we are...
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One Thousand and Tewnty-Nine
Easy, it isn’t well. People love 1024 characters in story space just made. Meat is victory?
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Die
You die, but the land of clocks was bound to your consciousness. As you slowly drift into the realm of death, reality unknits itself and you re-emerge from the void in hyperspace. You can: Use burp travel to get out of hyperspace Use your clothes to ma...
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Introductions at last
My jaw hung freely as I struggled to comprehend what was happening. Tylie was right, I was staring at myself, only an aged version. The main difference was the eyes. I had both, he had one. The left was covered by a tatty piece of grey cloth that was w...
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Tylar is born (No, this is not just 'Sylar' with a 'T')
I first discovered the gift a few weeks back. Back then, I was a nobody. An investment banker, with a hefty bank account. I didn’t notice the man when I came out of the bank and went to the ATM, but he came up behind me as I queued. I’d onl...
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... Lu Bu
The duo tore towards the convoy with formiddable speed. “Get ready to take the reins!” Hawk called to Pheonix. As they neared the group, Xan Hak stood up in the saddle. As they came upon the group and the men began to turn and face them, Ha...
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Ficon'11: The 4th annual meeting of the league of super evil
Come in, good sir, and welcome to the world of FI-IC-IC-IC-IC-ICLY. This is Ficon’11, the annual ficly convention of 2011 as the title in no way suggests. Follow me now. Otherwise you might get lost, as this place is made of the minds of authors....
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Among men...
They rode west across the plains, speeding through the province of Guan Du. Pang Tong sitting on the back of the Hak’s Red Hare, his arms clinging to the Hawk’s waist for dear life. It was not long before they came across a most sorry sight...
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Blood from Steam
He slowly shifted through the sea of clutter covering the floor. He stepped on a shard of broken glass and his foot begins to bleed. The door knob felt hot and hurts his hand. He picked up a spent shirt from the floor and used it to open the door. He w...
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Choose your own adventure/quest/saga
You look forward/left/right. There’s a man/woman/alien shrouded in black/red/aquamarine. You decide/choose/think it would be a good idea to follow him as he walks into the cave/sea/abandoned warehouse. As you follow the person, you come across a ...
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The Life and Times of Arnold
It is a time of bliss in the world of Salgaron, and the troll wars have ended after years of turmoil. Or at least, it appears to be bliss. But in reality, a secret sect formed in every nation’s government is wreaking havoc. The World Secret Utili...
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Less Ambiguous, More Introductory
The doorknob had now emerged completely from the wall, and the rectangular section of wall now vanished behind a sheet of dark polished mahogany, except for where a few nooks existed in the door, which remained filled with redbrick and mortar. It seeme...
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Ambiguous Introductions
A rushing of wind sounded past me, as if everything was being drawn from the air to a specific point on the wall. I admit I was curious at first, and my curiosity was answered by the formation of a brass circle. It was set into the bricks. It was conve...
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The Fledgling Pheonix
Hak smashed his way through the camps until he reached the one that he’d seen Xan Sei and Diao Chan enter. He rode in and there was no sign of his wife, sister or Guan Yu. Instead, sitting there in a meditative position, was Pang Tong. Dismountin...
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The Blade of Duty
Hawk could only watch as Xan Sei and Diao Chan swam down the river. He couldn’t see into the base. He had no idea what they would find there. Behind him were the army’s commanders. Sun Ce straddled a Hex Mark, its speed lost beside Xan Hak&...
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The Hawk of China (Inspired by Dynasty Warriors)
Xan Hak’s spear found the last lieutenant’s fleshy stomach as a fraction of his army filed into the base. His speed, grace and cunning had earned him the title: “Hawk of China”. He was the only warrior that even the great Lu Bu ...
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Sweet Britain
Ash flies, Coats fall, Blood for which sweet Britain calls. Metal sprays, blood spills, Flesh to sate sweet Britain’s thrills. Men charge, flesh flays, Lives with which sweet Britain plays. Houses fall, lives end, Joy for sweet Britain to ‘...
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Fighting
We were calming down. We’d been fighting for twenty minutes and we were starting to cool off. “Do you remember when we didn’t care?” She asks quietly. “We were just two kids who took the moment when it was there,” I ...
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Home, shite, home
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Guyrunsintoahospitalwithajavelinstickingoutofhiseye
Lol. ***************************
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Surrendipity
“Wow, Cap’n!” exclaimed Dex, “You sure have a knack for finding enemy germ missile silos on this completely unrelated trek across the stomach. You sure are serendipitous!” Heat rising beneath his skin, Captain Harold Carte...
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Posession
Passion, Honour, Emotion, Posession, Calvin Klein. ((That’s the 6 word poem, this is making the 60 character minimum.))
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What I expect a comment on a 3 star rated story sounds like
In my mind, If we rewind, To the point in time, Where you realise, In your eyes, There’s a gap in ficly, For a story like yours, And you started to write, Before taking a pause. And then writing mediocrity, It’s in this story, eh? When I re...
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What I expect a comment on one of my stories sounds like
HA! There’s a rich idea! Have we forgotten who we’re talking about?!? This is me! People don’t comment on my stories! It just doesn’t happen! And you wanna know the irony? People will probably comment on this because I prequeled...
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If You Really Knew HS
For the past six months, you have seen me, scrutinized me, formed opinions of me. You see me through my writing. My writing is diverse, and I have proved myself capable of dealing with almost any genre. I have shown that I can cope with writing the gru...
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Let's recap
“How did we get here again?” “I’ve told you a million times already! We went back in time and prevented the collapse of the Library of Alexandria!” “OK…” “That made science turn out differently!R...